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DEDICATION  POEM. 


Written  by  Prof.  T.  Berry  Smith  for  the  Centennial  Volume  of 
Missouri  Methodism. 


Men  live  in  deeds  not  words.    The  deed  may  be 

In  words  and  yet  'tis  by  the  deed  he  lives. 

Behind  all  deeds  are  thoughts.    For  most  of  men 

Their  thoughts  are  only  thoughts  and  being  such 

They  do  not  live.    Those  men  alone  do  live 

Who  having  thought  make  manifest  their  thoughts, 

In  outward  form.    Time  goes  with  thought  and  deed 

Whose  thoughts  are  brief,  he  buildeth  for  an  hour. 

But  he  who  buildeth  for  Eternity 

In  patience  thinketh  long.    But  time  is  naught 

Save  purpose  run  with  thought  till  in  the  deed 

The  thought  have  taken  shape  and  so  stand  forth 

Before  the  eyes  of  men.     And  then — and  then 

Both  thought  and  purpose,  crystallized  in  deed, 

May  be  as  clear  as  noon  or,  like  the  sphinx 

On  Egypt's  sands,  the  riddle  of  the  ages. 

Thought — purpose — deed — so  they  have  lofty  aim — 

Have  never  failed  to  win  the  world's  acclaim ; 

He  liveth  best  who  does  the  best  he  can 

In  thought  and  deed  to  bless  his  fellow  man. 


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PREFACE. 


About  twenty  years  ago  Rev.  John  M.  O'Bryen  and  Rev.  Thos.  H. 
Swearingen  requested  the  writer  to  become  Conference  Historian  of  the 
Missouri  Annual  Conference.  This  place  was  accepted  and  election  fol- 
lowed. In  the  course  of  a  year  a  number  of  biographical  sketches  were 
collected,  but  no  general  systematic  work  was  undertaken  till  two  years 
ago  at  the  session  of  the  Missouri  Conference  held  at  Palmyra.  The 
Semi-Centennial  of  Central  College  was  at  hand,  and  it  was  thought  to 
be  an  opportune  time  to  publish  a  volume  of  sketches  of  the  preachers. 
The  Missouri  Conference  took  action  accordingly.  When  the  plan  began 
to  mature.  Bishop  Hendrix  suggested  that  the  St.  Louis  Conference  and 
the  Southwest  Missouri  Conference  should  be  included.  The  year  1906 
being  the  Centennial  Year  of  Itinerant  Methodism  in  Missouri,  it  was 
finally  decided  to  enlarge  our  scope,  and  make  the  book  The  Centennial 
Volume  of  Missouri  Methodism.  In  accordance  with  this  plan  the  South- 
west Missouri  Conference  took  favorable  action  at  Joplin,  and  the  St. 
Louis  Conference  concurred  with  the  action  of  the  Missouri  Conference 
at  the  session '■'held  at  Poplar  Bluff.  Thus  the  Methodism  of  Missouri 
undertook  the  work. 

It  is  needless  to  say  that  the  enterprise  involved  a  large  outlay  of 
labor  and  means.  All  the  labor  involved  has  been  a  pleasure,  and  many 
times  my  heart  has  been  brought  to  tenderness  and  my  eyes  to  teai's  as 
I  have  read  the  story  of  sacrifice  and  service  made  by  heroic  Methodist 
preachers  and  laymen  in  Missouri.  The  Methodist  Episcopal  Church, 
South,  in  Missouri,  is  endowed  with  a  noble  past,  and  a  virile  present. 
Our  wealth  in  Literary  production  is  far  beyond  my  first  thought.  Abil- 
ity, learning  and  genius  have  marked  and  crowned  the  Century.  I  have 
been  profoundly  impressed  with  the  truth  that  Divine  Providence  has 
favored  Southern  Methodism  in  the  Commonwealth  of  Missouri.  I  have 
also  been  deeply  impressed  with  the  brevity  of  our  life.  We  labor  today 
and  tomorrow  we  are  in  Eternity.  During  the  Century,  great  and  good 
men  have  labored  among  us,  and,  as  a  leaf,  faded  away.  Likewise 
issues  of  the  greatest  moment  at  the  time  are  buried  with  the  years  gone 
by.  The  silence  of  death  reigns  over  the  past.  Let  the  Mantle  of  Charity 
fall  upon  the  living  and  the  departed.    Vast  eternity  is  before  us. 

My  debt  of  gratitude  is  due  to  Rev.  Ward  M.  Baker  who  has  had 
charge  of  the  portrait  department.  He  belongs  to  a  family  of  artists, 
and  he  has  done  remarkably  well  in  his  department.  His  thanks  are 
e.xtended  to  the  brethren  for  their  kindly  co-operation.  My  obligations 
are  also  acknowledged  to  Miss  Kate  Calnen,  stenographer  for  the  law 
firm  of  Lavelock  &  Kirkpatrick,  Richmond,  Mo.  She  has  written  copy 
for  the  printer,  and  all  concerned  are  proud  of  her  work.  The  brethren 
of  the  three  Conferences  have  brought  me  under  obligation  to  them  for 
their  many  kindnesses  and  for  their  hearty  co-operation.  Their  names 
are  graven  on  the  tablet  of  my  memory.  It  is  said  of  Chai'les  Dickens 
that  he  was  sorry  to  part  company  with  the  creations  of  his  fancy,  and  I 
confess  to  a  like  feeling  after  the  fellowship  of  two  years  with  the 
brethren  of  Missouri. 

Marcus  L.  Gray. 

Richmond,  Mo.,  June  14th.  1907. 


CENTENNIAL    VOLUME    OF    MISSOURI    METHODISM. 


McKENDREE    CHAPEL. 


REV.    JOHN    TRAVIS, 
The   first   Itinerant   Methodist   Preacher   in    Missouri. 


The  eye  of  Faith  detects  His  prevision,  provision,  presidence,  all 
Along  the  line  of  the  march  of  the  Ages. — Dr.  Arthur  T.  Pierson. 


By  Rev.  W.   S.  Woodard. 

About  the  middle  of  the  Eighteenth  century,  Francis  Travis  came  from  Ireland 
to  America  and  married  in  Pennsylvania.  They  were  Presbyterians.  He  and  his 
wife  made  their  home  in  Chester  District,  South  Carolina,  where  three  sons  and 
three  daughters  were  born  unto  them.  On  the  3rd  of  November,  1773,  a  son  was 
born  whom  they  christened  John,  whose  father  died  before  he  could  remember  him. 
Hence  he  was  reared  by  a  widowed  mother.  In  early  life  he  went  to  Kentucky  where 
he  was  converted  and  joined  the  Methodist  Church.  In  1806,  in  his  thirty-third  year, 
he  was  received  on  trial  by  the  Western  Conference,  which  at  that  time  embraced  all 
of  .America  west  of  the  Alleghany  Mountains,  and  was  sent  to  Missouri  Circuit.  He 
was  distinguished  by  being  the  first  Methodist  preacher  who  was  ever  sent  west  of 
the  Mississippi  river  to  lead  men  to  God.  Arthur,  his  older  brother,  was  a  Methodist 
exhorter,  and  Francis,  his  younger  brother,  was  also  a  preacher  and  joined  the 
Western  Conference  in  1810,  traveled  awhile,  married,  located  and  lived  on  a  farm 
adjoining  that  of  his  brother  John.  One  of  his  sons  was  a  physician,  one  a  preacher, 
one  a  farmer,  and  the  other,  occupation  not  known.  His  circuit  in  Missouri  included 
St.  Charles,  St.  Louis,  Franklin,  Washington,  Jefferson,  St.  Genevieve  and  St.  Francois 
Counties.  His  subsequent  fields  of  labor  were  in  Mississippi,  Kentucky  and  Tennessee, 
in  all  of  which  he  had  great  success.  After  traveling  eight  years  he  located,  married 
Miss  Cynthia  Traylor  of  Kentucky,  and  settled  on  a  farm  in  Livingston,  now  Critten- 
don  County,  Kentucky,  where  he  lived  till  November  11th,  18.52,  when  he  went  to  his 
home  in  Heaven,  aged  seventy-nine  years,  forty-six  of  which  he  was  a  preacher. 
After  he  located  he  studied  medicine,  which  he  practiced  till  he  went  blind,  fourteen 
years  before  he  died.  Although  blind,  he  still  preached  as  long  as  he  was  physically 
able  to  do  so.  He  was  the  popular  preacher  of  the  country  and  always  in  demand  for 
great  occasions.  Rev.  G.  W.  Hughey,  D.D.,  furnished  me  a  sketch  of  Dr.  Travis 
for  our  Centennial  service,  from  which  I  take  the  following:  "I  was  born  and  reared 
in  two  miles  of  Dr.  John  Travis'  home.  He  was  the  first  Methodist  preacher  I  ever 
saw  or  heard  preach.  He  and  his  son  were  our  family  physicians  in  my  childhood 
and  youth.  I  was  intimately  acquainted  with  him.  He  was  my  first  teacher  in 
Methodist  Theology.  He  was  a  remarkable  man.  He  was  endowed  with  large 
natural  ability.  His  quick  perception,  and  analytical  turn  of  mind  enabled  him  to 
seize  a  question  and  analyze  it  with  great  rapidity.  He  was  the  readiest  man  at  reply 
I  ever  knew.  This  gave  him  tremendous  power  in  debate,  a  very  important  qualifica- 
tion for  a  Methodist  preacher  of  his  day.  In  my  youth  I  have  sat  for  hours  and 
heard  him  tell  marvelous  stories  of  the  early  preachers.  Had  he  remained  in  the 
itineracy,  he  would  have  been  a  leading  preacher  of  the  pioneer  church." 


A  HUNDRED  YEARS  OF  METHODISM  IN  MISSOURI. 


Bishop  E.  R.  Hendrix. 

Just  a  century  ago  Nashville,  Tenn.,  and  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  were  in  the  same  district  and 
William  McKendree  was  presiding  elder.  It  was  the  Cumberland  District  in  the  Western  Con- 
ference. The  Westei-n  Conference  embraced  what  are  now  the  states  of  Mississippi,  Tennessee, 
Kentucky,  West  Virginia,  Ohio,  Indiana  and  Illinois,  to  say  nothing  of  Arkansas  and  Missouri, 
which  were  taken  in  that  year.  There  were  in  it  five  districts,  some  embracing  more  than  one 
state.  Strong  men  belonged  to  the  Western  Conference,  which  never  had  a  western  boundary 
except  the  Day  of  Judgment.  The  General  Conference  was  content  with  simply  naming  the 
eastern,  southern  and  northern  boundaries,  so  as  not  to  interfere  with  other  conference  lines, 
and  gave  the  Western  Conference  all  west  to  the  setting  sun  and  everything  beyond  it,  if  the 
itinerant  wanted  to  go  there.  The  Western  Conference  was  a  name  never  absent  from  the 
annals  of  Methodism  for  a  long  period  at  a  time,  and  even  when  it  disappeared  at  the  last 
session  of  our  General  Conference  the  name  still  survived  by  request  in  the  "Western  District." 
Among  the  honored  names  on  the  roll  in  1806,  when  John  Travis  was  appointed  to  the  Missouri 
Circuit,  were  those  of  William  McKendree,  James  Axley,  Jesse  Walker,  Peter  Cartwright  and 
Learner  Blackman. 

After  a  year's  work  in  the  Territory  of  Missouri,  so  recently  acquired  as  part  of  the  fam- 
ous Louisiana  Purchase,  John  Travis  reported  in  the  fall  of  1807  at  the  Western  Conference, 
which  met  at  Chillicothe,  Ohio,  that  he  had  organized  two  circuits,  one  north  of  the  Missouri 
river,  which  he  called  the  Missouri  Circuit,  and  one  south,  that  he  called  the  Meramec  Circuit, 
and  that,  together,  they  numbered  one  hundred  and  six  members.  Travis  ever  had  a  warm 
place  in  his  heart  for  this,  his  first  work,  for  he  had  just  been  admitted  on  trial  when  appoint- 
ed to  it.  He  returned  from  his  remote  appointment  in  the  Mississippi  District  the  next  year  to 
attend  a  camp  meeting  near  St.  Louis,  in  company  with  William  McKendree  and  Jesse  Walker, 
who  walked  forty-five  miles  to  reach  here.  That  was  a  notable  company  of  preachers  at  the  first 
camp  meeting  held  in  Missouri,  and  where  they  witnessed  forty  conversions.  McKendree  had 
been  an  officer  in  the  Revolutionary  War  and  was  present  at  the  surrender  of  Cornwallis,  and 
as  the  first  native-born  American  bishop,  was  to  become  its  Chief  Justice  Marshall  as  well,  the 
expounder  of  its  constitution.  Jesse  Walker,  who  succeeded  Travis  as  preacher  in  charge  of  the 
Missouri  Circuit,  was  the  Daniel  Boone  of  Methodism,  of  whom  it  was  said,  "He  was  never  lost 
and  never  complained,"  delighting  to  go  where  no  white  man  had  gone  before  him,  a  hero 
who,  in  the  midst  of  the  dense  Romanist  conditions  of  the  Spanish  and  French  population,  was 
to  pray  St.  Louis  Methodism  into  existence  nearly  fourteen  years  after  Travis  began  his  work 
in  the  country.  It  was  the  privilege  of  Jesse  Walker  also  to  plant  Methodism  in  Chicago.  John 
Travis  was  a  fearless  man  of  vigorous  mind  who,  after  nine  years  of  itinerant  service,  married 
and  located,  pi'acticing  medicine  in  Kentucky  until  some  fourteen  years  before  his  death,  when 
he  became  totally  blind,  still  doing  service  as  a  local  preacher  and  thrilling  all  in  public  and 
private  with  the  story  of  his  itinerant  life. 

Not  until  1814  was  the  "Missouri  District"  formed,  with  804  members,  and  two  years  later 
the  General  Conference  in  Baltimore  created  the  "Missouri  Conference,"  bounded  on  the  north 
by  the  Ohio  Conference,  on  the  east  by  the  Ohio  and  Mississippi  rivers,  on  the  south  by  the 
Arkansas  river,  and  on  the  west  by  nothing.  In  1819  the  first  substantial  and  finished  Meth- 
odist church  ever  erected  in  Missouri  was  built  in  Cape  Girardeau  county,  two  miles  from  Jack- 
son; and  here  was  held  the  first  session  of  the  Missouri  Conference  that  was  ever  held  within  the 
present  limits  of  the  state.  Bishop  George  presiding,  it  having  fallen  to  the  lot  of  Bishop  Mc- 
Kendree to  hold  the  first  session  after  its  organization,  some  three  years  before,  when  it  met 
in  Illinois.  Not  less  than  four  sessions  of  the  conference  were  held  in  this  historic  church  dur- 
ing the  next  ten  or  twelve  years.  From  the  wood  of  this  "mother  church  of  Methodism  in 
Missouri,"  a  gavel  was  made,  which  was  presented  to  the  resident  bishop  in  Missouri  while 
in  the  chair  of  the  General   Conference   recently  held  in  Birmingham. 

When  Missouri  was  admitted  as  a  state  m  1821  it  had  a  population  of  66, .518,  of  whom 
10,222  were  slaves.  The  Methodists  numbered  1,543.  It  was  not  until  18.36  that  the  Missouri 
Conference  was  confined  to  the  limits  of  the  state.  The  first  General  Conference  of  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  South,  divided  the  state  into  two  conferences,  so  that  the  name 
"Missouri  Conference"  was  given  to  all  that  part  of  the  state  north  of  the  Missouri  river,  as 
today.     In    the    Methodist   family   there   are   now  nearly  200,000  Missouri  Methodists. 

When  Jesse  Walker  determined  to  plant  Methodism  in  St.  Louis  so  formidable  were  the 
obstacles  of  a  foreign  and  infidel  population  that,  unable  to  get  a  start,  he  was  deserted  by  the 
two  brethren  who  accompanied  him,  and  he  himself  left  to  look  up  the  lost  sheep  in  IMissis- 
sippi.  After  riding  eighteen  miles  in  that  direction,,  he  indulged  in  this  soliloquy:  "Was  I 
ever  defeated  before  in  this  blessed  work?  No;  and,  by  the  grace  of  God,  I  will  go  back  and 
take  St.  Louis."  Starting  a  school  for  their  children.  Walker  got  the  eye  and  ear  of  the  people 
and,  amid  indifference  and  opposition,  he  began  his  work  as  a  preacher,  having  won  another 
great  victory  over  himself  by  a  season  of  prayer  in  a  "sink  hole"  grown  up  with  tall  James- 
town weeds,  near  the  corner  of  Foui'th  and  Pine  streets,  where  the  Planters'  Hotel  stands. 
Beginning  with  only  six  or  eight  hearers,  he  was  able  to  report  seventy  members,  the  ei-ection 
of  a  church  during  the  year,  and  a  successful  camp  meeting  near  the  city,  where  William 
Finney  and  Mrs.   Kells  joined  the  church,  to  be    followed    by    others    of    a    notable    family    of 


8  CENTENNIAL    VOLUME    OF    MISSOURI    METHODISM. 

loyal  Methodists  whose  names  have  been  perpetuated  in  the  annals  of  Methodism  in  Missouri. 
St.  Louis  in  that  year — 1821 — had  two  church  edifices,  one  of  brick  and  one  of  wood,  with  some 
651  houses,  mostly  of  wood,  and  a  population  of  5,500.  In  the  next  year  Jesse  Walker  had  the 
joy  of  seeinfj  the  first  session  of  the  Missouri  Conference  ever  held  in  St.  Louis  assemble  In  the 
church  which  he  had  built. 

Shortly  before  Jesse  Walker  came  to  St.  Louis,  Bishop  William  Louis  Dubourp:,  one  of  the 
greatest  prelates  of  the  Roman  Catholic  Church,  removed  his  seat  from  New  Orleans  to  St. 
Louis,  and  planted  there  what  has  since  been  known  as  the  St.  Louis  University,  one  of  the 
great  strongholds  of  his  church,  which  has  grown  with  the  growth  of  the  city,  largely  from 
the  increase  in  property  values  and  zealous  administration,  part  of  the  triple  monument  of  a 
great  servant  of  his  church,  who  also  founded  the  order  of  the  Sisters  of  Charity  of  .\merica 
and  the  Society  for  the  Propagation  of  the  Faith,  with  its  headquarters  in  Lyons,  France,  and 
who  died  one  of  the  archbishops  of  his  church  in  France,  the  land  of  his  birth.  His  name 
is  worthy  of  mention  here  because  of  his  ecclesiastical  statemanship  and  his  wise  and  fai'-reach- 
ing  policy  for  securely  planting  his  church  in  the  largest  city  of  the  Louisiana  Purchase  and 
in  a   great   future  commonwealth   of   the   American  Union. 

One  of  the  principal  agents  in  the  planting  of  Methodism  in  Missouri,  William  McKen- 
dree,  in  whose  district  the  whole  territory  of  Missouri  was  placed  at  the  session  of  the  Westei'n 
Conference,  in  1806,  lived  to  preside  over  some  four  sessions  of  the  Missouri  Conference,  the 
last  as  late  as  1824,  eight  years  after  the  death  of  Asbury.  Bishop  Asbury,  with  a  rare 
sagacity  in  selecting  leaders,  had  sent  McKendree  in  1801  across  the  mountains  from  his  native 
Virginia  to  be  presiding  elder  of  the  Kentucky  District  and  to  have  a  sort  of  genei-al  superintend- 
ence of  the  large  Western  Conference.  Always  in  the  van  and  on  the  firing  line,  McKendree 
was  chosen  again  by  Asbury,  in  1806,  to  preside  over  the  new  district,  which  was  to  embrace 
all  the  inhabited  part  of  the  Louisiana  Purchase,  it  being  attached  to  the  Cumberland  District, 
which  included  much  of  Middle  Tennessee  and  some  of  Illinois.  McKendree  was  a  man  of 
genius,  to  whom  the  conquest  of  the  Mississippi  Valley  for  Christ  is  largely  due,  and  the 
numerous  "McKendree"  churches  and  chapels,  reaching  from  Missouri  to  the  Atlantic  seaboard, 
are  the  monuments  of  his  labors  in  many  states  that  were  only  territories  in  his  day. 

But  what  shall  we  say  of  Francis  Asbury,  who,  like  Moses,  looked  over  into  the  Prom- 
ised Land,  so  recently  acquired  from  France  and  Spain,  but  himself  never  entered  it.  His 
heart  was  ever  with  his  "beloved  McKendree"  as  he  fondly  called  him.  At  the  session  of  the 
Western  Conference,  where  he  presided  in  1806,  and  appointed  the  first  preacher  to  the  Mis- 
souri Circuit,"  his  journal  records  his  zeal  for  the  frontier  work  in  these  simple  words:  "The 
brethren  were  in  want,  so  I  parted  with  my  watch,  my  coat,  and  my  shirt."  We  naturally  ask 
what  did  he  have  left  out  of  his  $64  a  year  salary.  Who  can  question  that  his  heart  went 
with  his  gift?  "Silver  and  gold  I  have  none,"  well  might_  this  apostle  say,  "but  such  as  I  have 
give  I  unto  thee."  We  claim  Asbury,  too,  as  among  the  founders  of  Methodism  on  this  side  of 
the  Mississippi.  "In  diligent  activity  no  apostle,  no  missionary,  no  warrior,  ever  surpassed 
him.  He  rivalled  Melancthon  and  Luther  in  boldness.  He  combined  the  enthusiasm  of  Xavier, 
with  the  far-reaching  foresight  and  keen  discrimination  of  Wesley."  His  mantle  fell  upon 
McKendree,  who  survived  him  nearly  twenty  years,  but  their  names  are  inseparable,  as  was 
their  work.     "My  fathers,  my  fathers,  the  chariots  of  Israel  and  the  horsemen  thereof!" 

Honored  names  are  they  of  ministers  and  laymen  who,  during  the  past  hundi-ed  years,  have 
been  connected  with  Methodism  in  Missouri.  Some  have  become  bishops  of  the  church  and  edu- 
cators and  editors,  and  some  have  been  Governors  and  United  States  Senators  and  members  of 
Congress.  Others  without  public  office  have  been  the  foremost  citizens  of  their  counties,  always 
interested  in  every  good  word  and  work.  Large  gifts  have  come  to  our  Methodism  from  those 
not  of  our  communion  in  the  belief  that  v.e  would  wisely  administer  them.  The  largest  is  a 
bequest  by  the  late  Robert  A.  Barnes  of  St.  Louis,  who  married  Miss  Louise  De  Mun,  a  daugh- 
ter of  a  leading  Roman  Catholic  family,  who  was  in  hearty  sympathy  with  him  in  his  purpose 
to  found  a  great  hospital  under  Methodist  auspices.  For  this  there  has  already  been  purchased 
the  finest  site  in  St.  Louis,  having  a  frontage  of  some  1,200  feet  on  Forest  Park,  and  it  is  the 
intention  of  the  trustees  to  retain  not  less  than  1.000,000  of  the  bequest  as  an  endowment  after 
completing  and  equipping  the  best  hospital  of  its  kind  in  the  land. 

Not  until  after  Methodism  had  been  doing  evangelistic  work  in  Missouri  for  fully  fifty  years 
did  it  undertake  to  found  a  college  of  highest  grade.  Had  our  fathers  known  hov/  greatly  this 
child  of  their  prayers  and  sacrifices  would  be  imperiled  by  the  Civil  War  they  might  have 
hesitated  to  begin  the  work  when  they  did.  It  has  come  to  us  as  a  sacred  heritage  from  their 
hands.  It  is  an  interesting  fact  that  while  this  article  is  being  read  a  great  educational  con- 
vention is  being  held  in  St.  Louis,  under  the  auspices  of  the  General  Board  of  Education  of  our 
church,  that  may  help  to  deepen  the  interest  in  Christian  education,  not  alone  in  Missouri,  but 
in  those  states  that   sent  us  Travis  and  Walker  and  McKendree  a  hundred  yeai-s  ago. 

It  is  an  interesting  fact  that  the  Centennial  of  Methodism  in  Missouri  and  the  Semi-Cen- 
tennial  of  Central  College  are  co-incident.  It  was  this  fact  that  led  to  the  projection  of  this 
volume  on  its  present  scale  that  it  might  contain  fitting  memorials  of  the  leading  actors  of  a 
century  of  Methodism  in  Missouri  in  whatever  department  of  work  for  the  Master,  Much 
credit  is  due  to  the  tireless  and  self-sacrificing  servants  of  the  Church,  Rev.  M.  L.  Gray  and  Rev. 
Ward  M.  Baker,  who  have  made  possible  this  beautiful  memorial  volume. 

Norledge  Place,  Kansas  City,  Mo. 


CENTENNIAL    VOLUME    OF    MISSOURI    METHODISM. 


BISHOP  EUGENE   RUSSELL   HENDRIX,   D.D.   LL.D. 


Nil  actum  reputans  si  quid  superesset  agendum. — Lucan. 

He  recon'd  not  the  past,  while  aught  remain'd 
Great  to  be  done,  or  mighty  to  be  gained. — Roive. 


Bishop  Eugene  Russell  Hen- 
drix  was  born  in  Fayette,  Mis- 
souri, May  17th,  1847.  He  was 
born  and  reared  in  a  Methodist 
home,  both  parents,  Adam  Hen- 
drix  and  Isabel  J.  Hendrix,  be- 
ing members  of  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  Church,  South.  He 
was  converted  during  a  great  re- 
vival held  in  Fayette,  Mis.^ouri, 
March  14th,  18-o9,  and  joined 
the  church  the  same  date  under 
the  ministry  of  Rev.  S.  W.  Cope. 
He  was  the  first  penitent  in  the 
great  revival  held  at  Fayette 
that  spring;  he  had  been  under 
conviction  since  the  previous 
spring,  but  supposed  he  ivas  too 
young  to  ask  for  the  prayers  of 
the  Church ;  his  mother  knelt  by 
him  as  he  gave  his  heart  to  God. 
His  religious  life  was  deeply- 
quickened  when  he  felt  called  to 
preach  the  Gospel,  and  his  life 
as  a  student  for  forty-five  years 
has  led  him  ever  nearer  to  God. 
He  was  licensed  to  prea;-h  in 
Middletown,  Connecticut,  when 
a  student  at  the  Wesleyan  Uni- 
versity from  1864  to  1867;  Rev. 
J.  J.  Pegg  being  the  preacher  in 
charge.  He  was  recommended 
for  admission  on  trial  by  the 
Quarterly  Conference  at  Leaven- 
worth, Kansas,  where  he  was 
serving  as  a  supply  in  the  sum- 
mer of  1869,  and  was  received 
into  the  Missouri   Conference  in 

1869;  Rev.  W.  M.  Rush,  D.D.,  Presiding  Elder,  and  Bishop  Geo.  F.  Pierce,  presiding. 
He  was  ordained  deacon  by  Bishop  Pierce'  in  his  room  at  Chillicothe,  Missouri,  in 
1869,  the  Bishop  being  unable  to  preach  or  attend  the  public  services  on  that  day; 
was  ordained  Elder  by  Bishop  H.  N.  McTyeire  in  September,  1870,  at  Leavenworth, 
Kansas.  The  appointments  filled  are:  Leavenworth,  Kansas,  1869-1870;  Macon,  Mis- 
souri, 1870-1872;  Francis  St.,  St.  Joseph,  Missouri,  1872-1876.  Missionary  tour  around 
the  world,  1876-1877;  Glasgow,  Missouri,  1877-1878.  President  of  Central  College 
from  1878  to  1886.  Elected  and  ordained  Bishop  in  1886.  'Several  hundred  persons 
were  received  into  the  church  under  his  ministry  while  pastor  from  1869  to  1878, 
and  he  has  ordained  more  than  one  thousand  deacons  and  elders.  He  attended 
Central  College  until  it  was  suspended  during  the  Civil  War,  then  the  Wesleyan 
University  at  Middleton,  Connecticut,  where  he  was  graduated  in  1867;  he  attended 
also  the  Union  Theological  Seminary,  New  York,  graduating  from  there  in  1869. 
He  was  married  to  Miss  Anne  E.  Scarritt,  June  20th,  1872,  and  his  children  are: 
Mrs.  Evangeline  I.  Waring,  Mrs.  Mary  M.  Simpson,  Nathan  Scarritt  Hendrix  and 
Helen  C.  Hendrix.  He  considers  the  founding  of  the  Korean  Mission  as  being  possibly 
the  most  important  event  in  his  life.  Liddon's  Bampton  Lectures  on  the  Divinity  of 
Our  Lord,  Shedd's  Works,  also  those  of  Dr.  H.  B.  Smith,  old  professors  of  his,  are 
some  of  the  books  aside  from  the  Bible  that  have  been  most  helpful  to  him. 


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CENTENNIAL    VOLUME    OF    MISSOURI    METHODISM. 


BISHOP   ENOCH   MATHER   MARVIN,  D.D. 


When  the  preat  Cjronation  Day  of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ  comes, 
I  would  like  to  be  living,  and  lay  my  Crown  at  His  feet. — Queen 
Victoria. 

Enoch  Mather  Marvin  was 
born  in  Warren  County,  Mis- 
souri, June  12lh,  1828.  Cath- 
arine Mather  was  the  mother  of 
his  grandfather,  Enoch  Jlarvin. 
Both  families  were  of  English 
descent.  Rcinold  Marvin,  who 
came  to  America  about  1G37 
from  E.ssex  County,  was  bap- 
tized in  St.  Mary's  church,  Gi'eat 
Bently  Parish,  England,  June 
7th,  1593.  This  old  church  was 
built  in  1089  by  Alberic  de 
Vere,  a  favorite  of  William  the 
Conqueror,  and  founder  of  the 
family  long  enjoying  the  title  of 
Earl  of  Oxford.  At  first  a  pri- 
vate chapel,  it  came  at  last  by 
successive  assignments  under 
the  patronage  of  the  Bishops  of 
St.  Albans.  Here  many  of  our 
ancestors  worshiped,  and  their 
bones  rest  about  its  consecrated 
walls. 

Amid  the  rude  surrondings  of 
a  Missouri  farm  near  a  century 
ago  Enoch  Mather  Marvin  was 
reared.  His  parents  were  lovers 
of  learning,  and  he  early  evinced 
a  longing  for  books.  Awake  to 
nature,  too,  every  voice  of  earth 
or  sky  struck  a  responsive  chord 
in  his  sensitive  soul.  In  person 
tall  and  angular,  long  of  neck 
and  limb,  leaning  forward  as  he 
walked;  large  feet,  slender, 
white  hands,  pale  face,  rather 
high  cheek  bones,  eye  between 
nazel  and  gray,  slightly  drooping  eyelids,  black  hair,  high  forehead,  voice  full  and 
deep  yet  mellow. 

His  mental  grasp  was  quick,  strong,  comprehensive;  the  organizing  and  executive 
faculties  were  not  wanting.  Both  the  analytic  and  synthetic  seemed  to  be  the  natural 
mode  of  his  mind's  working,  and  his  contemplative  disposition  carried  him  into  the 
highest  regions  of  human  thought. 

At  times  his  preaching  became  rapturous  and  was  laden  with  a  strange,  magnetic 
influence  that  cannot  be  described,  and  a  pathos  whose  power  was  irresistible;  yet  all 
the  while  one  felt  that  his  thoughts  had  been  guided  by  a  sober  judgment,  and  his 
emotions  had  not  borne  him  beyond  the  limits  of  self-conti-ol.  His  imaginative  powers 
he  kept  under  strict  surveillance,  and  in  his  most  enthusiastic  moods  was  economical 
with  language.  Betrayed  into  no  wild  flights  of  fluent  fancy  he  packed  his  thoughts 
mto  the  fewest  words,"  and  every  sentence  became  a  glowing  picture. 

In  the  social  circle  his  rich  humor  often  gave  forth  "flashes  of  merriment  that 
were  wont  to  set  the  table  on  a  roar."  Too  sincere  to  be  adroit,  he  yet,  in  his 
dealing  with  men,  avoided  many  difficulties  by  a  tact  that  was  born  of  love. 

For  family  and  friends  he"  would  have  given  his  life;  to  an  enemy  generous,  yet 
prompt  to  condemn  what  he  thought  unjust,  and  while  sensitive  to  a  wrong  he  was 
above  retaliation. 

tfnselfishly  and  humbly,  yet  faithfully  and  fearlessly  he  sought  to  do  his  life  work. 
His  love  for  God  and  men  was  the  heart-throb  of  his  being,  and  the  flame  of  his  zeal 
consumed  his  life.  Stricken  with  pneumonia  at  his  home  in  St.  Louis,  he  sank  gently 
into  his  last  sleep  about  4  o'clock  on  Jlonday  morning,  November  26th,  1877. 

Perhaps  the  greatest  work  of  his  useful  life  was  what  he  did  for  Central  College, 
Fayette,  Missouri.  'To  this  institution  of  learning  he  was  thoroughly  devoted,  and  the 
results  have  justified  his  endeavor. 


CENTENNIAL    VOLUME    OF    MISSOURI    METHODISM.  11 


QUEEN  VICTORIA. 
Quoted  in  connection  with  the  life  of  Bishop  E.  M.  Marvin. 


12  CENTENNIAL    VOLUME    OF    MISSOURI    METHODISM. 


BISHOP  JOSEPH   STAUNTON   KEY,   D.D. 


I  bent  before  Thy  gracious  throne, 

And  asked  for  peace  with  suppliant  knee; 

And  peace  was  given — nor  peace  alone. 

But  faith,  and  hope,  and  ecstacy. — Wordstvorth. 


Bishop  Key  made  the  Centennial  appointments,  1906,  which  follow  in  this  volume. 
He  was  the  highly  honored  presiding  officer  of  the  Missouri  Conference  in  1906  and 
again  in  1907.  He  was  born  in  La  Grange,  Georgia,  July  18th,  1829.  His  father. 
Rev.  Caleb  Witt  Key,  was  a  Methodist  itinerant,  and  he  spent  his  youth  in  the  bounds 
of  his  father's  pastorate.  His  mother,  Elizabeth  Key,  was  a  woman  of  strong  and 
richly  endowed  character.  He  had  advantage  of  schools  and  academies.  He  graduated 
from  Emory  College,  Oxford,  Georgia,  in  1848,  receiving  the  A.  B.  degree.  He  after- 
wards obtained  A.  M.  Licensed  to  preach  in  1848,  and  joined  the  Georgia  Conference 
in  1849.  He  was  a  pastor  and  presiding  elder  in  the  Georgia  and  South  Georgia  Con- 
ferences until  elected  Bishop  in  1886.  He  received  the  honorary  degree  of  D.D.  from 
the  University  of  Georgia.  He  has  presided  over  the  Missouri  Conferences  twice,  and 
under  appointment  for  the  third  time. 

He  was  married  to  Miss  Susie  M.  Snyder  in  18.51.  She  died  in  1891.  In  1893 
he  married  Mrs.  Lucy  Kidd,  who  has  for  more  than  twenty  years  been  the  successful 
President  of  North  Texas  Female  College,  Sherman,  Texas. 


CENTENNIAL    VOLUME    OF    MISSOURI    METHODISM. 


13 


REV.  WILLIAM  FLETCHER  McMURRY,  D.D. 


Faith  puts  us  into  immediate  communication  with   God  and  with 
The   highest    range   of   facts    in    the    Universe. — Bisltop   Marvin. 


Rev.  W.  F.  Mc- 
Murry,  son  of  Rev. 
William  Wesley  Mc- 
Murry  and  Mary 
Elizabeth  McMurry, 
was  born  five  miles 
west  of  Shelbyville, 
Missouri,  June  29th, 
1864.  He  was  con- 
verted at  Fayette, 
Missouri,  under  the 
influences  of  Rev.  B. 
D.  Sipple  and  Mr.  P. 
S.  Rader,  students  at 
Central  College,  in 
1884.  He  was  li- 
censed to  preach 
April  13th,  1885,  by 
the  Fayette  Quarter- 
ly Conference,  Rev. 
J.  H.  Ledbetter 
preacher  in  charge, 
and  Rev.  J.  A.  Mum- 
power,  Presiding  El- 
der ;  recommended  to 
the  Annual  Confer- 
ence for  admission 
on  trial  in  the  sum- 
mer of  1886,  by  the 
same  Quarterly  Con- 
ference; received  in- 
to the  Annual  Con- 
ference on  trial  in 
the  fall  of  1886,  at 
the  session  of  the 
Missouri  Conference 
held  at  St.  Joseph, 
Missouri;  Rev.  J.  A. 
Mumpower,  Presid- 
ing Elder,  and  Rev.  H.  N.  McTyeire,  Bishop;  ordained  Elder  by  Bishop  E.  R. 
Hendrix  September  9th,  1888,  at  Gallatin,  Missouri;  ordained  Elder  by  Bishop  Joseph 
S.  Key,  September  14th,  1890.  Appointments  served:  Hundley  Church,  St.  Joseph, 
Missouri,  1886-1889;  Macon  Station,  1889-1893;  Richmond  Station,  1893-1897;  St. 
Joseph  District,  1897-1901;  St.  Louis  Conference,  St.  Louis  District,  1901-1902;  Cen- 
tenary Church,  St.  Louis,  1902-1906;  Corresponding  Secretary  Board  of  Chui-ch  Exten- 
tension,  1906.  Between  four  and  five  thousand  persons  have  been  received  into  the 
church  under  his  ministry.  The  Macon  church  was  rebuilt  during  his  pastorate  there, 
and  he  had  to  do  with  the  building  of  several  churches  in  his  districts.  His  education 
was  received  at  the  public  schools,  St.  Charles  College  and  Central  College.  He  was 
married  to  Miss  Frances  Byrd  Davis,  October  9th,  1888,  and  they  have  three  children, 
Mary  Claudia  McMurry,  William  Fletcher  McMurry  and  Frances  McMurry.  Dr.  Mc- 
Murry made  a  remarkable  record  as  Presiding  Elder  of  St.  Joseph  District,  and  on 
the  St.  Louis  District.  His  four  years'  pastorate  of  Centenary  Church,  St.  Louis,  was 
distinguished  by  the  reception  of  a  large  number  of  people  into  the  church,  over  two 
thousand  new  members.  He  enters  upon  his  work  as  Corresponding  Secretary  of  the 
General  Board  of  Church  Extension  under  most  favorable  auspices. 


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CENTENNIAL    VOLUME    OF    MISSOURI    METHODISM. 


REV.  JOSEPH  HENRY  PRITCHETT,  D.D. 


The  Conversion  of  the  world  to  Jesus  Christ  is  the  most 
Stupendous  enterprise  that  was  ever  conceived  by  the  Mind  of 
Man. — Bishop  Hoss. 


Joseph  Henry  Pritehett  was 
born  of  Methodist  parents, 
Henry  Pritehett  and  Martha 
Myra  Pritehett,  in  Henry 
County,  Virginia,  February  8th, 
1835.  He  was  converted  and 
received  into  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  Church,  South,  under 
the  ministry  of  Rev.  W.  W.  Red- 
man, Rev.  Georfje  Smith  and 
Rev.  D.  T.  Sherman  at  old 
Shiloh  Church  in  St.  Charles 
County,  Missouri,  in  1848.  He 
says  there  was  nothinff  unusual 
in  his  conversion,  and  that  his 
prrowth  in  K'ace  was  simply  the 
ups  and  downs  of  a  common 
farmer  boy  followed  by  those  of 
an  ordinary  man.  He  was 
licensed  to  preach  by  the  Quar- 
terly Conference  of  Flint  Hill 
charge,  August,  18.5.5;  Rev.  W. 
A.  Mayhew  was  preacher  in 
charge,  and  Rev.  E.  M.  Marvin, 
Presiding  Elder;  was  recom- 
mended for  admission  on  trial 
into  the  Annual  Conference  by 
the  same  Quarterly  Conference 
in  1855;  and  was  received  into 
the  -Annual  Conference  on  trial 
that  same  year;  Rev.  E.  M.  Mar- 
vin, Presiding  Elder,  and  Bishop 
John  Early,  presiding;  ordained 
Deacon  at  the  .Annual  Confer- 
ence held  in  Glasgow,  Jlissouri, 
September,  1857,  by  Bishop 
James  O.  .Andrew;  ordained 
Elder  by  Bishop  Robert  Paine 
at  Tecumseh,  Kansas,  in  1859.  Dr.  Pritehett,  from  his  admission  on  trial  into  the 
.\nnual  Conference,  has  been  one  of  the  most  faithful  and  trusted  men  of  our  Meth- 
odism. He  has  served  in  order  the  following  appointments:  Tecumseh,  Kansas,  1855- 
1856;  Council  Grove,  Kansas,  1856-1858;  Leavenworth,  Kansas,  1858-1860;  Sturgeon 
Circuit,  Missouri  Conference,  1860-1861;  Flint  Hill  Circuit,  St.  Charles  District,  1861- 
1862;  Cottleville  Circuit.  1862-1864;  St.  Charles  Station,  1864;  in  Montana  during 
1865-1866;  Warrenton  Circuit,  1866-1867;  St.  Charles  District,  1867-1869;  Weston  Sta- 
tion, 1869-1870;  Hannibal  Station,  1870-1872;  Glasgow  Station,  1872-1874;  Fayette  Dis- 
trict, 1874-1876;  Howard  Payne  College,  1876-1881;  Pritehett  Institute,  1881-1884; 
Paynesville  Institute  and  pastor  of  Troy  and  Wentzville,  1884-1886;  Central  College 
and  pastor  Roanoke  Circuit,  1886-1888;  Macon  District,  1888-1892;  Moberly  Station, 
1892-1894;  Mexico  Station,  1894-1896;  St.  Joseph  District.  1896-1897;  Gallatin  Dis- 
trict, 1897-1898;  Missionary  Secretary,  1898-1902;  Mexico  District,  1902-1904;  Fulton 
Station,  1904-1905;  Supernumerary,  1905-1906.  He  received  his  education  at  Howard 
High  School  and  Marvin's  Brush  College.  He  was  married  to  Miss  Mary  Jane  Johnson, 
April  9th,  1857,  and  they  have  the  following  children,  William  Henry  Pritehett,  Wal- 
ter McAnally  Pritehett,  Robert  Lee  Spencer  Pritehett,  Stonewall  Pritehett,  John 
Thomas  Pritehett,  Joseph  Johnson  Pritehett,  Granville  Morrison  Pritehett,  and  Paul 
Livingstone  Pritehett.     Dr.  Pritehett  is  one  of  our  great,  good  men. 


ST.    LOUIS    CHRISTIAN    ADVOCATE. 


15 


REV.  DAVID  RICE   McANALLY,  D.D. 


'Tis  Immortality,  'tis  that  alone, 

The  soul  can  comfort,  elevate  and  fill. —  Young. 


By  Bishop  O.  P.  Fitzgerald. 
Our  Dr.  JIcAnally  was  a  na- 
tive of  East  Tennessee.  There 
the  hills  are  high  and  rugged, 
the  streams  are  many  and  spark- 
ling, the  woods  are  beautifully 
timbered,  the  sky  is  lofty,  while 
now  and  then  a  mountain  peak 
shoots  its  head  away  above  the 
clouds  and  fogs  that  roll  below. 
The  tonic  of  the  East  Tennessee 
breezes  was  in  Dr.  McAnally's 
veins.  He  had  drunk  of  its 
springs.  It  is  not  at  all  strange 
that  he  never  forgot  that  ro- 
mantic land  of  his  birth.  But 
he  gave  himself  wholly  to  Mis- 
souri. He  out-Missouried  Mis- 
souri itself,  if  I  may  say  so. 
The  Missourians  took  to  him.. 
There  was  in  him  a  frankness, 
an  outspoken  devotion  to  the 
truth  as  he  saw  it,  a  watchful- 
ness that  never  slumbered  when 
a  polemic  foe  threatened  the  en- 
campments of  Missouri  Meth- 
odism. Blessed  old  Missouri! 
The  rank  and  file  of  our  people 
believed  in  him,  looked  to  him 
for  the  defense  of  what  was 
most  sacred  to  their  souls,  and 
were  ready  to  stand  by  him  in 
any  contest  where  denomina- 
tional banners  waved  over  hos- 
tile ranks. 

Dr.  McAnally  as  an  editor 
filled  a  large  place  in  Missouri 
Methodism.  He  magnified  his 
office   as   defender   of   the    faith 

during  long  and  stormy  years.  As  a  watchman  upon  Zion's  walls,  he  was  steady 
at  his  post.  .\n  open  enemy  he  repelled  promptly  and  effectually.  The  brother 
who  was  a  dreamer  and  a  speculator,  a  floater  on  the  smoky  sea  where  so  many 
have  lost  their  bearings,  he  met  with  his  one  remedy  for  doubt  and  diluted  theology, 
namely :  Thus  saith  the  Lord.  Dr.  McAnally  took  the  sacred  book,  the  sacred 
volume  as  it  was  given;  it  was  a  light  to  his  path  and  a  lamp  to  his  feet. 
He  did  not  exert  his  ingenuity  in  attempts  to  make  the  Bible  mean  nothing  in  par- 
ticular; the  higher  criticism,  so-called,  had  not  wrought  the  wonders  of  stultification 
since  achieved.  The  plenary  inspiration  of  the  Bible  was  to  him  a  truth  of  transcend- 
ent importance;  his  faith  was  unwavering,  and  his  peace  was  full. 

David  Rice  McAnally  was  born  in  Grainger  County,  Tennessee.  February  17th, 
1810.  He  was  admitted  into  the  Conference  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church  as  a 
traveling  preacher  at  Abbingdon.  Va.,  in  1829.  After  twelve  years  of  service  on  circuits 
and  stations,  he  was  called  to  the  presidency  of  the  East  Tennessee  Female  Institute  in 
Knoxville.  in  which  place  he  remained  eight  years.  In  1851  he  was  elected  editor  of 
the  "Christian  Advocate"  in  St.  Louis,  Missouri.  He  had  been  since  1840  indirectly 
connected  with  the  press  in  North  Carolina  and  Tennessee.  He  published  various  tracts 
and  pamphlets  on  educational  and  controversial  subjects,  and  for  several  years  was 
connected  with  Horace  Mann  and  others  in  the  endeavor  to  improve  the  common  school 
system  of  the  country.  He  is  the  author  of  sketches  of  the  "Life  and  Character  of 
Mrs.  Ramsey,"  "Life  and  Times  of  William  Fatten,"  and  "Life  and  Times  of  Samuel 
Patton,"  and  other  works. 

He  died  in  189-5,  aged  85  years,  having  been  a  minister  of  the  Gospel  for  67  years. 
He  suffered  long  and  severely  before  his  death  and  illustrated  by  invincible  patience 
and  unflagging  hope,  the  power  of  the  truth  so  Jong  preached  by  him  by  voice  and 
through  the  printed  page. 

Nashville,  Tennessee. 


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CENTENNIAL    VOLUME    OF    MISSOURI    METHODISM. 


REV.   WILLIAM    BEVERLY   PALMORE,   D.D. 


He  gaes  far  afield,  and  taks  us  tae  strange  lands  when  he's  on 
His  travels,  but  ye'ill  acknowledge  that  he  gaithers  mony 
Treasures,  and  he  aye  comes  back  tae  Christ. — Ian  Maclaren. 


William  Beverly  Palmore  was 
born  in  Fayette  County,  Tenn- 
essee; his  father  died  when  he 
was  only  six  weeks  old,  but  the 
Christian  mother,  strengthened 
by  her  communion  with  the  In- 
finite, guided  his  youthful  feet 
in  the  ways  of  God,  so  that  he 
grew  up  in  unhesitating  accept- 
ance of  the  truths  of 
Christianity. 

At  fourteen  years  of  age  the 
family  removed  to  Missouri  and 
settled  on  a  farm  near  Malta 
Bend  in  Saline  County  and  here 
as  in  Tennessee  he  continued  to 
learn  and  practice  that  economy 
and  industry  which  compara- 
tive poverty  necessitated.  His 
early  educational  advantages 
were  only  such  as  were  offered 
by  the  common  schools  of  the 
country. 

When  yet  a  boy,  being  only 
17,  he  entered  the  Confederate 
.■\rmy  where  he  remained  until 
the  close  of  the  great  struggle. 
He  was  with  General  Marma- 
duke  until  the  surrender  at 
Shreveport  and  although  oc- 
cupying the  peculiarly  danger- 
ous position  of  standard  bearer 
he  went  through  battle  and 
skirmish  unscathed  to  the  end. 

Returning  to  Missouri  he  went 

into     business     in     Waverly     in 

1866,  in  which  he  continued  with 

good  success  until    the    pressure 

of    the   Divine   Hand    indicating  another   field   of  endeavor   became   so   strong   that  he 

obeyed  the  summons. 

He  was  converted  at  eighteen,  but  made  little  if  any  progress  in  the  divine  life 
until  as  a  teacher  in  the  Sunday  school  at  Waverly  he  was  fully  awakened  to  the 
need  of  greater  consecration.  Feeling  that  he  was  called  to  the  ministry  he  entered 
Vanderbilt  at  the  opening  of  that  institution  when  the  buildings  were  as  yet  unfinished. 
Here  he  remained  for  several  years  in  association  with  men,  many  of  whom  rose  to 
eminence  in  the  Church.  Among  his  intimate  friends  was  the  lamented  Bishop  Tigert. 
As  a  member  of  the  South  West  Missouri  Conference  his  ability  was  at  once 
recognized,  and  because  of  this  he  was  from  the  beginning  assigned  to  fields  that 
were  difficult  and  responsibilities  that  were  heavy.  In  this  relation  his  entire  history 
was  a  history  of  success  and  wherever  he  labored  the  Church  was  built  up  in  its 
material  interests  and  its  membership  as  well.  Needless  to  say  he  was  loved  and 
honored  everywhere. 

A  relentless  foe  to  tobacco  and  whiskey  he  has  lived  an  abstemious  and  economical 
life,  using  the  means  which  his  talent  and  industry  have  won  to  promote  the  cause 
of  God  and  the  kingdom  of  His  Son.  His  Christian  generosity  has  touched  the  work 
of  God  at  so  many  points  that  they  cannot  be  enumerated.  It  may  be  noted  that 
the  foundations  of  two  of  the  greatest  and  most  successful  missionary  enterprises 
of  the  Church  were  laid  by  him;  the  Palmore  Institute  at  Kobe,  Japan,  and  the 
Colegio  Palmore  at  Chihuahua,  Mexico.  Here  almost  a  thousand  students  are  annually 
gathered  under  the  fostering  influences  of  Christianity. 

Since  1890  Dr.  Palmore  has  been  the  Editor  and  Manager  of  the  St.  Louii 
Christian  Advocatee,  and  in  this  position  has  accomplished  a  work  and  achieved  a 
reputation  exceeded  by  few  in  the  history  of  the  world. 


ST.    LOUIS    CHRISTIAN    ADVOCATE. 


17 


REV.  CHARLES  CARROL  WOODS,  D.D. 


Yet  so  much  bounty  is  in  God,  such  grace,  that  who  advance  His 
Glory,  not  their  own,  them  He  Himself  to  glory  will 
Advance. — Milton. 


Rev.  Charles  Carrol  Woods,  son 
of  Samuel  H.  Woods  and  Sicily 
Woods,  was  born  in  Rocky  Mount, 
Virginia,  July  4th,  1838.  He  was 
converted  at  a  country  church  in 
Franklin  County,  Virginia,  when 
about  fifteeen  years  of  age,  under 
the  ministry  of  Rev.  J.  W.  Lewis, 
and  joined  the  church  at  that 
time.  His  father's  home  was  the 
stopping  place  of  all  the  preach- 
ers, and  frequently  sei'vices  were 
had  there.  Always  religiously  in- 
clined, he  was  deeply  impressed  m 
a  revival  meetir«g  held  by  the 
pastor.  Rev.  J.  W.  Lewis,  and 
that  night  about  midnight  he 
found  peace  in  the  crucified  Lord. 
He  was  licensed  to  preach  in 
August,  1861,  by  the  Quarterly 
Conference  of  Versailles  Circuit, 
at  that  time  in  the  St.  Louis,  but 
now  the  South-West  Missouri 
Conference;  Rev.  W.  M.  Protts- 
man  was  Presiding  Elder,  and 
Rev.  T.  J.  Smith  preacher  in 
charge;  the  same  Quarterly  Con- 
ference recommended  him  to  the 
Annual  Conference  for  admission 
on  trial,  and  he  was  received  into 
the  Annual  Conference  with 
Bishop  H.  H.  Kavaraugh  presid- 
ing; ordained  Deacon  by  Bishop  E. 
M.  Marvin,  at  Kansas  City_,  Mo.,  in 
1867;  ordained  Elder  by  Bishop  H. 
H.  Kavanaugh  at  JeiTerson  City, 
Missouri,  in  18fiS.  Appointments 
filled:  Marshal!  Circuit,  Ver- 
sailles Circuit,  Jefferson  City, 
Mo.,  New  Madrid  Circuit,  War- 
rensburg  Station,  Harrisonville 
Station,  Boonville  Station,  Jef- 
ferson City  Station,  Boonville  District,  Walnut  St.  Kansas  City,  Mo.,  Lydia  Ave.  (now 
Central),  Kansas  City,  Kansas  City  Dist.,  Nevada  Station,  Pres.  of  Scarritt  Collegiate 
Institute  eight  years,  Springfield,"  St.  Paul's,  and  with  St.  Louis  Christian  Advocate 
after  1898.  The  church  at  Warrensburg,  Jefferson  City,  Harrisonville  Circuit  (church 
and  parsonage),  Kansas  City  (church  and  parsonage),  and  many  others  were  all  built 
under  his  pastorate,  and  many  churches  and  parsonages  repaired  and  improved,  and 
many  old  debts  paid.  His  education  was  received  at  the  country  primaj-y  schools,  at 
Trinity  College,  North  Carolina,  and  at  Central  College,  Fayette,  Missouri.  He 
received  the  degree  of  D.  D.  from  Trinity  in  1877.  He  was  married  to  Miss  Anna 
M.  Nicholds  in  July,  1866,  and  their  children  are  as  follows:  Dr.  Samuel  H.  Woods, 
Charles  R.  Woods,  Dr.  E.  A.  Woods,  Mrs.  Minnie  C.  Hall,  Mrs.  Bess  M.  Childs,  Mrs. 
NelMe  Stuckey,  and  Miss  Mabel  Woods.  Some  of  the  books  v/hich  have  helped  him 
most,  aside  from  the  Bible,  are  Baxter's  "Call,"  and  "Saint's  Rest,"  and  Mosheim's 
History.  Dr.  Woods  has  dedicated  a  great  many  churches,  and  has  given  quite  a 
good  deal  of  attention  to  Masonry,  having  been  Gi-and  Master,  Grand  High  Priest, 
and  also  Grand  Prelate  for  some  thirteen  years.  He  feels  Ije  has  been  able  to  accom- 
plish much  good  by  association  with  the  Masonic  fraternity. 


18  CENTENNIAL    VOLUME    OF    MISSOURI    METHODISM. 

THE   ST.  LOUIS  CHRISTIAN  ADVOCATE. 


The  open  Bible,  the  living-  ministry,  our  Methodist  Schools,  and  the  St.  Louis 
Christian  Advocate,  have  been  four  potent  factors  in  the  development  of  Imperial 
Missouri.  The  Advocate,  during  its  nearly  three  score  years  of  history,  has  had  but 
few  editors.  For  more  than  three  decades  Dr.  D.  R.  McAnally  was  editor-in-chief. 
For  nearly  two  decades  Dr.  W.  B.  Palmore  has  borne  the  burden  of  responsibility,  both 
editorial  and  financial.  The  Bible  may  remain  dust-covered  and  unopened,  the  pastor, 
from  storm  or  sickness,  may  fail  in  his  regular  rounds,  but  the  St.  Louis  Advocate, 
fresh,  versatile  and  broadly  intelligent  in  its  wealth  of  information,  is  as  regular  a.i 
the  sun  in  its  weekly  greetings  of  the  household.  Whatever  else  may  fail,  tha 
Advocate  makes  its  bow  and  invites  the  family  to  a  bountiful  feast  of  good  things 
provided  in  its  freighted  columns.  During  rainy  Sundays  and  stormy  nights,  the 
Advocate  is  on  hand  to  give  the  shut-ins,  the  tired  housewife,  the  weary  father,  or 
the  restless  children,  a  profitable  and  delightful  hour.  The  far-reaching  and  mighty 
activities  of  the  church  among  men  are  faithfully  reported  for  the  help  of  those 
striving  to  practice  the  principles  of  our  holy  religion.  The  Advocate  stands  as  a 
break-water  against  the  inflowing  tides  of  worldliness;  it  sounds  the  alarm  at  the 
approach  of  danger;  it  strikes  with  a  mailed  hand  the  brazen  head  of  sin  in  the 
high  and  low  places  of  life;  and  it  stands  amid  the  confusion  of  strange  tongues, 
contending  earnestly  for  the  faith  once  delivered  to  the  Saints.  The  Advocate  is 
the  church's  throne  of  power,  her  right  arm  of  strength,  her  beacon  light  upon  the 
watch  tower,  and  her  herald  of  victory  on  the  field  of  conquest.  The  Advocate  is 
pledged  to  the  speedy  overthrow  of  King  Alcohol,  opium  and  war!  And  to  the 
sending  of  the  gospel  to  all  the  world  during  the  present  century.  For  thei^e  and  many 
other  reasons  it  should  be  placed  in  every  Methodist  home.     The  Advocate  has 

A  BOOK  STORE 
from  which  its  readers  can  order  good  books  of  almost  every  variety,  such  as  Family, 
Teachers',  Pulpit,  Old  Folks'  and  Children's  Bibles,  Hymn  Books,  Sunday  School 
Supplies,  Church  and  Quarterly  Conference  Records,  Church  Registers,  Maps,  Black 
Boards,  Marriage  and  Baptismal  Certificates,  Collection  Envelopes,  Communion  Sets, 
Reward  Cards,  Collection  Boxes,  Globes  and  Lesson  Helps,  New  Century  Knight 
Charts,  Songs  and  Badges.  The  Advocate  is  also  recognized  as  one  of  the  most 
valuable  advertising  mediums  west  of  the  Mississippi  river,  or  in  the  entire  south. 
All  preachers  are  authorized  agents  for  the  St.  Louis  Christian  Advocate,  which  is 
now  recognized  as  one  of  the  largest,  most  vigorous  and  expensive  religious  papers 
in  the  entire  South.  Each  copy  costs  Two  Dollars  a  year  to  make  it,  but  it  is  sent 
to  all  preachers,  who  act  as  its  agents,  for  half  price,  or  only  One  Dollar  a  year. 
In  order  to  introduce  it  into  new  homes,  it  will  be  sent  in  clubs  of  ten,  to  new  sub- 
scribers, for  just  half  the  cost  to  make  it,  which  is  less  than  a  two-cent  postage 
stamp  each  week,  or  One  Dollar  a  year.  No  subscription  can  be  renewed  at  this 
rate.  This  offer  at  half  the  cost  to  make  it  is  at  a  great  sacrifice  to  introduce  it 
into  new  homes.  Address  all  communications  and  orders  to  W.  B.  Palmorc,  14] 4 
Locust  Street,  St.   Louis,  Mo. 


CENTRAL    COLLEGE. 


19 


CENTRAL  COLLEGE  PRESIDENTS. 


1.  Rev.  N.  Scarkiit.  DD.    2.  Rev.  A.  A. Morrison,  d.D.    3.  Rev.  W.  H.  Anderson, D.D. 
President  1857-8  President  185S-60  President  1860-61 


4.  Rev.  W.  a.  Smith,  D.  D.    5.    Rev.  J.  C.  Wills.  D.  D. 
President  1868-70  President  1871-78 


Bishop  E.  R.  Hendrix.  d.  D. 
President  1878-se 


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CENTENNIAL    VOLUME    OF    MISSOURI    METHODISM. 


CENTRAL  COLLEGE  PRESIDENTS    Continued 


Rev.  J.  D.  Hammond,  D.  D. 
President  18«8-96. 


T.  S.  Dines,  A.  M, 
President  1896-97 


E.  B,  Craicheai).  LL.  D. 
President  1897-1901 


I.    J.  W.KiLP.-iTRiciv.  A.  M.,  Prof,  Biology  and  Geolouy  18H0-19W 

2,    T,  Berry  Smith,  A.  M  .  Prof.  Chem  and  Phys.  since  18SG  and  Act.  Pres.  190MI3 

3.    O.  H.  P.  CORfREW,  A,  M,  LL.  0,.  Prof.  Anc.  LanKuages  1871  and  Acting  Pres.  1886-88 

4.    Rev.  James  C.  Morris.  D.  D.,  President  June  1903-1907 

5.    Rev.  R.  T.  Bond,  A.  M.,  Prof.  Matliematics  and  Astronomy  since  1886 


CENTRAL    COLLEGE. 


21 


PROF.  WILLIAM  ALEXANDER  WEBB,  A.  M. 


President  of  Centr.^l  College,  Fayette,  Mo. 


All   the   wealth   of  past   Wisdom,   all    the    treasuries    of     Future 
Hope;  ours  to  study  now,  ours  to  possess  hereafter. 

— Canon   Farrar. 


William  A.  Webb,  eldest  child  of  Richard  Stanford  and  Jennie  Clegg-  Webb,  was 
Dorn  in  Durham,  N.  C,  July  30,  1867.  His  father  was  admitted  to  the  North  Carolina 
Conference  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  South,  in  1859,  and  continued^  in 
active  service  in  that  and  in  the  Western  North  Carolina  Conference  until  the  time 
of  his  death  in  1901,  serving  during  the  Civil  War  as  Chaplain  of  the  Forty-Fouith 
North  Carolina  Regiment,  C.  S.  A. 

Prepared  for  college  by  his  uncles,  Messrs.  W.  R.  and  J.  M.  Webb,  now  of  Bell 
Buckle,  Tenn.,  he  entered  Vanderbilt  University  in  1887  and  graduated  four  years 
later  with  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Arts.  After  another  year  of  study  in  the 
University  and  three  years  of  teaching  in  the  Webb  School,  he  spent  two  years  in 
foreign  travel  and  study  in  the  University  of  Leipsic.  In  1897  he  became  principal 
of  Central  Academy,  and  two  years  later  was  elected  Professor  of  English  in  Central 
College,  which  position  he  has  since  held,  spending  the  year  1903-'04  (by  permission 
of  the  college  authorities)  in  graduate  study  in  the  University  of  Berlin.  During 
the  absence  of  President  James  C.  Morris,  19b6-'07,  he  served  as  Acting  President  of 
Central  College.  He  was  married  January  31,  1899,  to  Miss  Mary  Lee  Clary  of  Bell 
Buckle,  Tenn.,  and  has  three  children. 

He  has  contributed  to  the  "Methodist  Quarterly  Review"  and  "South  Atlantic 
Quarterly,"  and  is  the  author  of  "Richard  Malcolm  Johnston"  in  Baskerville's  "Southern 
Writers."  He  was  elected  President  of  Central  College,  Fayette,  Mo.,  at  a  meeting  of 
the  Board  of   Curators  held  in  St.  Louis,  on  .^pril  23d,  1907. 


22 


CENTENNIAL    VOLUME    OF    MISSOURI    METHODISM. 


ATTENDANCE  MAP  OF  MISSOURI. 


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ATTENDANCE*-' COUNTIES 
CENTRAL  COLLEGE' FAYETTE' MO 

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ments made  herewith.  It  shows  at  a  glance  the  attendance  for  fifty  years  as  dis- 
tributed by  counties  in  Missouri  and  by  States  adjoining.  The  smaller  figures  indicate 
the  number  of  graduates  in  each  case.  The  map  was  compiled  by  Prof.  T.  Berry 
Smith,  and  is  deemed  to  be  quite  authentic,  being  based  on  the  records  of  catalogues 
and  matriculation  books.  About  one-fourth  of  those  credited  to  Howard  County 
were  transient  and  should  be  distributed  among  the  other  counties,  in  the  ratio  of 
five  north  of  the  Missouri  river  to  four  south  of    it. 


CENTRAL    COLLEGE. 


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This  view  is  taken  from  the  southwest  corner  of  the  Campus.  It  shows  in  the 
foreground  some  of  the  stately  trees  that,  in  well-chosen  variety,  bestud  the  grounds. 
The  walk  seen  is  made  of  the  refuse  from  a  coal  mine,  which,  after  being  thrown  out, 
passed  through  a  process  of  spontaneous  combustian  and  thereby  became  brick  red. 
The  contrast  with  the  green  of  the  turf  is  very  pleasing.  In  the  background  may 
be  seen  portions  of  the  Academy  and  of  Cupples  Hall  to  the  right,  and  of  Centenary 
Chapel  to  the  left. 


CENTRAL    COLLEGE. 


25 


"OLD  BUILDING." 


The  "Old  Building,"  once  called  "Library  Hall,"  and  now  known  as  the  "Academy," 
was  erected  in  1856.  Two  other  buildings  preceded  it  on  the  same  site;  the  first 
one  burned  in  1838,  and  the  second  one  in  1854.  In  this  building  all  the  work  of 
the  institution  was  carried  on  until  June,  1886.  In  its  chapel  were  held  also  for 
many  years  the  services  of  the  local  congregation  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church, 
South.  During  the  Civil  War  it  was  occupied  as  a  barracks  by  the  Federal  troops 
and  by  them  was  greatly  abused.  After  the  war  it  was  repaired,  and  it  is  still  in 
an  excellent  state  of  preservation.  The  building  is  used  at  present  as  a  study 
hall  and  for  recitation  rooms  by  the  preparatory  classes  of  the  college. 


26  CENTENNIAL    VOLUME    OF    MISSOURI    METHODISM. 

CENTRAL  COLLEGE, 
FAYETTE.  MO. 


HISTORICAL    SKETCH. 


The  city  of  Fayette  is  the  capital  of  Howard  county,  one  of  the  best  and 
earliest  settled  counties  of  Central  Missouri.  Fayette  was  laid  oat  at  the  time  of 
the  last  visit  of  Lafayette  to  the  United  States,  and  was  named  in  honor  of  that 
illustrious  son  of  France.  Surrounded  by  people  from  the  older  commonwealths  of 
Virginia,  Kentucky  and  Tennessee,  it  very  soon  became  the  seat  of  excellent  private 
schools.  In  1839-40,  when  the  State  Commissioners,  traveling  on  horseback,  visited 
the  counties  of  Cooper,  Saline,  Howard  and  Boone,  they  came  near  choosing  Fayette 
as  the  seat  of    the  new  University. 

In  1844  there  came  to  Fayette  from  McKendree  College,  Illinois,  a  young  man 
named  William  T.  Lucky.  He  and  his  wife  began  a  school  which  they  called  Howard 
High  School,  and  which  grew  as  the  years  rolled  on.  He  had  as  associates  in  his 
work  during  those  years  several  men  who  left  their  imprint  on  many,  many  lives. 
They  were  William  T.  Davis,  Nathan  Scarritt  and  Carr  W.  Pritchett. 

The  fame  of  Fayette  as  an  educational  center  was  such  that  a  delegated 
convention  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  South,  in  session  in  St.  Louis  in  April, 
1853,  selected  it  as  the  seat  of  "a  literary  institution  of  the  highest  order."  The 
following  autumn  curators  were  appointed  by  the  St.  Louis  and  Missouri  conferences, 
who  held  their  first  meeting  on  December  9,  1853,  to  devise  ways  and  means  for 
opening  the  proposed  new  college.  They  adjourned  without  taking  any  definite  steps, 
but  were  called  together  again  sooner  than  they  expected.  On  the  twenty-sixth  of 
January,  1854,  the  Howard  High  School  was  burned  and  on  February  4  a  joint 
session  of  the  Trustees  and  of  the  new  Board  of  Curators  was  held  in  Fayette. 
At  this  session  arrangements  were  made  whereby  the  present  site  of  the  "Old 
Building"  was  transferred  to  the  new  board.  This  was  the  beginning  of  the  Campus 
which  at  present  comprises  about  twenty-five  acres.  The  board  evidently  began  its 
corporate  existence  in  this  year  because  the  great  seal  of  the  college  bears  the  words, 
"Incorporated  1854,"  but  the  charter  bears  date  March  1,  1855,  and  it  was  accepted 
and  adopted  by  the  board  in  December,  1855.  A  stately  building  (the  one  still 
standing)  was  erected  on  the  site  of  the  burned  one  in  1856,  and  in  this  building  the 
formal  opening  of  Central  College  began  in  September,  1857.  Rev.  Nathan  Scarritt, 
President,  and  Rev.  Carr  W.  Pritchett,  Principal,  assistant.  They  took  the  boys  and 
left  the  young  ladies  in  the  High  School  with  Mr.  Lucky,  who  in  1859  secured  a 
charter  changing  the  name  to  Howard  Female  College  (now  Howard  Payne  College). 
Rev.  C.  W.  Pritchett  still  abides  and  lives  near  Independence,  Mo.  See  sketch  and 
cut  elsewhere  in  this  book. 

The  last  ante-bellum  minutes  of  the  Board  of  Central  bear  date  June  17,  1861, 
and  the  first  post-bellum  June  4,  1867.  The  ravages  of  war  had  swept  over  the  land 
and  the  college  building  had  been  used  as  barracks  and  hospital. 

October  29,  1867,  there  was  held  in  St.  Louis  a  joint  session  of  Conference  com- 
mittees and  a  new  Board  of    Curators,  five  from  each  Conference,  came  into  existence. 

On  June  11,  1868,  they  elected  Rev.  William  A.  Smith,  D.D.,  President,  and  he 
set  about  raising  an  endowment  fund  of  $100,000,  which  amount  was  deemed 
necessary  to  be  secured  before  the  college  should  be  opened  again.  He,  already  an 
old  man  and  worn  with  long  service  in  Randolph-Macon  College,  Virginia,  soon  broke 
down,  tho'  not  until,  by  a  vigorous  canvass,  he  had  secured  the  desired  amount  of 
endowment. 


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In  the  College  building  an  exceellent  school  was  conducted,  known  as  the  "Classi- 
cal Seminary  of  Central  College,"  until  June  1870.  The  following  September  the 
college  was  formally  re-opened  under  the  Presidency  of  Rev.  John  C.  Wills,  D.  D., 
of  Alabama.  In  his  faculty  were  Rev.  F.  X.  Forster,  Rev.  Wesley  G.  Miller  and 
Prof.  O.  H.  P.  Corprew.  All  but  the  last  have  passed  into  the  beyond,  but  he  abides 
with  us  yet,  in  the  emeritus  relation,  his  courteous  bearing  in  no  way  lessened,  "The 
Noblest  Roman  of  Them  All." 

In  1878  President  Wills  died,  leaving  a  memory  whose  fragrance  yet  remains, 
and  in  his  stead  was  chosen  Rev.  Eugene  R.  Hendrix,  D.  D.,  whose  early  years  had 
been  spent  in  Central.  He  found  the  College  in  debt,  the  endowment  nearly  all  gone, 
and  large  deficits  existing  in  the  salaries  of    the    Professors. 

Taking  hold  with  a  vigorous  hand  he  initiated  an  era  of  expansion  and  enlarge- 
ment. By  June,  1886,  when  he  resigned  to  accept  the  Bishopric  to  which  he  had  been 
elected  by  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  South,  all  indebtedness  had  been  cancelled, 
the  endowment  had  grown  to  $110,000,  the  Campus  increased  to  several  acres;  there  had 


PROP.  O.  H.  P.  CORPREW. 

been  erected  a  small  gymnasium,  a  temporary  club  house,  and  a  magnificent  chapel,  and 
both  curriculum  and  faculty  had  been  enlarged.  He  had  as  co-workers  such  men  as  Cor- 
prew, Kilpatrick,  E.  A.  Allen  (now  at  Missouri  State  University),  William  B.  Smith 
(now  at  Tulane  LTniversity,  New  Orleans),  Armstrong,  Frantz,  Anderson  and  others. 
From  1886  to  1888  Prof.  Corprew  served  as  president  pro  tem,  and  during  this  time 
there  came  into  the  faculty  R.  T.  Bond  and  T.  Berry  Smith.  In  June,  1888,  Rev. 
John  D.  Hammond,  D.  D.,  became  president;  and  served  until  June,  1896.  During  his 
administration  the  campus  was  increased  to  twenty  acres  and  the  splendid  "Science 
Hall"  was  built.  Showing  in  himself  a  grand  specimen  of  physical  manhood,  com- 
bined with  fine  intellectual  attainment  and  a  religious  character  of  the  highest  order, 
he  sought  to  develop  the  whole  man.  He  advocated  physical  training  and  had  new 
equipments  put  in  the  gymnasium  and  he  secured  from  Mrs.  Catherine  Johnson  a 
tract  of  ground  adjoining  the  Campus,  which  constitutes  one  of  the  best  athletic 
fields  in  the  state.  His  faculty  consisted  of  Corprew,  Kilpatrick,  Frantz,  Bond, 
Smith,   Mumpower,  White   and   others. 


28  CENTENNIAL    VOLUME    OF    MISSOURI    METHODISM. 


In  1886  there  was  elected  for  the  first  time  to  the  presidency  an  alumnus  of  the 
College.  Tyson  S.  Dines,  A.  M.,  '80,  of  Denver,  Colo.,  was  chosen  in  June  and  did 
some  service  durinp  the  summer,  but  an  accident  just  about  the  opening  of  the  Fall 
term  befell  him  and  he  was  physically  incapacitated  throughout  the  remainder  of  the 
year.  At  its  close  he  resigned.  As  his  successor  another  alumnus  was  chosen.  E. 
B.  Craighead,  A.  M.,  '82,  was  called  from  the  presidency  of  Clemson  Agricultural 
College,  South  Carolina,  and  he  entered  at  once  on  a  vigorous  policy  which  was 
prosecuted  for  four  years  with  large  success.  It  was  during  this  time  that  the  beau- 
tiful Cupples  Hall  was  erected,  one  of  the  best  college  dormitories  in  the  State.  It 
was  the  gift  of  Mr.  Samuel  Cupples  of  St.  Louis,  whose  generosity  has  been  more 
than  once  felt  by  Central  College. 

From  June,  1901,  to  June,  1903,  Prof.  T.  Berry  Smith  was  acting  president 
and  the  work  of  the  college  proceeded  about  as  usual.  Then  the  Rev.  James  C. 
Morris,  D.  D.,  of  St.  Louis,  was  chosen  to  the  presidency.  He  brought  to  the  office 
scholarly  attainments  and  a  matured  manhood,  softened  by  many  years  in  the  min- 
istry of  the  gospel.  Under  his  administration  the  college  took  on  new  life,  the  faculty 
being  increased  in  numbers,  the  attendance  was  enlarged  fifty  per  cent,  and  a  com- 
modious and  well-equipped  new  gymnasium  was  erected  at  a  cost  of  $14,000.  It  was 
during  his  term  that  the  plan  of  celebrating  the  semi-centennial  of  the  college  had 
its  inception.  Of  this  Jubilee  occasion  see  an  account  elsewhere.  After  three  years 
he  asked  and  was  allowed  leave  of  absence  for  one  year,  during  which  time  Prof. 
William  A.  Webb  was  acting  president.  In  April,  1907,  Dr.  Morris  resigned  and  Prof. 
Webb  become   president. 

In  the  foregoing  pages  an  outline  of  the  history  of  Central  College  has  been 
penned.  In  this,  its  jubilee  year,  we  find  the  following  summary  of  what  has  been 
done.  It  was  in  active  operation  four  years  preceding  the  Civil  War,  during  which 
time  it  had  six  graduates.  Then  its  doors  were  closed  from  1861  to  1871.  Since 
that  time  it  has  grown  steadily  along  all  lines  and  stands  today  among  the  foremost 
institutions  of  the  West.  It  has  had,  in  all,  fourteen  presidents  and  acting  presi- 
dents, more  than  fifty  professors  and  teachers,  two  hundred  and  ninety-four  graduates 
and  3,000  diff'erent  persons  eproUed  as  students  whose  average  attendance  has  been 
about  two  years.  The  Campus  of  one  acre  has  grown  to  twenty-five  acres,  embrac- 
ing such  variety  of  surface  and  growth  as  to  render  it  probably  the  most  charming 
Campus  in  the  State.  The  original  building  that  stood  alone  until  1884  has  now 
the  company  of  four  other  stately  structures,  as  indicated  in  the  accompanying  cuts. 
In  these  buildings  are  found  such  equipments  as  serve  the  purposes  of  modern  educa- 
tional work.  A  library  of  10,000  volumes,  an  extensive  and  well  arranged  museum, 
laboratories,  chemical,  physical  and  biological,  with  their  complements  of  apparatus, 
a  splendid  gymnasium  for  physical  training,  halls  for  the  literary  societies,  and  the 
usual  quota  of  recitation  and  other  rooms.  The  total  value  of  this  plant  is  estimated 
at  $200,000.  In  the  beginning  the  fathers  figured  on  $25,000  for  building  and  equip- 
ment, and  $50,000  for  endowment.  This  ratio  of  two  to  one  has  not  been  sustained, 
but  it  is  hoped  that  the  semi-centennial  campaign  will  bring  the  nearly  $200,000  of 
present  endowment  up  to  $400,000  or  more.  The  intellectual  and  moral  output  of 
these   fifty   years    cannot   be    estimated. 

The  children  of  Alma  Mater,  whether  titled  or  untitled,  are  filling  many  places 
of  credit  in  the  world  and  today  Central's  sons  are  standing  shoulder  to  shoulder 
with  the  best  of  earth  in  the  very  forefront  of    educated  Christian  manhood. 

T.  Berry  Smith. 


CENTRAL    COLLEGE. 


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CENTENARY   CHAPEL. 

This  g-reat  brick  edifice  was  erected  in  1884  at  a  cost  of  $28,000.  The  auditorium 
has  a  seating  capacity  of  1,000,  while  and  the  ground  floor  is  a  lecture  room  for 
500.  In  this  room  are  held  all  the  ordinary  services  of  the  church  and  college,  while 
the  auditorium  is  used  for  the  larger  gatherings  of  both.  There  is  a  large  pipe  organ 
in   the  upper   room. 


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CENTENNIAL    VOLUME    OF    MISSOURI    METHODISM. 


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SCIENCE    HALL. 

This  is  the  Central  building  of  the  Campus.  It  was  erected  in  1894-.5  and  cost, 
with  its  fui-nishings,  about  $50,000.  It  is  acknowledged  by  all  who  have  seen  it,  to 
be  among  the  finest  and  best  arranged  of  college  buildings  anywhere.  Within  its 
walls  is  carried  on  all  the  work  of  the  regular  college  classes.  Here  are  class  rooms, 
library,  museum,  laboratories  and  society  halls. 


CENTRAL  COLLEGE 


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CUPPLES    HALL. 

Cupples  Hall  was  built  in  1899  at  a  cost  of  $26,000.  It  was  the  gift  of  Mr. 
Samuel  Cupples  of  St.  Louis.  The  basement  of  uncut  stone  serves  for  the  kitchen 
and  dining  hall  with  capacities  for  feeding  one  hundred  and  fifty  persons.  The  other 
floors  are  surrounded  by  walls  of  mottled  red  brick  and  a  red  tile  roof,  the  whole 
presenting  a  pleasing  effect.  On  these  floors  are  rooms,  large  and  well  ventilated,  for 
fifty  young  men.  There  is  a  lavatory  and  bath  room  on  each  floor,  and  on  the  first 
floor,  are  public  parlors  and  the  rooms  of  the  housekeeper.  This  building  is  centrally 
located,  and  it  makes  an  ideal  college  home. 


SEMI-CENTENNIAL  OF  CENTRAL  COLLEGE. 


By  Rev.  Willis  Carlisle. 


I  was  appointed  to  this  work  June,  1905,  without  previous  consultation  or  con- 
sent with  no  definite  plans  on  my  part  nor  suggestions  on  the  part  of  the  Board. 
The  first  work  presenting  itself  was  to  form  plans  and  organize  for  an  effective  two 
years'  work.  Keeping  in  mind  the  accomplishment  of  two  ends,  (1)  Increase  in 
number  of    students;    (2)    Increase  in  endowment. 

A  careful  examination  of  conditions,  locally  and  throughout  the  state,  as  re- 
vealed through  letters,  personal  visits  to  congregations,  answers  to  direct  questions, 
showed  conclusively  that  the  first  work  to  be  undertaken  through  this  office  was  the 
work  of  greater  publicity,  to  result  in  (1)  Increased  intelligence  on  the  part  of  our 
people,    (2)    A   quickening  of    conscience  toward   Central   College,    (3)    An   educational 


32  CENTENNIAL    VOLUME    OF    MISSOURI    METHODISM. 

revival  in  Missouri  Methodism.  Plans  calculated  to  accomplish  these  ends  were  care- 
fully formed  and  presented  to  the  Board  of  Curators  at  their  meeting  in  St.  Louis 
November,  1905,  with  estimated  cost  of  prosecuting:  such  work,  which  plans  after 
careful  discussion,  were  adopted  and  funds  voted  to  make  them  effective. 

THE   PLAN   IN   BRIEF. 

The  Methodist  pastor  was  found  to  be  the  key  to  the  situation.  He  could  aug- 
ment or  destroy  any  latent  interest.  His  co-operation  is  essential  in  his  charge.  He 
was  to  be  cultivated  in  the  most  effectual  way  possible.  This  last  statement  has  been 
before  us  at  all  times.  Gain  the  good  will  and  co-operation  of  the  r)00  Methodist 
preachers  in  Missouri  in  behalf  of  Central  College  and  the  school  will  overflow  with 
students,  wills  be   written,   the  endowment   increased. 

To  encourage  the  pastors  in  their  work  and  to  assist  them  something  must  be 
done  in  arousing  the  public  mind  to  a  sense  of  the  need  and  value  of  Central  College 
to  our  church   in   Missouri. 

THIS  WAS  DONE: 

1.  Through  local  work  by  the  Secretary.  I  have  made  personal  visit  to  leaders 
in  our  church,  pastors  or  laymen,  and  in  well  planned  conversations  have  gone  over 
the  entire  situation,  hearing  what  they  had  to  say,  meeting  their  objections,  stilling 
their  doubts  and  criticisms  as  much  as  possible,  but  at  the  end  leaving  this  thought 
with  them :  "Whatever  may  or  may  have  been  done,  whatever  mistakes  may  or  may 
not  have  been  made,  the  fact  remains  that  our  beloved  church  must  have  Central 
College." 

2.  Through  addresses  in  individual  churches.  As  opportunity  has  been 
given  me  by  the  pastors  of  our  more  influential  churches  I  have,  with  one  or  two  ex- 
ceptions, addressed  the  churches  in  the  same  strain.  Some  months  ago  I  opened  the 
way  in   several   such   churches   for  these   addresses   and   accepted   all   calls. 

.3.     Through  District  Conference  Addresses. 

Looking  upon  the  district  conferences  as  gatherings  of  our  representative  lay- 
men  and   pastors  addresses   have   been   planned   for  these   both   in   1906-07. 

This  has  been  a  valuable  feature  of  the  work  in  enlisting  both  laymen  and 
pastors. 

4.  Through  conferences  with  oflScials. 

(a)  With  presiding  elders. 

As  effective  work  as  has  been  done  has  been  accomplished  through  this  medium. 
These  conferences  have  given  us  a  state-wide  view.  They  have  also  been  the  means 
of  dirct  committal.  When  these  were  held  the  time  had  come  to  know  just 
where  our  leaders  stood  to  know  their  ground,  to  commit  themselves  fairly  and 
squarely,  and  this  was  the  one  aim  of  the  conferences,  other  matters  were  of  course 
considered.  The  chairman  of  our  Board  met  the  larger  number  of  all  the  Presiding 
Elders  in  the  state  at  the  time  of  the  St.  Louis  meeting  in  a  helpful  conference. 
The  effects  of  such  meetings,  with  a  point,  are  obvious. 

(b)  The  same  conferences  have  been  held  with  the  Conference  Boards  of  Edu- 
cation in  the  Southwest  Missouri  and  Missouri  conferences.  The  first  in  Kansas 
City,  the  second  in  Moberly.  The  field  carefully  gone  over  in  each  instance,  helpful 
suggestions   made,   and   the  work   emphasized. 

5.  Through  Central  College  meetings  at  each  of  the  Annual  Conferences  in  1906. 
Concerning  the   Semi-Centennial  history:     It   is  a  matter  of  impossibility  for  me 

to  write  an  adequate  history,  such  as  should  grace  the  pages  of  the  Semi-Centen- 
nial volume.  To  date,  since  the  inauguration  of  the  campaign  by  the  appointment 
of  the  Semi-Centennial  committee,  composed  of  the  members  of  the  Board  of  Curat- 
ors, approximately  $105,000  have  been  secured  in  notes,  wills  written,  cash,  build- 
ings and  improvements;  the  college  attendance  has  been  increased  104  per  cent  since 
I  came  and  all  expecting  a  still   larger  increase  for  the  coming  year. 


CENTRAL  COLLEGE. 


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REV.   CARR   WALLER   PRITCHETT.   LL.   D.,   F.   R.   A.   S. 


On    the    roaring    billows    of    Time,    thou    are    not    ingulfed,    but 
Borne  aloft  into  the  azure   of    Eternitj'. — Carlyle. 


Rev.  Carr  Waller  Pritchett  was  born  in  Henry  County,  Vii-ginia,  September 
4th,  1823.  In  his  thirteenth  year  with  his  parents,  he  came  to  Missouri,  and  settled 
in  Warren  county.  He  was  the  oldest  of  ten  children  and  knew  all  the  hardships 
of  pioneer  farm  life.  He  had  but  scanty  opportunities  for  getting  an  education,  but 
being  ambitious  he  studied  much  by  the  fireside  and  sometimes  worked  his  algebra 
problems  with  keel  on  the  plow  beam  while  his  horses  were  resting.  In  his  twenty- 
first  year  he  attended  St.  Charles  College  for  eight  months.  In  1844,  he  began  to 
teach,  in  which  vocation  he  continued  for  most  of  the  time  for  nearly  thirty  years, 
from  1851  to  1866  in  Fayette,  and  from  1866  to  1873  in  Glasgow.  In  Fayette  he 
was  associated,  first  with  the  Howard  High  School,  and  then  with  the  organization 
of  Central  College  from  1857  to  1861.  In  1866  he  became  the  first  president  of 
Pritchett  College  at  Glasgow.  In  1875  he  became  Director  of  the  Morrison  Astro- 
nomical Observatory  at  Glasgow,  from  which  he  retired  in  September,  1905,  going 
to  the  country  home  of  his  son  near  Independence,  Mo.,  where  he  is  still  living. 
Without  the  usual  facilities  of  education  in  youth,  yet  he  became  a  noted  scholar 
and  teacher  in  classical,  mathematical  and  scientific  subjects,  and  left  an  impress 
for  good  upon  hundreds  of  young  men  and  women  in  Central  Missouri.  In  1846, 
he  became  a  licentiate  in  the  Missouri  Conference,  and  worked  side  by  side  with 
Enoch  M.  Marvin,  then  beginning  his  remarkable  career  in  the  same  county;  was 
ordained  Deacon  in  1857,  and  located  in  1870 — credited  with  sixteen  years  in  the 
active  woi'k.  He  was  a  very  able  preacher,  but  gave  his  life  rather  to  the  instruc- 
tion of  youth,  and  the  study  of  the  wonders  of  the  heavens.  His  degrees  honorary 
are,  A.  M.  (St.  Charles),  LL.  D.  (Central),  and  F.  R.  A.  S.  of  England.  He  was 
married  in  the  fall  of  1849  to  Miss  Betty  Susan  Smith  of  Pike  County,  Missouri, 
who  died  in  Glasgow,  in  November,  1872.  To  them  were  born  seven  children,  two  of 
whom  died  in  infancy.  The  surviving  are  two  daughters,  Lizzie  and  Sadie  Byrd,  and 
three  sons.  Dr.  Henry  S.  Pritchett  of  New  York,  Oswald  S.  Pritchett,  of  Independ- 
ence, Mo.,  and  Carr  W.  Pritchett  of    Denver,  Colo. 


34  CENTENNIAL    VOLUME    OF    MISSOURI    METHODISM. 


REV.   WILLIS   CARLISLE. 


The   end   of   thought   is   Action. — From   the   Greek. 


By  Rev.  Ward  M.  Baker. 
Rev.  Willis  Carlisle,  of  Kentucky  parentage,  was  born  .August  20th,  1869.  His 
father  was  a  Baptist  preacher.  He  was  educated  in  the  Omaha,  Illinois,  Male  Acad- 
emy, and  Owensville,  Indiana,  Hiph  school;  also  the  Indiana  Normal  University, 
graduating  therefrom  in  the  class  of  1889.  He  taught  two  years  in  the  public 
schools  of  Indiana,  one  year  in  Illinois,  and  was  for  three  years  principal  of  a 
Missouri  public  school.  He  was  admitted  on  trial  by  the  St.  Louis  Annual  Confer- 
ence in  189.3,  Bishop  Duncan  presiding.  He  was  appointed  to  the  Jackson,  Missouri, 
Methodist  College,  as  president,  and  after  five  years  of  successful  school  work,  he 
was,  at  his  own  request,  allowed  to  give  all  his  time  to  pastoral  labor.  He  trans- 
ferred to  the  Missouri  Conference  in  1899,  and  was  appointed  to  Rocheport  Circuit. 
The  following  three  years  as  Presiding  Elder  of  the  St.  Charles  District,  he  proved 
his  zeal,  energy,  enterprise  and  power  of  initiative,  by  not  only  paying  the  Con- 
ference collections  in  full  by  direct  effort  in  the  respective  charges,  but  bringing  the 
salary  of  every  preacher  in  the  district  up  in  full,  and  the  last  year  enterprising 
the  first  District  parsonage  of  the  Missouri  Conference.  In  June,  190.^,  at  the 
earnest  call  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  of  Central  College,  he  accepted  the  office  of 
Secretary  of  the  College.  He  began  at  once  to  spread  abroad  a  wider  and  more 
thorough  knowledge  of  this  institution.  His  work  has  had  special  reference  to  the 
organization  of  the  State  for  the  Semi-Centennial  movement.  The  celebration  of 
the  Semi-Centennial  is  to  take  place  in  October,  1907.  Already  the  whole  state  has 
been  organized  for  a  series  of  meetings  in  which  every  member  of  our  church  in 
Missouri  will  be  asked  to  contribute  to  the  endowment  of  Central  College.  With 
remarkable  zeal,  a  genius  for  office  work,  untiring  energy,  ability  on  the  platform 
and  in  private,  the  work  is  being  pressed  by  the  Secretai-y.  He  was  married  to  Miss 
Carrie,  daughter  of  Rev.  Godfrey  Phillips,  a  member  of  the  New  York  East  Con- 
ference, July  29th,  1891.  They  have  a  son  and  daughter  before  the  Father's  throne. 
Miriam  Carlisle  and  Magdalen  Carlisle  are  in  this  earthly  home.  Of  fine  physique, 
cultured  in  manner,  strong  in  mind,  and  living  in  the  daily  presence  of  the  Eternal, 
in  the  very  prime  of    life,  God  hath  a  greater  future  for  this  man  of  worth. 


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PROF.   RICHARD   THOMPSON    BOND,  A.   M. 


If  inextinguishable   thirst  in   Man   to  know,  how   rich,  how   full. 
Our  banquet  there! — Young. 


Richard  Thompson  Bond. 

Professor  of  Mathematics  and  Astronomy  in  Central  Collegee,  Fayette,  Mo.,  was 
born  in  Chambersburg,  Pa.,  September  25th,  1838.  His  father.  Rev.  Richard  Bond, 
M.  D.,  was  born  in  Baltimore  County,  Maryland,  and  his  mother,  Eliza  Ann  Thomp- 
son, in  Westmoreland  County,  Virginia.  His  parents  moved  to  Missouri  in  1841,  and 
settled  in  Danville,  Montgomery  County,  where  R.  T.  Bond  attended  a  private  school 
taught  by  Rev.  Carr  W.  Pritchett,  and  in  1855  he  attended  Howard  High  School  at 
Fayette,  Mo.,  taught  by  Rev.  Carr  W.  Pritchett  and  W.  T.  Lucky.  During  the  next 
twelve  years  he  was  occupied  in  farming,  mining,  merchandising,  freighting  and 
traveling.  He  made  three  trips  from  New  York  to  San  Francisco  by  water,  two 
by  way  of  Panama,  one  by  way  of  Nicaragua.  Also  trips  overland  to  Denver,  Santa 
Fe,  Boise  City,  California  and  Oregon,  before  there  was  any  Pacific  railroad. 

In  February,  1867,  he  returned  to  Missouri  and  married  Miss  Hannah  Mcllhany 
in  Callaway  County,  and  in  the  fall  of  that  year  went  to  Glasgow,  Mo.,  to  teach 
in  Pritchett  School  Institute,  where  he  remained  either  as  teacher  or  president  until 
1886,  save  four  years  spent  in  St.  Louis  teaching  mathematics  in  Washington  Uni- 
versity. In  the  fall  of  1886  he  was  called  to  the  Chair  of  Mathematics  and  Astron- 
omy in  Central  College,  Fayette,  Mo.,  which  position  he  holds  at  present,  January 
1st,  1907. 

He  was  converted  in  Macon  City,  Mo.,  in  1867,  under  the  preaching  of  Rev. 
William  A.  Smith,  D.  D.,  during  the  session  of  the  Missouri  Annual  Conference.  He 
joined  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  South,  in  Glasgow,  Mo.,  immediately  after 
the  close  of  the  Conference,  Rev.  William  Penn  being  the  preacher  in  charge.  He 
was  licensed  to  preach  by  the  Glasgow  Quarterly  Conference  in  the  summer  of  1885, 
and  was  immediately  appointed  by  Rev.  John  A.  Mumpower,  the  Presiding  Elder,  to 
supply  the  Salisbury  Circuit  for  the  remainder  of  the  Conference  year.  He  was 
ordained  Deacon  by  Bishop  John  C.  Granbery  at  Palmyra  in  1889,  and  was  ordained 
elder  at  Monroe  City,  by  Bishop  Atticus  G.  Haygood  in  1893. 


36  CENTENNIAL    VOLUME    OF    MISSOURI    METHODISM. 


PROF.   T.   BERRY   SMITH,  A.   M. 


Floiifeiis   ut   apes   in    saltibus  omnia   libant. — Luct-etius. 

As    from    the    sweetest    flowers    the    lab'ring     bee     extracts     her 

Precious  sweets. — Creech. 


Prof.  T.  Berry  Smith  was  born  December  7th,  18.i0,  near  Cyrene,  Pike  County, 
Missouri.  His  father,  William  Hugh  Smith,  belonged  to  the  Baptist  Church,  and  his 
mother,  Isabelle  McCune  FuUerton  Smith,  was  a  member  of  the  Cumberland  Pres- 
byterian Church.  He  grew  up  on  the  farm  and  was  educated  in  the  old  log  school 
house  in  his  childhood.  He  was  converted  in  January,  1870,  at  Glasgow,  Mo.,  under 
the  ministry  of  Rev.  Thomas  J.  Gooch,  and  joined  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church, 
South,  at  that  time.  He  was  a  student  in  Pritchett  College,  and  made  his  home  with 
the  Rev.  Carr  W.  Pritchett,  whose  wife  was  his  father's  sister;  he  decided  to 
act,  did  so,  and  was  gloriously  satisfied  in  his  own  room  after  retiring,  and  has  never 
had  the  slightest  doubt  since.  He  has  always  enjoyed  religion  and  has  been  an 
active  worker  in  church  and  Sunday  School.  He  enjoys  a  full  and  abiding  peace 
and  loves  the  communion  of  the  people  of  God.  He  attended"  and  graduated  from 
Pritchett  College,  at  Glasgow,  Mo.,  with  A.  B.  in  1873,  and  A.  M.  in  1879;  took 
graduate  work  in  chemistry  at  Yale  College  in  1875  and  1876,  and  has  been  teaching 
ever  since.  He  was  married  to  Miss  Emma  Marvin  Newland,  December  27th,  1877, 
and  has  three  children,  Beryl  Dean  Smith,  Walton  Caples  Smith  and  Shirley  Steele 
Smith.  He  considers  his  call  to  the  Chair  of  Chemistry  and  Physics  in  Central 
College  in  June,  1886,  in  which  position  he  has  served  tw»nty-one  years,  as  the  most 
important  event  in  his  life.  During  1901  and  190.3  h'.  was  also  acting  president  of 
Central  College.  In  1900  he  issued  a  volume  of  poems  of  100  pages,  entitled  "In 
Many  Moods."  He  is  also  the  author  of  a  "History  of  Central  College,"  a  prepared 
for  a  government  volume  on  Higher  Education  in  Missouri,  in  1898,  and  has  written 
d  semi-centennial  song,  words  and  music,  for  Central  College,  which   is  just  out. 


.MIS.SDIKI  C(}.\FlCrtENCE 


CENTRAL  COLLEGE. 


37 


MISSOURI  CONFERENCE  1895, 
MACON,  MO. 


1.  J.   H.   French  5-1. 

2.  G.    E.    Tanquary  5.t. 

3.  C.    N.    Broadhurst  56. 

4.  Thos.   H.   Swearingen  57. 

5.  G.    M.    Gibson  5S. 

6.  T.    G.   Petree  59. 

7.  Fielding  Marvin  60. 
S.  W.  F.  Packard  61. 
9.  J.   A.    Snow  62. 

10.  I'nidentified  63. 

11.  B.   W.   Fielder  64. 

12.  A.   V.   Bayley  65. 

13.  L.    F.    Parker  66. 

14.  J.    C.    Diggs  67. 

15.  R.    Wilkinson  68. 

16.  L.    B.    JVlMdison  69. 

17.  G.    B.    Hitch  70. 
l.S.  T.    P.    Middleton  71. 

19.  J.   H.   Bishop  72. 

20.  Unidentified  73. 

21.  J.   A.    Mumpower  74. 

22.  J.   A.   Wailes  75. 

23.  W.    E.    Dockerg  76. 

24.  W.    F.    Ready  77. 

25.  J.    F.    Wyatt  7S. 

26.  J.    W.    Garvin  79. 

27.  T.  A.  Allison  SO. 

28.  The   same  81. 

29.  J.    A.    Merchant  82. 

30.  J.    O.    Whitworth  83. 

31.  J.    P.    Godbey  84. 

32.  Dr.    S.    Kennerly  85. 

33.  Unidentified  86. 

34.  C.    A.    Lewis  87. 

35.  L.    N.    Wagner  88. 

36.  A.    M.    Bedford  S9. 

37.  Unidentified  90. 

38.  G.    W.    Nollner  91. 

39.  Wm.   F.    Bell  92. 

40.  H.    C.    Helen  93. 

41.  W.  H.   Roper  94. 

42.  W.    S.    Woodward  95. 

43.  Unidentified  96. 

44.  Ward    M.    Baker  97. 

45.  S.    O.    Maughas  9S. 

46.  Unidentified  99. 

47.  H.    C.    Morrison  100. 

Missionary    Secretary        101. 

4S.  J.   D.   Hunt  102. 

49.  J.    T.    Blakey  103. 

50.  C.    K.   Shilling  104. 

51.  Marion    Moore  105. 

52.  J.    E.    Keller  106. 

53.  "W.    F.    McMurry  107. 


W.    S.    Rooker 

W.    W.   McMurry 

Mrs.  M.   E.   Lawson 

J.   B.   Shover 

W.    C.    Maggart 

E.    E.    Bostwick 

L.  P.  Siceloff 

C.   B.   Harris 

I.    T.    Nash 

Geo.  W.   Penn 

C.    W.   Collett 

A.  S.   Bowles 

Martin    E.    Lawson 

J.    E.    Fisher 

J.   T.    Kinsey 

M.    L.    .\llishouse 

S.    H.    Milam 

L.   C.    Maggart 

L.   T.    Fawks 

Unidentified 

J.   O.    Edmonslon 

E.    F.    Perkins,   M.   D. 

W.   O.    Medley 

Unidentified 

M.   F.    Brower 

A.   C.    Browning 

J.  W.   Tanquary 

C.  G.    Hill 
Unidentified 
Unidentified 
M.    L.    Gray 
H.  C.  Garrett 
E.   L.   Rutledge 
R.    W.    Howerton 
Unidentified 
John    Anderson 
W.   B.    Llewellyn 
W.    B.    Wheeler 
W.    J.    Parrin 

J.    T.    McDonald 
Unidentified 
J.  M.  Settle 
T.   M.  Patterson 
Unidentified 
Unidentifitd 
J.    L.    Taylor 
Dr.   B.   Winn 
R.   M.    Neale 
Unidentified 
J.   H.   Hubbf.rd 
E.    M.    Capp 

D.  C.    OHowell 
John    Robson 

Z.    M.    Williams 


lOS. 

J.   R.   A.   Vaughan 

109. 

Unidentified 

110. 

H.    A.    Smith 

111. 

S.    H.    Renfro 

112. 

D.   R.  Shackleford 

113. 

Unidentified 

114. 

Unidentified 

115. 

Unidentified 

116. 

J.    H.    Hagar 

117. 

Dr.  Jno.  D.  H  immond 

lis. 

R.    J.   Bigham 

Cor.    Secy    of    Education 

119. 

Unidentified 

120. 

John   Holland 

12L 

Mrs.   Homer  Tuggle 

122. 

P.    P.    Ellis 

123. 

T.    B.    Farry 

124. 

E.    D.    Swartz 

125. 

Homer    Tuggle 

126. 

Miss  Minnie  Buckley 

127. 

C.    W.   Herley 

128. 

Unidentified 

129. 

Unidentified 

130. 

J.    B.    Rice 

131. 

W.   C.  Rice 

132. 

S.   W.   Cope 

133. 

Robert  White 

134. 

R.    M.    Dameron 

135. 

Mrs.    R.    M.    Dameron 

136. 

Bishop  W.  'n".  Duncan 

Presiding   Bishop 

137. 

J.    M.    Dempsey 

138. 

Unidentified 

139. 

J.    A.    Mitchell 

140. 

J.    B.    Parnell 

141. 

J.    C.    Kindred 

142. 

D.    F.   Bone 

143. 

I'nidentified 

144. 

Dr.    Jno.    D.   Vincil 

Sec'y   of  Conference 

145. 

J.    M.    Proctor 

146. 

Unidentified 

147. 

A.    B.    Sanderson 

148. 

C.    T.    McAnally 

149. 

Dr.  Daniel  Morton 

Church    Extension    Sec"y 

150. 

J.   L.  Meftert 

151. 

H.   M.    Myers 

152. 

C.   I.   Vanderventer 

153. 

J.    J.   Watts 

154. 

Frank    Siler 

155. 

Mrs.    C.    T.   Mc.^nally 

156. 

Jno.    F.    Shores 

157. 

R.   H.   Cooper 

38 


CENTENNIAL    VOLUME    OF    MISSOURI    METHODISM. 


MISSOURI  CONFERENCE. 


REV.  JOHN  D.  VINCEL,  D.  D. 
One  of  the  Greatest  Conference  Secretaries. 


1806-CENTENNIAL  APPOINTMENTS— 1906. 


ST.  CHARLES  DISTRICT. 


Presiding  Elder C.  O.  Ransford 

St.  Charles  Station W.  B.  Wheeler 

Troy  Station J.  A.  Mumpower 

Troy    Circuit C.   L.    Hess 

Clarksville  Circuit J.  M.   Boon 

Elsberry  Circuit C.  W.  Gow 

Defiance  Circuit W.  B.  Rigg 

O'Fallon  Circuit J.  H.  Sneed 

Wright  City  Circuit J.  L.  Roberts 

Warrenton  Circuit S.  H.  Milam 

Jonesburg G.  E.  Eaves 


Belleflower  Circuit J.  W.  Slade 

New  Florence  Circuit J.  W.  Ham 

Laddonia   Circuit W.  C.  Russell 

Frankfort  and  Bowling  Green 

To  be  supplied 

Vandalia   Circuit E.   W.   Reynolds 

Winfield  Circuit W.  E.  Akers 

Silex  Circuit D.  R.  McBee 

Center  Circuit V.  J.  Millis 

Louisiana  Station E.  D.  Watson 


MISSOURI    CONFERENCE— ST.    CHARLES    DISTRICT. 


39 


REV.  CHARLES  ORRIN  RANSFORD. 


After  Calvary  has  been  seen  in  the  midst  of  the  eternities  it  can 
Nevermore  be  doubted  that  God  is  love — Bishop  Marvin. 


Son  of  Charles  Orrin  Ransford  and  Elizabeth  Abbott  Ransford,  was  born  in  St. 
Joseph,  Mo.,  April  6,  1868.  His  mother  was  a  member  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
Church,  South.  He  was  converted  and  joined  the  Church  November  20,  1887,  under 
the  ministry  of  the  late  Rev.  Julien  C.  Brown,  D.  D.,  then  pastor  of  Francis  street. 
He  was  licensed  to  preach,  June  10,  1889.  by  the  Francis  Street  Quarterlv  Conference 
at  St.  Joseph;  Rev.  A.  G.  Dinwiddie,  D.  D.,  P.  C,  and  Rev.  R.  H.  Cooper,  P.  E.  After 
he  was  licensed  to  preach  and  at  intervals  during  his  college  vacations  he  assisted  the 
pastors  of  our  churches  and  in  mission  work  in  St.  Joseph.  He  was  recommended 
by  the  Hundley  (St.  Joseph)  Quarterly  Conference  in  August,  1893,  Rev.  J.  M. 
O'Bryen,  P.  E.,  for  admission  to  the  Missouri  Conference,  and  was  received  during 
September,  189.3,  Bishop  A.  G.  Haygood  presiding.  He  was  ordained  Local  Deacon 
by  Bishop  A.  G.  Haygood  at  Monroe  City  September  17,  1893,  and  traveling  Elder 
September  4,  1898,  by  Bishop  W.  A.  Candler  at  Memphis,  Mo.  He  received  his  edu- 
cation in  the  Public  schools  of  St.  Joseph,  Central  College  and  Vanderbilt  University. 
He  married  Miss  Maude  Francis  Blackburn  November  25,  1897,  and  the  names  of 
their  childi-en  are  Charles  Orrin,  Jr.,  Willie  Elizabeth  (deceased),  and  William 
Blackburn.  He  was  for  four  years  Assistant  Secretary  of  the  Conference  under  the 
late  Dr.  John  D.  Vincil,  and  has  been  chosen  secretary  in  his  place  since  his  death. 
His  appointments  have  been  as  follows:  Memphis  Circuit,  1893;  Memphis  Station, 
1894;  student  Vanderbilt  University  and  supply  at  Dublin  and  BrookljTi.  Northern 
Mississippi  Conference,  1895;  Hunewell,  189G-97;  New  London  and  Hydesburg, 
1898-99;  Centralia  Circuit,  1900;  Centralia  Station,  1901;  Brookfield,  1902;  New 
Franklin,  1903-04;  Norborne  Station,  1905;  Presiding  Elder  St.  Charles  Dis- 
trict,  1906. 

He  has  helped  to  pay  off  some  of  the  church  debts  of  the  Missouri  Conference,  and 
has  nevei-  hesitated  to  take  hold  of  even  the  hardest  field.  His  work  as  Secretary 
of  the  Missouri  Conference  has  been  eminently  satisfactory,  and  all  recognize  him  as 
a  worthy  successor  of  the  Rev.  John  D.  Vincil,  D.  D.  His  nreaching  and  business 
training  will  make  him  notably  efficient  in  his  work  as  Presiding  Elder. 


40  CENTENNIAL    VOLUME    OF    MISSOURI    METHODISM. 


REV.  .JOHN  ABRAHAM  MUM  POWER. 


MISSOURI    CONFERENCE— ST.    CHARLES    DISTRICT.  41 


REV.  JOHN  ABRAHAM   MUMPOWER. 


All  that  is  purest  in  purpose  and  holiest  in  life  and  tenderest 
In  sympathy  and  sweetest  in  mercy  and  freest  in  charity  and 
Fairest  in  virtue  and  most  beautiful  in  character  are  the  direct 
Inspiration  of  the  Christian  Religion. — Bishop  Galloivay. 


Rev.  John  Abraham  Mumpower  was  born  near  Haynesville  (now  Holt),  Clay 
County,  Mo.,  January  8,  1842.  His  father,  David  Mumpower,  was  baptized  in  the 
Lutheran  Church,  and  his  mother,  Amanda  M.  F.  Gray  Mumpower,  baptized  and 
reared  in  the  Presbyterian  Church.  Both  became  ardent,  loyal  Methodists  in  his 
early  boyhood.  The  son  was  converted  and  joined  the  church  under  the  ministry 
of  Rev.  Wesley  G.  Miller,  D.  D.,  at  Chillicothe,  Mo.,  February,  1857.  He  attended 
the  High  School  at  Chillicothe  under  Rev.  W.  T.  Ellington,  and  was  licensed  to  exhort 
by  the  Chillicothe  Quarterly  Conference,  April  19,  1862;  Rev.  W.  T.  Ellington,  P.  C, 
pro  tem.,  acting  president.  By  the  same  Quarterly  Conference  and  under  the  same 
president  pro  tem.  he  was  licensed  to  preach,  August  9,  1862.  He  was  recommended 
to  the  Missouri  Conference  for  admission  on  trial  by  the  Spring  Hill  Quarterly  Con- 
ference, Chillicothe  District,  of  1864;  Rev.  William  Kettron,  P.  E.,  and  admitted  in 
September  1864,  at  the  Conference  at  Mexico;  Rev.  Andrew  Monroe  presiding,  (in 
the  absence  of  the  Bishop).  He  was  ordained  Deacon  at  Macon  City,  September  8, 
1867,  by  Bishop  E.  M.  Marvin,  and  ordained  Elder  at  Chillicothe,  September  19,  1869, 
by  Bishop  George  F.  Pierce.  He  was  married  to  Miss  Lucy  West  Carr,  April  27, 
1871,  and  two  children  were  born  to  them.  Alpha  Givens,  who  died  in  infancy,  and 
Beta  Eloise,  now  Mrs.  Jno.  M.  Sosey,  of  Palmyra,  Mo.  His  appointments  have  been 
as  follows: 

Maysville,  1864;  Albany,  186-5;  Yellow  Creek  (Bucklin),  1866;  Savannah,  1867- 
1869;  Weston,  1870;  Presiding  Elder  Gallatin  District,  1871,  1872;  Carrollton,  1873; 
Gallatin,  1874,  1877;  Presiding  Elder  from  February  to  September  to  fill  vacancy  of 
Rev.  W.  M.  Wood,  deceased;  Macon,  1878,  1881;  Presiding  Elder  Fayette  District, 
1882,  1885;  Presiding  Elder  Mexico  District,  1886,  1889;  Mexico,  1890,  1891;  Palmyra, 
1892,  1893;  Gallatin,  1894,  1895;  Plattsburg,  1896,  1897;  Presiding  Elder  Macon  Dis- 
trict, 1898,  1900;  Presiding  Elder  St.  Joseph  District,  1901,  1904;  Presiding  Elder 
St.  Charles  District,  1905;   Troy,  1906. 

He  has  no  complete  record  of  the  number  of  people  he  has  received  into  the 
Church,  but  it  may  be  truly  said  that  in  the  early  years  he  was  a  good  revivalist  and 
held  meetings  of  great  power.  He  has  been  helping  to  pay  church  debts  all  his 
life  and  built  the  parsonage  at  Macon  City.  As  Presiding  Elder  it  has  fallen  to  his 
lot  to  superintend  the  erection  of  a  great  many  churches  and  parsonages.  He 
grounded  himself  early  in  life  by  reading  the  greatest  Methodist  authors  and  later 
read  with  great  interest  and  profit  Bledsoe's  Theodicy.  The  greatest  crisis  in  his 
life  came  when  he  committed  all  his  fortunes  to  the  work  of  an  itinerant  Methodist 
preacher.  It  may  truly  be  said  of  Brother  Mumpower  that  his  brotherly  spirit  and 
wise  counsel   have   been  a   great  blessing  to   Missouri    Methodism. 


42  CENTENNIAL    VOLUME    OF    MISSOURI    METHODISM. 


RKV.   WILLIAM   B.   WHEELER. 


MISSOURI    CONFERENCE— ST.    CHARLES    DISTRICT.  43 


REV.    WILLIAM    B.    WHEELER. 


Life  is  probation,  and  the  earth  no   goal 
But  starting  point  of  Man;  compel  him  strive, 
Which  means,  in  Man,  as  good  as  reach  the  goal. 

— Robert    Broivning. 


By  Rev.  T.  H.  B.  Anderson,  D.  D. 

Our  Brother  is  of  massive  frame;  might  be  called  a  man  for  emergencies.  He 
is  militant,  ecclesiastically  and  nationally;  is  absolutely  fearless.  He  could  lead  an 
army  in  the  face  of  grape  and  cannister.  "San  Juan  Hill"  or  "Little  Round  Top," 
would  set  his  nerves  in  tune  and  be  music.  Nevertheless,  he  is  gentle  in  home-life; 
the  kindest  of  husbands,  the  most  indulgent  of  fathers;  the  truest  of  friends.  Nor 
is  he  a  man  who  mast  have  his  own  way.  He  will  hear  others,  and  take  advice, 
provided  he  has  confidence  in  the  giver.  He  has  filled  important  charges  as  the  reader 
will  see.  The  erection  of  that  beautiful  church  edifice  at  Carrollton,  was  his  work, 
being  the  pastor.  In  school  he  studied  Latin,  German  and  Spanish.  He  has  a  well- 
selected  library,  and  reads  to  good  advantage.  He  is  fond  of  historic  incidents; 
indeed,  his  strength  in  the  pulpit  consists  in  utilizing  stirring  scenes  found  in  civil 
and  ecclesiastical  history.  His  plan  of  discourse  is  his  own.  Sentences  short  and 
epigrammatic,  have  the  rattle  of  musketry  along  the  line  of  battle.  He  hits  hard; 
often  the  enemy  is  wounded.  He  is  strong  mentally;  orthodox  in  faith,  and  tremend- 
ously in  earnest.  He  has  given  much  thought  and  time  to  the  material  interests  of 
the  Church.  He  is  a  good  man  to  engineer  a  difficult  business  problem.  The  first 
twenty-five  years  of  ministerial  life,  the  preacher  should  have  the  sun  by  day  and 
the  lamp  by  night  as  headlights.  He  should  do  nothing  but  tunnel  through  granite 
— laying  a  good  foundation  against  the  time  to  come — old  age.  Our  subject.  Rev. 
W.  B.  Wheeler,  has  not  only  a  massive  physique,  but  mind;  and  there  is  no  subject 
he  could  not  master.  At  Macon  City,  he  succeeded  Rev.  H.  C.  Garrett,  who  built 
the  new  Church  and  provided  by  subscription  for  most  of  the  money.  The  burden 
— the  last  payments — came  upon  Brother  Wheeler.  In  this  he  had  the  cheerful  co- 
operation of  the  Church.  He  left  there,  as  at  Carrollton  and  Gallatin,  a  great 
company  of  friends.  Additional  to  his  ministry,  he  was  connected  with  schools  more 
or  less  for  fourteen  years.  In  Missouri,  from  1877  to  1880;  in  Illinois,  from  1881  to 
1882;  in  New  Mexico,  from  1883  to  1886.  He  was  President  of  the  Las  Vegas  Female 
College,  Colorado;  also  connected  with  the  public  schools  of  that  state,  1887-8.  Was 
Superintendent  of  Schools  of  Logan  County,  1889;  and  while  principal  of  Logan 
High  School  was  a  member  of  the  committee  that  formed  the  Curriculum  of  the  State 
Schools.  He  was  one  of  the  seven  who  re-wrote  a  large  part  of  the  school  laws  of 
Colorado.  He  was  educated  in  Shelbyville  High  School,  and  in  Shelbina  College; 
Prof.  Ripley,  President. 

His  wife,  Mrs.  Wheeler,  is  a  most  admirable  character,  and  a  helpmate,  indeed. 
The  little  family  around  them  are  attractive,  cultured  and  figure  in  the  social  life 
of  the  Church. 


44  CENTENNIAL    VOLUME    OF    MISSOURI    METHODISM. 


REV.  JOSEPH   ALLEN. 


In  vital  communion  with  God  we  are  transformed,  and  become, 
Not  by  formal  adoption  only,  but  by  actual  regeneration  and 
Participation  of  nature.   His   children. — Bishop  Marvin. 


By  Miss  Mary  Louise  Dalton. 

One  of  the  heroes  of  early  Methodism  in  Missouri  was  the  Reverend  Joseph  Allen, 
who  was  a  man  of  great  talent  and  devoted  to  his  work  of  evangelizing  the  West. 
He  was  born  in  Henry  County,  Virginia,  came  to  Missouri  about  the  year  1827,  and 
died  in  St.  Charles  County,  Missouri,  in  183.5.  His  father,  William  Allen,  was  mar- 
ried twice.  By  his  second  wife,  Ann  Smith,  he  had  five  children,  Susan,  Robert, 
Joseph,  Pines  and  Frances. 

Rev.  Joseph  Allen  was  married  twice.  By  his  first  marriage  he  had  a  son  named 
William.  He  married,  second,  Rachel  May,  daughter  of  Captain  John  May,  a  soldier 
of  the  Revolution,  born  in  Buckingham  County,  Virginia,  and  of  Elizabeth  Hunter, 
his  wife,  born  in  Campbell  County,  Virginia,  daughter  of  James  Hunter,  Sr.  John 
May  died  March  20,  1884,  in  his  eighty-eighth  year,  and  his  wife  died  July  IT,  1848, 
in   her  eighty-seventh  year. 

The  children  of  Joseph  and  Rachel  (May)  Allen  were  William  M.,  Robert  L., 
Elizabeth   M.,  John    P.,  Joseph   J.,   Susan    A.,  and   Rachel. 

Of  the  career  in  North  Carolina  of  Joseph  Allen  this  mention  was  made  in  a 
letter  written  in  1894  by  Dr.  Robert  Hunter  Dalton,  a  native  of  North  Carolina, 
then  in  his  eighty-eighth  year,  whose  mother  was  a  cousin  of  Rachel  May  Allen : 
"Joseph  Allen  was  distinguished  in  North  Carolina  as  an  eloquent  preacher  and  leg- 
islator, and  was  the  grand  uncle  of  John,  the  M.  C,  whose  father  was  my  youthful 
playmate." 

The  Rev.  Carr  Waller  Pritchett,  who  never  saw  Joseph  Allen,  but  who  knew  his 
family  well,  gives  the  following  account  of  him  and  his  family: 

"In  the  fall  of  183.5,"  writes  Mr.  Pritchett,  "my  father  emigrated  fi'om  Henry 
County  Virginia,  and  settled  in  St.  Charles  County,  Missouri,  on  what  was  known 
as  the  'Allen  place.'  Rev.  Joseph  Allen  had  died  there  the  preceding  summer  or 
autumn.  His  widow,  Rachel  Allen,  a  sister  of  Captain  Charles  P.  May,  was  living 
on  the  place  with  her  two  young  daughters,  Susan  and  Rachel,  and  her  sons,  Robert, 
John  and  Joseph.  The  two  young  girls  both  died  in  early  womanhood,  and  John  and 
Joseph  died  young,  though  John  was  first  married  to  his  cousin,  Martha  Allen,  a 
daughter  of  Pines  Allen,  a  brother  of  Rev.  Joseph  Allen.  The  son,  Robert,  became 
a  man  of  influence  and  distinction  in  Warren  County,  where  he  became  a  judge  of 
the  court,  married  Miss  Ann  Pendleton,  near  Camp  Branch,  was  a  very  influentinl 
member  of  the  Jlethodist  Church  for  many  years  before  his  death.  An  older  brother, 
William  'M.  Allen,  lived  and  died  near  Wentzville.  Rev.  Joseph  S.  .A.llen,  of  the  Missouri 
Conference,  was  a  son  of  Robert  Allen.  He  died  some  years  ago,  and  is  fondly 
remembered. 

"The  elder  Joseph  Allen,  who  died  in  183.5,  was  a  roving  Methodist  itinerant, 
who  chose  his  own  field  and  traveled  over  Missouri  and  Illinois,  holding  meetings  and 
preaching  the  Gospel.  Fifty  or  more  years  after  his  death  I  have  heard  men  refer 
to  the  time  and  place  of  his  meetings.  I  have  heard  that  he  was  an  humble,  con- 
secrated, self-denying  man,  and  was  the  honored  instrument  in  the  conversion  of  many 
people  in  North  Carolina,  Missouri,  and  Illinois.  He  lies  buried  about  150  yards  west 
of  the  old  dwelling  house,  and  when  I  last  saw  it,  the  grave  was  unmarked.  His 
widow,  Rachel  Allen,  survived  him  many  years." 

William  M.  .■\llen,  the  oldest  son  of  the  Rev.  Joseph  Allen,  married  Mary  M. 
Shelton,  his  cousin.  They  lie  buried  in  the  cemetery  at  Wentzville.  Their  children 
were:  Elizabeth  F.,  now  deceased,  married  George  S.  Myers;  Rachel  A.,  married 
Thomas  C.  Boyd;  Joseph  J.,  died  in  childhood;  Tabitha  S.,  married  Rev.  Joseph  S.  Allen; 
Mary  I\I.,  now  deceased,  married  Warren  W.  Walker;  William  S.,  died  in  infancy; 
William  H.,  married   Emma  E.   Simms;   Nannie   F.,  married   Thomas  Riddle. 

In  1846,  during  the  administration  of  Governor  John  C.  Edwards,  William  M. 
Allen  represented  St.  Charles  County  in  the  state  legislature.  He  was  senator  from 
his  district,  then  the  first,  in  1850,  under  Governor  Austin  A.  King. 


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45 


REV.  JOSEPH   S.   ALLEN. 


Family    tradition     produces    wonderful     results     upon     Personal 
Character. — Bishop  Marvin. 


By  Rev.  H.  A.  Bourland,  D.D. 

Rev.  Joseph  S.  Allen,  son  of 
Robert  L.  Allen  and  Ann  Allen, 
was  born  in  Warren  County, 
Missouri,  April  17th,  1841.  In 
his  childhood  he  was  happily 
converted  and  united  with  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  Church, 
South.  Soon  after  his  conver- 
sion a  definite  call  to  the  minis- 
try came  to  him.  A  deep  sense 
of  the  responsibility  involved  in 
such  a  vocation,  caused  hesita- 
tion and  he  began  to  prepare  for 
the  study  of  medicine.  After  ac-  i 
quiring  such  education  as  the  ' 
common  schools  furnished,  he  / 
matriculated  in  St.  Charles  Col- 
lege then  under  the  presidency 
of  Rev.  W.  H.  Anderson,  D.  D., 
in  the  autumn  of  189.5.  At  this 
juncture  my  acquaintance  with 
young  Allen  began.  We  were 
room-mates  in  the  home  of  Rev. 
John  W.  Robinson.  I  knew  his 
inmost  heart  and  the  struggles 
through  which  he  was  passing. 
The  civil  war  coming  on,  his 
college  course  was  abruptly  ter- 
minated and  he  returned  to  his 
home  at  Wentzville,  Missouri. 
On  the  loth  day  of  June,  1862, 
he  was  united  in  marriage  with 
Miss  Tabitha  Allen.  Three  girls 
came  to  bless  their  happy  union 
— two  of  them  died  in  infancy, 
one  Annie,  at  the  age  of  twenty- 
one,  passed  into  the  great 
brightness.  Brother  Allen  final- 
ly yielded  to  his  conviction  to  preach  and  was  licensed  in  1864,  and  was  at  the  en- 
sujng  Missouri  Conference  assigned  work.  His  appointments  were,  Wright  City, 
O'Fallon,  Jonesburg,  Fulton  and  Auxvasse  Circuits,  Louisiana  Station  and  was  then 
made  Presiding  Elder  of  St.  Charles  District,  which  he  filled  acceptably  four  years. 
Then  he  was  assigned  to  the  Troy  Circuit  three  years.  In  the  midst  of  the  third 
year  he  was  stricken  with  a  fatal  malady  and  died  in  a  hospital  in  St.  Louis,  whither 
he  had  gone  for  an  operation,  January  22nd,  1895.  Joseph  S.  Allen  was  a  manly 
man,  a  sincere  Christian,  an  Israelite  indeed  in  whom  was  no  guile.  Gentle  as  a 
woman,  he  was  loved  by  all  who  knew  him.  Brave  in  the  discharge  of  duty,  he  could 
be  trusted  with  responsible  positions.  Untiring  in  service,  he  labored  beyond  his 
strength.  As  a  preacher  he  was  sensible,  strong  and  pathetic.  Without  any  attempt 
at  oratory  or  eloquence,  by  the  manifestation  of  the  truth,  he  commended  himself 
to  very  man's  conscience  in  the  sight  of  God.  Under  his  ministry  sinners  were  con- 
victed and  converted  and  believers  were  edified.  His  influence  was  potent  for  good 
in  all  circles,  whether  on  the  street  among  men  of  the  world,  in  the  home,  or  in  the 
church.  Always  and  everywhere  he  bore  himself  with  dignity  and  honor.  He  bore 
in  his  bosom  the  white  flower  of  a  spotless  life,  and  many  in  the  last  day  shall  rise 
up  and  call  him  blessed.  His  companion  survives  him  and  cherishes  his  memory  and 
awaits  the  i-eunion  with  husband  and  children  in  the  home  of  the  blessed. 


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CENTENNIAL    VOLUME    OF    MISSOURI    METHODISM. 


MR.  WARREN  WALKER. 


In    Faith    the    Soul    actually    affiances    itself    to    Christ. — Bishop  Marvin. 


By  Miss  Mary  Louise  Dalton. 

Warren  Walker,  son  of  Joel 
and  Sarah  (Gauss)  Walker, 
was  born  in  North  Carolina, 
January  L5,  1799,  and  died  in 
St.  Charles  County,  Mo.,  Febru- 
ary 17,  1863.  He  was  married 
to  Miss  Mary  Baker  May  in 
Rockinjjham  County,  North  Car- 
olina, ivlay  15,  18:^8,  by  the  Rev. 
Edwards.  The  young  couple  re- 
moved to  Cheatham  County, 
Tenn.,  where  their  first  child 
was  buried.  In  the  summer  of 
1830  they  came  to  Missouri  and 
settled  on  a  farm  near  the  pres- 
ent town  of  Wentzville,  St. 
Charles  County. 

Mary  Baker  (May)  Walker, 
born  April  3,  1807,  died  Decem- 
ber 3,  1893,  was  the  eldest  child 
of  Charles  Powhatan  May,  a  sol- 
dier of  the  War  of  1812,  and 
Ursula  Allen  Johnson,  his  wife. 
Charles  P.  May  was  a  son  of 
John  May,  a  soldier  of  the  Rev- 
olution, and  Elizabeth  Hunter, 
his  wife,  a  daughter  of  James 
Hunter,  Sr.  The  children  of 
Warren  and  Mary  Walker  were: 
Robert  Allen,  died  in  infancy; 
Mary  De  GraflFenreid,  married 
first,  Ferdinand  Stone  White- 
head, second,  Horace  T.  F.  Linn, 
died  in  1887;  Sarah  Allen,  died 
in  youth;  Benjamin  Franklin, 
married  Frances  Allen,  died  in 
1869;  Warren  Washington,  mar- 
ried, first,  Mary  M.  Allen,  sec- 
ond, Mai'y  (Goodfellow)  Forster;  Elizabeth  A.,  died  in  childhood;  Harriet  Ursula,  mar- 
ried William  R.  Dalton;  Charles  Joseph,  married  Hattie  F.  Shore. 

Warren  and  Mary  Walker  united  with  the  Methodist  Church  in  their  youth  in  North 
Carolina.  In  Missouri,  they  held  their  membership  first  in  "Old  Bethlehem"  church, 
then  a  log  school  house,  and  later  in  the  Flint  Hill  Church,  now  abandoned.  Their 
home,  "Cedar  Grove,"  was  always  open  to  the  Methodist  preacher,  and  a  generous  hos- 
pitality to  all  was  pi'actieed  there.  Bishop  Marvin  was  invited  to  dine  at  Cedar  Grove 
on  that  Sunday  in  the  summer  of  1841  after  he  had  preached  his  first  sermon.  Among 
those  who  visited  in  that  home,  the  special  friends  of  Mr.  Walker,  were  Bishop  Mar- 
vin, Rev.  .\ndrew  Monroe,  Dr.  B.  F.  Johnson,  Rev.  W.  A.  Mavhew,  Rev.  George  Penn, 
Rev.  Wm.  W.  Redman,  Rev.  Bond,  Rev.  S.  W.  Cope,  Rev.  D.'T.  Sherman,  Rev.  R.  G. 
Loving,  Rev.  W.  M.  Newland,  Mr.  David  K.  Pitman,  Captain  Campbell  and  Mr.  Lloyd 
Dorsey. 

For  many  years  Warren  Walker  was  class  leader  in  his  church.  He  was  a  man 
truly  upright,  proficient  in  good  works,  and  a  devoted  Christian.  The  heritage  of  his 
good  name  is  one  of  the  most  precious  possessions  of  his  descendants.  His  impartiality 
of  opinion  and  sound  judgment  won  for  him  the  confidence  of  his  neighbors.  In  Mis- 
souri in  those  early  days  questions  in  dispute  were  frequently  submitted  by  the  parties 
in  controversy  to  arbitration  by  a  third  person.  Warren  Walker  was  often  the  adjudi- 
cator of  his  community.  He  was  public  spirited.  Before  1840  he  had  provided  for  a 
school  for  his  own  and  his  neighbors'  children,  and  had  given  to  the  school  district  an 
acre  of  land  which  was  named  "Rockingham  School"  in  honor  of  his  home  county  in 
North  Carolina,  which  name  it  bears  today.  The  last  year  of  his  life  was  spent  in 
invalidism,  patiently  borne. 


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REV.  JESSE  ANDREW  WAILES. 


The  giving  of  Christ's  life  was  for  the  recovery  and  enrichment 
Of  our  Life. — Bishop  Hendrlx. 


Rev.  Jesse  Andrew  Wailes  was  born  February  18th,  186.3,  in  Shelby  County,  Mis- 
souri. He  is  a  son  of  John  W.  Wailes  and  Mary  P.  Wailes,  both  of  whom  were 
members  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  South,  the  greater  part  of  their  lives. 
He  was  converted  in  1872,  under  the  ministry  of  Rev.  L.  Rush,  and  joined  the  Church 
the  same  night  of  his  conversion.  It  had  always  been  his  desire  (o  be  a  Christian, 
but  when  he  went  to  the  altar  and  joined  the  Church  he  felt  that  he  had  received 
additional  strength,  but  his  conversion  was  not  sudden.  He  grew  in  grace  until  he  was 
fifteen  years  old,  when  he  distinctly  felt  the  call  to  preach  the  Gospel,  but  not  wishing 
to  preach,  he  began  to  make  excuses,  and  finally  told  God  that  he  would  not  preach, 
and  from  that  time  lost  his  religion.  He  kept  up  the  form  of  religion,  but  was  devoid 
of  the  power  for  five  years,  when,  through  providence  directing  Rev.  J.  A.  Snarr 
and  Rev.  W.  W.  McMurry,  he  was  aroused,  and  after  a  desperate  struggle  with  self 
and  the  devil,  he  surrendered,  and  God  again  blessed  him  and  he  entered  His  service. 
He  was  licensed  to  preach  by  the  Quarterly  Conference  of  the  Shelbj^ille  Circuit, 
February  9th,  1884;  the  same  Quarterly  Conference  recommended  him  to  the  Annual 
Conference  July  19th,  1884,  and  he  was  received  into  the  Annual  Conference  in  Sep- 
tember of  that  same  year;  Dr.  Wm.  M.  Rush,  Presiding  Elder,  and  Bishop  Parker, 
presiding.  He  was  ordained  Deacon  by  Bishop  McTyeire  at  St,  Joseph,  Missouri,  Sep- 
tember 12th,  1886;  ordained  Elder  by  Bishop  Hendrix,  at  Gallatin,  Missouri,  Septem- 
ber 9th,  1888.  He  served  the  following  appointments:  Warrenton  and  Wright  City 
Circuit,  1884-1885;  Monticello  Circuit,  1885-1889;  Clarence  Circuit,  1889-1890;  St. 
Charles  District,  four  years.  Quite  a  number  were  converted  and  received  into  the 
Church  under  his  ministry.  He  obtained  his  education  in  the  public  schools  of  his 
county.  He  was  married  to  Miss  Hattie  J.  McRobei-ts,  August  25th,  1885,  and  two 
children  were  born  to  them,  Jessie  Lee  Wailes  and  Lulu  May  Wailes.  He  considers 
the  most  important  crisis  in  his  life  was  when  all  alone  in  the  woods  he  decided  the 
question  whether  he  would  do  his  duty  and  preach,  or  fail  to  do  his  duty  and  go  down 
to  hell.  The  struggle  lasted  several  hours,  and  he  was  exhausted  in  the  contest. 
He  finaly  surrendered  to  God,  and  he  says  the  greatest  crisis  in  his  life  was  passed 
then  and  he  was  God's  from  that  time  forward. 

Brother  Wailes  also  filled  Monroe  City  Station  and  Shelbina  Station.  Since  that 
time  he  has  been  in  California.  There  his  first  wife  died,  and  he  is  now  married  the 
second  time.  Brother  Wailes  is  a  strong,  popular  preacher,  and  he  holds  an  audience 
to  good  attention. 


48  CENTENNIAL    VOLUME    OF    MISSOURI    METHODISE!. 


REV.  GEORGE  WALTER  BRUCE,  A.  M. 


Serraonem  vitae  praetendentes. 

Holding  forth  the  Word  of   Life.— Sf.  Paul. 


Georjje  Walter  Bruce,  son  of  Dr.  Lucien  N.  Bruce  and  his  wife,  Dorinda  Rutherford, 
was  born  in  Fayette  County,  Tenn.,  October  29,  1860.  At  the  age  of  seven  he  moved 
with  his  parents  to  Bruceville,  Texas,  which  was  his  home  for  28  years.  Here  he  had 
the  g-ood  fortune  to  frrow  up  on  a  farm,  to  do  any  kind  of  farm  work;  and  is  proud  of 
the  fact  that  he  spent  the  year  1873  in  driving  four  yoke  of  oxen,  helping  thereby  to 
put  in  cultivation  200  acres  of  prairie  land.  In  his  early  life  he  attended  the  country 
schools;  later  the  Agricultural  and  Mechanical  College  near  Bryant,  Texas,  under  mil- 
itary discipline;  finally  graduating  at  Southwestern  University  at  Georgetown,  Texas, 
in  1882,  with  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Arts  and  in  1883,  Master  of  Arts.  During  his 
last  year  at  the  University  he  was  tutor  in  Latin.  He  was  converted  in  his  room 
March  25,  1881,  whereupon  he  commenced  an  active  Christian  life.  He  spent  seven 
years  as  Vice-President  and  Professor  in  Centenary  College  at  Lampasas,  Texas.  It  was 
here  that  he  felt  called  to  preach  and  was  admitted  into  the  Northwest  Texas  Confer- 
ence on  trial,  at  Lampasas,  Texas,  Bishop  Keener,  Presiding.  He  was  appointed  to  his 
work  in  the  College  for  four  years  succeeding.  Then  for  five  years  was  in  the  pastorate, 
serving  Circuits  and  Stations.  He  was  ordained  Deacon  by  Bishop  Hendrix  and  Elder 
by  Bishop  Key.  In  February,  189.5,  he  was  married  to  Ida,  oldest  daughter  of  iMr.  and 
Mrs.  H.  H.  Brady,  of  Nevada,  Missouri,  and  is  the  father  of  six  children. 

He  was  elected  President  of  St.  Charles  College  at  St.  Charles,  Missouri,  August 
16,  1901,  re-opening  this  once  famous  institution  the  14th  day  of  September,  1901,  with 
six  scholars.  His  knowledge  of  the  benefits  of  the  Military  training  prompted  him  to 
recommend  to  the  Board  of  Curators  of  the  College  that  it  be  made  a  Military  School, 
which  was  done  the  second  year  of  his  administration  and  it  has  steadily  grown  in 
attendance  until  the  two  College  building.s  are  now  fully  crowded  and  more  buildings 
and  equipments  are  demanded.  The  General  Assembly  of  the  State  passed  an  act  mak- 
ing St.  Charles  Military  College  a  Post  of  the  National  Guard  of  Missouri  and  requir- 
ing the  Governor  to  commission  the  President  as  Colonel. 


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MR.  JOHN  STONE  AND  FAMILY. 


One  of  the  Oak  Grove  families  living  now  near  Elsberry,  Missouri.  Mr.  Stone  is 
a  Methodist  and  his  wife  belongs  to  the  Gillum  family,  one  of  the  well-known  Methodist 
families  of  Lincoln  County.  This  is  a  fine  family  of  children  and  they  are  to  be  com- 
mended for  their  industry  and  worth. 


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CENTENNIAL    VOLUME    OF    MISSOURI    METHODISM. 


REV.  JA.MES  MARTIN  BOON. 


Whom  we  call  blaster  i.s  at  once  the  historical  Jesus  of  Nazareth, 
And  that  ideal  form  which  becomes  more  and  more  grlorious  as 
Man's  mortal  capacity  increases. — Dr.  W.  R.  XicoU. 


Rev.  James  Martin  Boon  was  born  April 
(ith,  1847,  in  the  City  of  Memphis,  Tennessee. 
He  is  a  son  of  Benjamin  F.  Boon  and  Martha 
S.  Boon,  both  of  whom  were  members  of  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  South.  He  was 
converted  August  12th,  1870,  at  Kosciusko, 
Mississippi,  in  a  meeting  conducted  by  Rev.  P. 
A.  Johnston,  assisted  by  Rev.  Charles  B.  Gallo- 
way. Five  days  later  at  the  same  place  he 
joined  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  South. 
For  days  he  had  been  under  the  deepest  con- 
viction produced  by  a  sermon  preached  by 
Brother  Johnson,  but  refused  to  yield  and  did 
not  until  he  heard  a  very  tender  appeal  from 
Brother  Galloway.  For  three  days  he  sought 
the  foi-giveness  of  God  for  his  sins  and  the  sal- 
vation of  his  soul,  but  as  he  was  not  willing 
to  make  a  full  surrender,  the  blessing  did  not 
come;  however,  when  he  did  surrender,  he  was 
instantly  and  consciously  saved.  His  growth  in 
grace  has  been  steady  and  ever  onward  and  up- 
ward, and  today  he  knows  that  he  is  more 
willing  to  do  God's  will  than  ever  before, 
that  he  loves  his  fellowmen  as  he  once  did 
not,  and  he  can  truly  say,  "My  heart  is  fixed, 
O  God!  my  heart  is  fixed."  He  was  licensed 
to  preach  September  .3rd,  1870,  by  the  Quar- 
terly Conference  of  the  Kosciusko  Circuit;  Rev. 
P.  A.  Johnston,  preacher  in  charge,  presiding  in  the  absence  of  the  Presiding  Elder,  the 
Rev.  F.  M.  Featherstone.  He  was  recommended  to  the  North  Mississippi  Annual  Con- 
ference for  admission  on  trial  by  the  Quarterly  Conference  of  Kosciusko  Circuit,  in  the 
month  of  November,  1870.  He  was  received  into  the  Annual  Conference  on  trial  in 
November,  1870;  Rev.  F.  M.  Featherstone,  P.E.,  and  Bishop  H.  H.  Kavanaugh,  presid- 
ing; ordained  Deacon  by  Bishop  H.  H.  Kavanaugh,  at  Columbus,  Mississippi,  December 
3,  1871;  ordained  Elder  by  Bishop  Robert  Paine,  at  Grenada,  Mississippi,  November  30, 
1873.  He  has  served  the  following  charges:  North  Mississippi  Conference,  Indian 
Bayou,  one  year;  Lake  Bolivar,  one  year;  luka  Station,  one  year;  Richland  Circuit,  two 
years;  Macon  Station,  one  year;  Wood  Street,  Water  Valley,  Miss.,  three  years;  Pre- 
siding Elder  Holly  Springs  District,  one  year;  Holly  Springs  Station,  three  years; 
JIacon  Station,  two  years;  Southwest  Missouri  Conference:  Sedalia  Station,  one  year; 
Jefferson  City  Station,  two  yea's;  Nevada  Station,  two  years;  Brooklyn  Avenue.  Kan- 
sas City,  one  year;  Booneviile  Station,  two  years;  Presiding  Elder  Lexington  District, 
four  years;  Brookljm  Avenue  and  Olive  Street,  three  years;  Webb  City,  one  year; 
Sedalia,  one  year;  Monett,  one  year;  Missouri  Conference,  Sturgeon  Circuit,  two  years; 
his  present  charge  is  the  Clarksville  Circuit.  He  has  received  about  fifteen  hundred 
persons  into  the  church  under  his  ministry.  Five  churches  were  built  on  his  first  work, 
one  on  his  second,  also  the  Olive  Street  church,  at  Kansas  City,  and  a  Mission  church 
at  Webb  City;  several  parsonages  have  been  built  and  paid  for  under  his  pastorate. 
His  education  was  received  at  the  public  schools  and  the  High  School  in  Memphis, 
Tennessee.  He  w.is  married  to  Miss  S.  E.  Chew,  June  3rd,  1873,  and  they  have  two 
children,  Bessie,  tl  e  wife  of  Dr.  Ralph  I.  .•\lexander,  and  Laura  Porter,  the  wife  of 
Dr.  Walton  E.  Tajlor.  Deciding  to  give  himself  up  to  the  work  of  the  ministry  has 
been  the  most  important  crisis  in  his  life.  He  thinks  the  Christian  College  of  vital 
importance,  if  we  are  to  have  the  best  type  of  citizenship  in  the  state. 


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REV.  ELLIOTT  WHITFIELD  REYNOLDS. 


The   Churches   are   bound    to   be    vehicles    of    the   grace   of    God, 
Living   centers   of  evangelical   energy   and    force,   changing   ever 

The  secret  life  that  is   in  them  into   the   lives  that   are  to  be 

Dr.  Fairbairn. 

By  Rev.  E.  D.  Watson. 

Elliott  Whitfield  Reynolds,  the  son  of  Rev.  George  A.  and  Margaret  M  (McClana- 
han)  Reynolds,  was  born  March  19th,  1834,  at  Bluestone,  Tazewell  County  Virginia 
Both  parents  were  Methodists,  his  father  being  a  Local  Elder  and  teacher  in  the  Hol- 
ston  Conference.  ^\  hen  but  ten,  he  joined  the  church  under  the  ministry  of  his  pastor 
Kev.  John  Hyden,  but  was  not  converted  until  two  years  later  under  the  ministry  of 
Kev  J.  1.  Frazier,  then  his  pastor.  Three  years  later  he  became  convinced  of  his'call 
J°„l"\'"'"'s,';''y'  "^ut  tried  for  some  time  to  shake  off  the  conviction,  finallv  yieldine  in 
18,0,  being  licensed  to  preach  by  the  East  Tazewell  Quarterly  Conference,  Jeffersonville 
District,  Holston  Conference,  held  at  Bluestone,  Va.,  September  4,  1875-  Rev  Geors-e 
^^^■''IK  ^:  ^•V'""^u^^'i  ^'-  H-  ^^"y-  P-  C-  He  then  attended  school  one  year,  after 
which  he  taught  school  for  three  years.  On  June  28th.  1879,  he  was  recommended  to  the 
^estern\irgima  Conference  for  admission  on  trial,  by  the  Quarterly  Conference  of 
Raleigh  Circuit,  Charleston  District;  Rev.  John  H.  Hendrickson,  P.  C  and  Kev  W 
R.  Chambers,  P.E.  He  was  received  into  the  Conference  at  Clarkesburg  W  Va  '=en' 
ir'^o  "w'  ^^'^'  'T^  ordained  Local  Deacon  by  Bishop  D.  S.  Doggett,' September  7, 
1^'^-  He  was  ordained  Elder  by  Bishop  J.  C.  Granbery,  October  14,  188:3  at  Hunnno-- 
ton,  W.  \a  He  was  married  to  Miss  Emma  Bird  Rider,  of  Williamstown,  W  Va  De- 
cember 21,  188, ,  and  they  have  one  son,  Floyd  Wilson  Rejmoids.  His  appointments'have 
been:  In  Western  \  irginia  Conference,  Green  Circuit,  1879;  Braxton.  1880  1881-  New 
Martinsville  1882,  1883,  1884,  1885;  Clarksburg,  1886,  1887,  1888,  1889;  Gu^ndoite! 
,o^,'   V"^"^^^""'''^  '°  *"''  Missouri  Conference  and  appointed  to  Montgomery  Citv    1891 

ioon'',-anr^-^T'v,^^^^',!^»^.^\^n^l^'   ^^^^'   ^'^-^■'^°  Circuit,  1897;  Jonesbui^.^ggi'  1899 
1900,  1901;  Ellsberry,  1902,  1903,  1904,  1905;  Vandalia,  1906. 


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CENTENNIAL    VOLUME    OF    MISSOURI    METHODISM. 


MR.  D.WID  KYLE  PITMAN. 


The  Substitute  has  suffered,  and  pardons  are  freely  dispensed  to 
All  who  come  to  God  by  Christ,  and  the  Agency  of  the  Spirit 
Conveys  divinest  significance  of  love. — Dishop  Marvin. 


Mr.  David  Kyle  Pitman  was 
born  December  20th,  1805,  in 
Richmond,  Kentucky,  and  moved 
with  his  parents  to  St.  Charles 
County,  Missouri,  in  1812.  He 
died  at  the  home  of  his  son,  Dr. 
Pitman,  in  Kirkwood,  April  13, 
1891.  He  was  a  son  of  John 
Pitman,  and  his  mother  was 
Mrs.  Margaret  Price,  nee  Irvme. 
He  continued  to  live  on  the  same 
farm  his  father  settled,  until  a 
short  time  before  his  death,  mak- 
ing an  almost  unbroken  resi- 
dence of  seventy-eight  years.  He 
was  twice  married,  first  to  Miss 
Caroline  Hickman,  of  Kentucky, 
in  1827,  who  died  in  1832.  From 
this  union  were  three  children, 
Carrie  and  Lydia,  who  died  in 
childhood,  and  Richard  H.  Pit- 
man, founder  and  professor  of 
Woodlawn  Seminary,  O'Fallon, 
Missouri.  His  second  marriage 
was  to  Miss  Eliza  H.  Baker,  in 
1834,  who  died  in  1887,  making 
his  married  life  with  his  last 
wife  extend  through  the  unusual 
period  of  fifty-three  years. 
There  were  also  three  children 
by  this  marriage:  John,  now 
Dr.  Pitman,  of  Kirkwood,  Miss 
Annie  Pitman,  who  married  Mr. 
Wm.  S.  Glanville,  and  died  leav- 
ing a  daughter,  Mrs.  Edward 
Carter,  of  St.  Louis,  and  Baker 
Pitman,  who  died  in  infancy. 
His  life  spanned  from  the  first 
to  the  last  decade  of  the  19th  Century — the  most  wonderful  in  the  world's  history  in 
its  advancement  and  in  its  offered  opportunity.  He  united  with  the  church  in  1834, 
and  in  his  well-used  Bible,  written  with  his  own  hand,  stands  this  date — "June  30th, 
1834" —  which  was  the  date  of  his  conversion.  He  got  religion  after  the  manner  of 
the  times,  by  strong  wrestling  in  prayer  to  God,  and  he  continued  to  hold  fast  the 
profession  of  his  faith  without  wavering.  He  was  converted  while  going  on  a  trip 
on  horseback  from  Missouri  back  to  Kentucky.  From  that  day  forward  he  continued 
to  have  access  by  faith  unto  that  grace  that  enabled  him  to  rejoice  in  hope  of  the  glory 
of  God.  He  first  joined  Mt.  Zion  church,  and  then  became  principal,  founder  and  builder 
of  the  church  at  Cottleville,  of  which  he  remained  a  member  until  removed  by  death.  He 
filled  the  offices  of  trustee,  steward,  class-leader  and  Sunday  School  Superintendent  for 
many  years.  From  the  time  lay  delegation  was  adopted,  he  was  regularly  elected  to 
District,  Annual  and  General  Conferences,  and  in  every  capacity  served  the  Church  well. 
The  preacher  and  the  Conference  had  no  more  wise  or  safe  adviser.  He  was  connected 
with  the  St.  Charles  College  from  its  incipiency  until  the  day  of  his  death.  He  was 
just  fifty  years  the  President  of  the  Board  of  Curators.  "Uncle  David"  was  a  noble 
specimen  of  humanity,  of  fine  and  commanding  form,  with  kind  and  gentle  manners, 
and  sympathetic  in  his  feelings. 


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PROF.  RICHARD   HICKMAN   PITMAN,  A.   M. 


The  pi'oduct  of  the  seed-planting  of  Cavalry  has,  up  to  this 
Time,  been  but  as  the  first  handfuls  of  the  great  harvest. — Bishop 
Marvin. 

The  Southern  Methodist 
Church  has  rarely  ever  sus- 
tained greater  loss  in  the  death 
of  one  man  than  it  did,  Novem- 
ber 24th,  1893,  when  Prof.  R.  H. 
Pitman  was  called  from  earth  to 
Heaven.  He  was  an  honored  son 
of  Mr.  D.  K.  Pitman,  so  well 
known  in  church  circles  through- 
out Missouri.  He  was  born  July 
30th,  1830,  in  an  elegant  coun- 
try home  near  Cottleville,  St. 
Charles  County,  Missouri.  Those 
who  knew  him  as  a  boy  say  he 
was  vivacious,  manly  and  ambi- 
tious. He  entered  St.  Charles 
College  in  1846,  and  graduated 
in  18.50.  He  was  married  to 
Miss  Ella  Virginia  Ward,  March 
15th,  185?,  and  was  a  devoted 
husband  and  father  to  the  day 
of  his  death.  He  was  for  a  few 
years  in  the  mercantile  business 
in  Cottleville,  aftir  which  he 
founded  Fairvievv  Seminary  (a 
select  school  for  young  ladies), 
twelve  miles  west  of  St.  Charles, 
in  1861,  where  he  labored  most 
successfully  thirteen  years.  He 
was  then  called  to  the  Presi- 
dency of  Howard  College,  Fay- 
ette, Missouri,  in  which  capacity 
he  served  two  years.  He  then 
returned  to  O'Fallon,  Jlissouri, 
and  established  Woodlawn  Semi- 
nary, where  for  sixteen  succes- 
sive years  he  was  diligent  in 
educating     young     ladies     from 

various  parts  of  the  state.  In  the  summer  of  1892  he  retired  from  active  life  and 
removed  to  California,  where  he  spent  the  remainder  of  his  life  in  quiet  on  a  fruit 
farm  in  San  Jose.  He  was  a  man  of  strong  personality.  He  was  gentle,  sympathetic, 
affectionate,  truthful,  generous  and  brave,  had  a  big,  warm  heart,  was  fond  of  his 
friends  and  forgiving  toward  his  enemies.  Socially,  he  was  in  the  truest  sense  a 
gentleman.  He  was  dignified,  polite  and  cordial.  The  rich  and  poor  alike  .shared  his 
hospitality.  Mentally,  he  was  far  above  the  ordinary  was  scientific,  philosophic  and 
logical;  was  broad  in  his  views  upon  all  subjects.  He  was  gifted  in  oratory,  was 
magnetic  and  often  profound.  While  Mr.  Pitman  was  an  admirable  character  from 
whatever  side  we  view  him,  he  was  pre-eminently  a  Christian,  He  was  converted  at 
a  camp  meeting  at  Old  Mt.  Zion,  St.  Charles  County,  in  1849.  If  nothing  more  could 
be  said  of  him  we  would  say  enough  in  declaring  that  hp  was  a  man  whose  life 
was  dauntless  in  his  passionately  loving  allegiance  to  Jesus  Christ.  One  so  gifted  in 
prayer  was  never  known.  A  friend  said,  "Heaven  and  earth  never  seemed  so  to  blend 
as  when  he  heard  Mr.  Pitman  pray."  For  more  than  twenty  years  he  was  Sunday 
School  Superintendent.  There  was  no  abatement  in  his  religious  zeal;  he  seemed  to 
have  a  real  passion  for  leading  souls  to  Christ.  His  life  is  the  source  of  a  stream  of 
Christian  influence  which  deepens  and  widens  with  the  flight  of  time,  and  shall  continue 
so  to  do  until  those  who  heed  his  precept  and  follow  his  example  shall  put  on  im- 
mortal robes  and  with  the  beloved  departed  iningle  their  voices  in  hymns  around  the 
throne.  This  page  has  been  presented  by  his  daughter,  Mrs.  Jennie"  Pitman  Orr,  of 
St.  Louis. 


54  CENTENNIAL    VOLUME    OF    MISSOURI    METHODISM. 


REV.   DANIEL  T.   SHERMAN. 


His  God-ward  relation  was  always  close  and  intimate. 

—Dr.  D.  R.  Mc Anally. 


The  sainted  Daniel  T.  Sherman  was  the  son  of  Daniel  Sherman  and  Sylvia  Sher- 
man, both  of  whom  were  members  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Chui-ch.  He  was  born 
\l\  New  York,  March  21st,  1816.  He  was  converted  at  Ebenezer  Camp  Ground  in 
Warren  County,  Missouri  August  8th,  1834,  and  united  with  the  church  then  and 
there.  The  preachers  were  Rev.  R.  H.  Jordan  and  Rev.  Nelson  R.  Bewley.  To  his 
mother,  under  God,  he  felt  more  indebted  than  any  other.  Her  teaching  and  godly 
example  had  a  most  potent  influence  in  his  early  and  after  manhood  life.  He  was  im- 
pressed in  childhood  days  with  the  necessity  of  salvation,  so  that  for  years  he  was 
resolving  to  give  his  heart  to  the  Saviour,  but  did  not  fully  surrender  to  Him  until  his 
eighteenth  year.  His  conversion  was  clear  and  its  witness  satisfying  to  his  heart.  Soon 
after  his  conversion  he  was  more  and  more  impressed  with  the  need  of  a  full  salvation 
and  found  great  help  in  reading  Mr.  Wesley's  Plain  Account  of  Christian  Perfection. 
He  had  preached  the  doctrine  for  forty  years,  but  never  saw  nor  realized  clearly  its 
simple  condition  of  attainment,  until  at  a  meeting  held  in  his  own  charge  in  March, 
1879,  when  he  felt  in  his  heart  perfect  rest,  perfect  peace  and  perfect  love.  In  Sep- 
tember, 1837,  he  was  admitted  into  the  Annual  Conference  that  met  in  St.  Louis,  Mis- 
souri; Bishop  Soule  was  the  Presiding  Bishop,  and  Rev.  A.  Monroe,  Presiding  Elder. 
He  was  ordained  Deacon  at  the  session  of  the  Conference  at  Fayette,  by  Bishop  T.  \. 
Morris,  and  was  received  the  same  year  into  full  connection;  was  ordained  Elder  by 
Bishop  Soule  in  1845.  His  first  appointment  was  the  Bowling  Green  Circuit,  18.37; 
Richmond,  1838;  Columbia,  1839;  traveled  Danville  Circuit,  1845-1846;  Bowling  Green, 
1847;  St.  Charles  Circuit,  1848;  Warrenton,  1849-1850;  Savannah,  1851-1852;  Hannibal 
Station,  1853.  In  1866  he  took  work  in  the  Illinois  Conference,  and  was  a  member 
of  that  Conference  seven  years,  and  was  then  transferred  by  Bishop  E.  M.  Marvin  to 
the  Missouri  Conference,  performing  his  work  loyally  and  faithfully  until  he  was 
superannuated  in  September,  1881.  Some  five  or  six  churches  were  built  or  projected 
under  his  ministry,  and  one  parsonage.  He  was  twice  married.  His  first  marriage 
was  to  Mrs.  Sylvia  Jane  Bewley,  the  widow  of  Rev.  N.  R.  Bewley,  January  11th,  1838. 
Five  children  were  born  of  this  union,  only  two  of  whom  are  living,  Joseph  N.  Sherman 
and  Mrs.  Eliza  R.  Williams,  of  Colorado.  His  second  marriage  was  to  Miss  Clara 
Howard  in  St.  Charles  County,  Missouri,  October  26th,  1849.  By  this  marriage  he 
bad  nine  children,  four  of  whom  are  living.  Mrs.  Sylvia  H.  Bangs,  Mrs.  Mary  A. 
Brown,  Miss  Ella  H.  Sherman  and  Dr.  George  H.  Sherman.  Brother  Sherman  wrote: 
"I  have  often  felt  the  pressure  of  strain  from  want  of  sufficient  support  on  many  of  the 
charges  I  have  filled  during  my  itinerant  labor.  Although  cast  down,  but  not  de- 
stroyed, the  Lord  has  been  very  good  to  me  and  mine.  Knowing  what  I  do  of  the 
trials  and  privations  of  the  work  of  the  intinerant  ministry,  if  I  had  life  to  live  over, 
and  I  believed  God  had  called  me  to  the  work,  I  would  most  cheerfully  enter  the  field 
and  thank  God  who  had  counted  me  worthy  of  so  high  and  holy  a  calling.  The  Bible 
is  and  has  been  during  my  Christian  life  the  book  before  all  others.  It  has  been  the 
habit  of  my  life  to  read  this  daily  and  read  it  conscientiously." 


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REV.   WALTER    CLARENCE    RUSSELL. 


For  God  more  bounty  show'd,  giving  Himself  to  make  man  capable 
Of  His  return  to  life. — Dante. 


By  Rev.  E.  D.  Watson. 

Rev.  Walter  Clarence  Russell  vi^as  born  on  the  homestead  farm  near 
Columbia,  Boone  County,  Missouri,  Missouri,  September  21st,  1877.  His 
parents,  Francis  L.  and  Florence  E.  Russell,  were  both  staunch  Presby- 
terians, but  having  no  church  of  their  own  near,  worshipped  in  a  nearby  Meth- 
odist Church.  The  son  was  converted  in  a  meeting  held  near  his  home  in  August, 
1898,  having  joined  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  South,  at  Columbia,  the  previous 
month.  He  attended  the  school  near  his  home,  then  the  public  school  in  Columbia, 
and  afterwards  the  Columbia  High  School.  Convinced  of  his  call  to  the  ministry,  he 
proceeded  to  make  what  preparation  his  limited  means  afforded,  and  accordingly 
attended  Central  College,  Missouri  University,  and  the  Moody  Institute  at  Chicago.  He 
was  licensed  to  preach  by  the  Fayette  District  Conference  at  Clifton  Hill,  May  3rd, 
1899;  Rev.  John  Anderson,  D.D.,  P.E.  He  was  recommended,  March,  1903,  by  the 
Fayette  District  Conference  at  Armstrong,  Rev.  R.  H.  Cooper,  P.E.,  for  admission  into 
the  Missouri  Conference,  and  was  received  on  trial  at  Mexico,  Missouri,  September  3rd, 
1903,  Bishop  C.  B.  Galloway  presiding.  He  was  ordained  Deacon  at  Palmyra,  Missouri, 
by  Bishop  E.  R.  Hendrix,  September  3rd,  1905.  He  was  married  to  Miss  Elsie  Linn 
Points,  February  2.5th,  1903,  and  their  children's  names  are  Myra  E.  Russell  and  Ruth 
L.  Russell.  His  appointments  have  been:  Dalton,  1903,  1904;  Laddonia,  1905,  1906. 
While  he  has  been  preaching  but  a  short  time,  he  has  received  about  one  hundred 
souls  into  the  Church.  He  gives  great  credit  to  his  mother's  instructions  at  home, 
and  it  was  through  her  influence  that  he  was  convei'ted.  He  has  felt  that  God  has 
never  left  him,  though  at  times  he  came  near  folding  his  talent  in  a  napkin  and  laying 
it  away.  Yet,  thi-ough  all  the  vicissitudes  of  life  God  has  called  him  to  come  up 
higher,  and  now  he  has  the  full  assurance  that  he  is  God's  child.  He  has  been  a 
diligent  reader  of  good  books — Shakespeare,  Pilgrim's  Progi'ess,  Tennyson's  Poems, 
Burns  and  Wesley's  Sermons.  His  views  on  Christian  education  are  sound,  and  this 
is  what  he  says:  "Our  Jlethodist  educational  institutions  will  decide  very  largely  the 
destiny  of  our  Church  in  the  future,  and  do  much  to  shape  the  future  of  our  great 
state." 


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REV.  EDGAR  DAVID  WATSON,  A.  M. 


The  Cross  is  not  a  human  thought;    it  is  an  eternal    Proposal  of 
Love. — Dr.  Joseph  Parker. 


Edgar  David  Wat.son  was  born  in  St.  Charles,  Mo.,  Sept,  30.  1865.  He  comes 
from  a  long  line  of  Methodist  ancestry.  His  grandfather,  David  Watson,  was  a  char- 
ter member  of  the  first  class  formed  in  Pike  County,  about  1816,  serving  as  Class 
Leader,  Steward,  Trustee  or  Sunday  School  Superintendent  for  nearly  forty  years. 
His  father  was  an  honored,  able,  now  sainted,  member  of  the  Missouri  Conference, 
while  his  mother,  Mrs.  H.  B.  Watson,  is  still  living  at  Palmyra,  a  loyal  Methodist. 
The  son,  dedicated  to  God  from  infancy,  thoroughly  trained  in  religious  matters  by 
mother  and  grandmother,  brought  up  under  the  very  shadow  of  the  Church,  knew 
nothing  in  boyhood  but  to  fear  God  and  love  the  Saviour.  He  became  a  backslider 
in  his  early  teens,  from  which  prodigal  state  he  was  reclaimed  under  the  ministry 
of  his  father,  and  joined  the  church  at  Columbia,  Mo.,  in  the  spring  of  1882.  He 
graduated  from  the  Jlissouri  State  University,  A.B.,  1886,  A.M.,  1889;  taught  school 
for  12  years  at  Shelbina,  Louisville  (Ky.),  Palmyra,  Richmond,  Lexington.  He  was 
married  to  Miss  Bertie  Spencer,  daughter  of  the  lamented  Rev.  B.  H.  Spencer,  of 
honored  memory,  Sept.  5,  1895,  and  they  have  two  children,  Berry  Bascom  and  Bei'e- 
nice.  He  was  licensed  to  preach  at  Palmyra  by  that  Quarterly  Conference,  March  9, 
1892;  Rev.  Thompson  Penn,  P.C.  and  Rev.  John  Anderson,  D.D.,  P.E.,  and  was  or- 
dained Local  Deacon  by  Bishop  C.  B.  Galloway  at  Hannibal,  Mo.,  Sept.  6,  1896,  and 
Elder  by  Bishop  A.  W.  Wilson,  Sept.  7,  1902.  As  a  local  preacher  he  supplied  Park- 
ville  from  January  to  September,  1897,  and  Salisbury  from  March  to  September,  1898. 
He  was  recommended  for  admission  by  the  Fayette  District  Conference  in  April, 
1898;  Rev.  J.  R.  A.  Vaughan,  P.E.,  and  received  into  the  Missouri  Conference  at  Mem- 
phis, Sept.  2,  1898;  Bishop  W.  A.  Candler  presiding.  His  appointments  have  been 
Elmo,  1898,  1899,  1900;  KirkviUe,  1901,  1902;  Glasgow,  1903,  1904;  Louisiana  1905, 
1906. 


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REV.  JOHN   HENRY   SNEED. 


Whoever  strives  forward  with  unswerving  will, 
Him  can  we  ave  deliver. — Goethe. 


By  Rev.  E.  D.  Watson. 

Rev.  John  Heniy  Sneed,  son  of  Nicholas  and  Mary  J.  (Hupman)  Sneed, 
was  born  in  Augusta  County,  Virginia,  August  27th,  1864.  His  father 
was  a  Methodist,  his  mother  a  Lutheran,  but  the  latter  soon  afterwards 
united  with  her  husband's  church.  The  son  was  converted  and  joined  the 
church  under  the  ministry  of  Rev.  W.  H.  Woolfe  at  Trimble  School  House, 
Virginia,  when  ten  years  old.  Though  convinced  of  his  call  to  the  ministry 
from  that  time,  he  disregarded  the  call  for  twenty  years,  until  the  loss  of  all  his 
property  brought  him  to  his  sense  of  duty.  Preparing  himself  as  best  he  could  so 
late  in  life,  he  answered  his  call,  was  recommended  bv  the  Mexico  Quarterly  Confer- 
ence, Rev.  J.  H.  Pritchett,  P.  C,  and  Rev.  D.  C.  G'Howell,  P.E.,  and  was  licensed 
to  preach  by  the  Mexico  District  Conference  at  Centralia.  March,  189-5;  Bishop  W.  W. 
Duncan,  presiding,  and  Rev.  D.  C.  O'Howell,  P.E.  He  was  recommended  to  the  Mis- 
souri Conference  for  admission  on  trial  by  the  ilexico  District  Conference  held  at 
Fulton  in  1897,  Rev.  R.  H.  Cooper,  P.E.,  and  was  admitted  at  Albany,  September  2nd, 
1897,  Bishop  0.  P.  Fitzgerald,  presiding.  He  was  ordained  Deacon  bv  Bishop  -John  C. 
Granbery  at  Fayette,  September  3rd,  1899,  and  Elder  by  Bishop  W.'A.  Candler,  Sep- 
tember 8th,  1901,  at  St.  Joseph.  He  was  married  to  Miss  Virginia  Missouri  Kemp, 
October  4th,  1891,  and  they  have  two  children,  Arthur  Earl  and  Marjorie  Freeta. 
His  appointments  have  been  as  follows:  Kingston,  1897;  Ravenwood,  1898,  1899,  1900, 
1901:  Agency,  1902;  Wright  City,  190.3,  1904;  O'Fallon  and  Wentzville,  1905,  1906. 
To  date  he  has  received  over  two  hundred  people  into  the  Church.  Under  his  pas- 
torate, the  Ravenwood  church  was  built,  and  he  remodeled  the  churches  at  Old  Monroe 
and  Mt.  Moriah.  While  he  was  educated  at  the  public  schools  of  Mexico,  Missouri,  he 
regards  the  Christian  College  as  the  hope  of  our  country.  He  regards  the  loss  of 
property  as  a  great  crisis  in  his  life.  He  has  read  with  profit  the  book  written  by 
Bishop  Hendrix,  "Skilled  Labor  for  the  Master." 


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REV.   THOMAS   M.   TRAYLOR. 


Reliprion  is  the  regnant  power  in  this  world. — Binhiij>  Galloway. 


By  Rev.  E.  D.  Watson. 

Thomas  M.  Traylor  was  born  at  Pittsburg,  Crawford  County,  Kansas,  January 
1st,  1867.  His  parents.  Job  and  Sarah  A.  Taylor,  were  Southern  Methodists  in  early 
life,  but  became  members  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church  when  they  moved  to 
Kansas  in  1866.  Thomas  was  married  to  Miss  Buena  Vista  Birch,  March  7th,  1889, 
and  she  died  leaving  one  child.  Myrtle  B.  Taylor.  He  was  married  the  second  time, 
June  3rd,  1903,  his  second  wife  being  Miss  Tina  Barnes.  The  second  child  is  Frances 
Willard.  He  was  converted  at  Rolla,  North  Dakota,  March  '22nd,  189.5,  under  the 
ministry  of  Rev.  David  C.  Hunt,  a  superannuated  preacher  of  the  Wesleyan  Church  of 
Ontario,  Canada,  and  joined  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church  at  Rolla,  North  Dakota. 
Becoming  impressed  with  his  call  to  the  ministry,  he  began  to  study,  testify,  teach  and 
work  for  the  Lord.  While  carrying  on  his  work  on  the  farm,  he  superintended  a 
Sunday  School,  distributed  tracts,  and  worked  personally  from  house  to  house  to  gel 
people  saved.  Having  fully  settled  the  question  of  entering  wholly  into  the  ministry, 
he  came  to  Missouri,  and  was  recommended  by  the  Clarksville  Quarterly  Conference 
and  was  licensed  to  preach  by  St.  Charles  District  Conference;  Rev.  Robert  White,  P.E., 
while  Rev.  T.  P.  Middleton  was  his  pastor,  in  April,  1900.  The  same  District  Confer- 
ence recommended  him  to  the  Missouri  Conference  for  admission,  and  he  was  received 
or  trial  at  Fulton,  Mo.,  September  14th,  1900,  Bishop  J.  C.  Granbery  presiding.  He  was 
ordained  Deacon  at  Chillicothe,  by  Bishop  A.  W.  Wilson,  September  7th,  1902,  and  Elder 
by  Bishop  E.  R.  Hendrix,  September  2nd,  1905,  at  Palmyra,  Mo.  His  appointments  have 
been  as  follows:  Laddonia,  1900,  1901,  1902;  Center, "1903,  1904;  St.  Charels  Circuit, 
1905,  1906. 

Brother  Taylor  has  taken  two  hundred  people  into  the  Church,  and  in  time  will 
doubtless  receive  many  more.  He  built  our  elegant  new  church  at  Laddonia,  which 
stands  very  much  to  his  credit.  In  early  life  he  read  David  Livingston  and  Moody, 
and  longed  for  the  unselfish  nature  which  dominated  their  lives.  In  his  youth  he  was 
a  devout  reader  of  the  Bible,  but  finally  became  a  doubter  of  practical  Christianity  on 
account  of  the  inconsistent  lives  of  many  professed  Christians.  While  yearning  for  a 
higher  life,  he  was  a  non-church  goer  for  seven  years.  Some  friends  pei'suaded  him  to 
go  to  hear  a  man  who  had  been  redeemed  from  a  life  of  sin,  and  by  this  means  he  was 
restored  to  the  Christian  life.     He  is  now  one  of  our  trusted  men. 


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REV.  JAMES  W.  SLADE. 


The  plan  and  pattern,  the  invisible  frame-work  and  Ideal  of  every 
Man's  life  is  Christian. — Dr.  James  W.  Lee. 


Rev.  J.  W.  Slade  was  born  March  17th,  1876,  in  Tennessee.  He  is  a  son  of  J.  P. 
Slade  and  Elizabeth  Slade,  both  of  whom  were  members  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
Church,  South.  He  was  converted  at  home  in  a  corn  crib,  and  joined  the  church  at 
Corbin,  Kansas,  when  eleven  years  old.  He  had  been  under  conviction  for  two  months 
before  his  conversion,  in  a  meeting  held  by  a  Rev.  Mr.  Summerville.  He  says  it  was 
not  the  preaching,  but  just  the  spirit  in  the  meeting  that  convicted  him.  As  he  grew 
older  he  understood  more  clearly  his  duty.  For  some  time  he  would  not  give  up  to 
preach,  but  since  then  he  has  been  made  to  realize  the  necessity  of  being  fully  given 
up  to  His  will  and  his  experience  has  since  been  brighter.  He  was  licensed  to  preach 
by  the  Council  Grove  District  of  the  Western  Conference  in  1899;  Rev.  H.  D.  Hogan, 
Presiding  Elder,  and  Rev.  D.  R.  McBee,  preacher  in  charge.  The  same  District  Con- 
ference recommended  him  to  the  Annual  Conference  for  admission  on  trial,  and  he 
was  received  on  trial  into  the  Annual  Conference  in  the  fall  of  1889;  Rev.  H.  D.  Hogan, 
Presiding  Elder,  and  Bishop  J.  C.  Granbery  presiding.  He  was  ordained  Deacon  by 
Bishop  E.  R.  Hendrix  in  1904,  at  Columbia,  Missouri.  He  has  served  Shiloh  and  Laflin 
Circuits  in  the  St.  Louis  Conference,  and  Rayville,  Parkville,  Frankford,  and  is  now 
on  the  Bellflower  Circuit,  in  the  Missouri  Conference.  He  has  received  about  two 
hundred  persons  into  the  Church.  He  attended  the  public  schools  and  Marvin  College, 
at  Fredericktown,  Missouri.  He  was  married  to  Miss  Margarette  Elizabeth  McBee, 
July  2nd,  1899,  and  they  have  two  boys,  Marvin  Ray  Slade  and  James  Roy  Slade. 
Brother  Slade  feels  that  he  has  been  saved  with  a  wonderful  salvation,  and  he  shows 
his  gratitude  to  God  by  a  life  spent  in  the  service  of  the  Master.  He  is  pleasant  socially 
and  his  people  like  him. 


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REV.  JOHN  WILBURN  HAM. 


The  attitude  of  the  heart  is  as  important  as  the  posture  of  the 
Mind. — Bishop  Galloway. 

By  Rev.  E.  D.  Watson. 

John  Wilburn  Ham  was  born  in  Dunk'in  County,  Missouri,  April  28th,  1874.  His 
father,  Thomas  F.  Ham,  was  a  Presbyterian,  and  his  mother,  Mary  \.  Harkey,  a  life- 
long Methodist,  .^t  eleven  years  of  age  he  was  converted  at  "Old  Harkey's  Chapel" 
under  the  ministry  of  Rev.  Thomas  Lord,  P.C.,  assisted  by  Rev.  George  H.  Adams,  now 
in  Texas,  and  joined  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  South.  Not  until  eighteen  years 
old  did  he  take  any  greater  interest  in  the  work  of  the  Church  than  to  attend  upon 
the  means  of  grace,  but  he  then  felt  a  deep,  growing  desire  to  do  something  for  the  ad- 
vancement of  the  Kingdom,  and  he  assumed  the  obligation  in  every  way  he  could,  and 
finally  at  twenty-eight  years  of  age,  decided  to  enter  the  ministry.  He  was  licensed 
to  preach  at  Potosi,  Missouri,  May  1st,  1902,  by  the  Farmington  District  Conference, 
having  been  recommended  by  the  Potosi  Quarterly  Conference;  Rev.  J.  R.  A.  Vaughan, 
P.E.,  and  Rev.  Harry  Whitehead,  P.C.  He  was  recommended  to  the  St.  Louis  Con- 
ference by  the  same  District  Conference,  and  was  received  on  trial  by  the  St.  Louis 
Conference  of  1902;  Bishop  A.  W.  Wilson,  presiding.  He  was  ordained  Deacon  by 
Bishop  E.  R.  Hendrix  at  DeSoto,  Missouri,  September  2.5th,  1904,  and  Elder  by  Bishop 
J.  S.  Key  at  Carrollton,  Missouri,  September  2nd,  1906.  He  was  married  to  Miss  Clara 
Hale  Parry,  September  7th,  1904,  and  they  have  one  son,  Eugene  Russell  Ham.  His 
appointments  have  been  as  follows:  St.  Louis  Conference,  St.  James,  1902,  1903,  1904; 
transferred  to  Missouri  Conference  and  appointed  to  New  Florence  and  Trinity,  1905, 
1906.  Up  to  the  time  of  this  record  he  has  received  about  one  hundred  members  into 
the  Church.  The  time  of  all  times  in  his  life  was  when  he  decided  to  preach,  after  a 
struggle  which  lasted  for  six  years.  His  first  preference  was  the  law.  He  mentions 
Black  Rock  as  one  of  the  books  which  he  has  greatly  enjoyed.  He  attended  Marvin 
Collegiate  Institute  three  years.  Of  Christian  education  he  says:  "The  future  of  cur 
Church  in  Missouri  depends  upon  the  building  up  and  proper  equipment  of  a  college 
to  furnish  education  for  our  boys  and  girls.  Religious  education  and  the  future  welfare 
of  our  state  ai'e  closely  connected." 


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REV.  JAMES  LESLIE  ROBERTS. 


Blessed  is  the  man  who  has  found  his  work;  let  him  afk  no  other 
Blessedness. — Carlyle. 

By  Rev.  E.  D.  Watson. 
James  Leslie  Roberts,  son  of  Tyre  M.  and  Sallie  (Smith)  Roberts,  was  born  in 
Boone  County,  Missouri,  February  4th,  1870.  He  lost  his  mother  when  three  years 
old,  and  his  father  when  ten.  He  was  converted  and  joined  the  Church  at  Smith's 
Chapel  in  Boone  County  during  a  meeting  held  by  Rev.  H.  D.  Groves,  D.D.,  who  bap- 
tized him  and  took  him  into  the  Church.  He  attended  the  Columbia  public  school, 
Mexico  High  School,  Central  College  and  Westminster  College,  though  never  graduat- 
ing. Having  settled  the  question  of  his  call  to  the  ministry,  he  was  recommended  by 
the  Fulton  Quarterly  Conference;  Rev.  W.  A.  Hanna,  P.C.,  and  was  licensed  to  preach 
by  the  Mexico  District  Conferencee  of  1897;  Rev.  R.  H.  Cooper,  P.E.,  and  recommended 
for  admission  to  the  Missouri  Conference  by  the  same  District  Conference.  He  was 
received  on  trial  at  Albany,  September  2nd,  1897,  Bishop  O.  P.  Fitzgerald  presiding. 
He  was  ordained  Deacon  by  Bishop  John  C.  Granbery  at  Fulton,  September  16th.  1900; 
and  Elder  by  Bishop  A.  W.  Wilson,  September  7th.  1902,  at  Chillicothe,  Missouri.  He 
was  married  to  Miss  Maggie  Marsh  Craig,  December  26th,  1898,  and  they  have  one 
daughter,  Lorene  Elizabeth.  His  appointments  have  been  as  follows :  -Mechanicsville, 
1897,  1898;  New  Florence,  1899,  1900;  Florida,  1901;  Winfield,  1902,  1903,  1904;  Wright 
City,  190-5,  1906.  About  two  hundred  people  have  joined  the  Church  under  his  minis- 
try, and  he  has  the  promise  of  many  a  harvest  of  souls.  He  has  not  been  an  idler,  but 
has  put  his  hand  to  the  work.  He  built  the  beautiful  Wesley  Memorial  Church,  St. 
Charles  County.  He  considers  Watson's  Institutes  as  the  one  great  book  for  him.  This 
he  has  mastered,  and  it  has  moulded  into  a  sound  preacher  of  Methodist  doctrine.  He 
feels  that  the  greatest  crisis  of  his  life  was  when  he  was  left  without  father  or  mother 
at  ten  years  of  age,  and  his  words  are  worth  quoting.  He  says:  "I  have  so  many 
times  keenly  felt  my  great  loss,  and  my  entire  dependence  upon  God.  that  this  condition, 
sad  as  it  is  to  suffer  the  loss  of  those  who  love  us  most,  has  helped  to  make  my  heart 
more  s\Tnpathetic,  and  my  life  sweeter  than  it  would  otherwise  have  been."  He  believes 
in  the  Christian  College  as  the  conservator  of  all  that  is  good  in  society. 


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REV.  SOLOMON  HARMAN   MILAM. 


If  to  the  keystone  trusts  its  weight  the  vaulted  arch, 
Securely  built  it  then  defies  time's  onward  march. — Goeth. 

By  Rev.  E.  D.  Watson. 
Solomon  Harman  Milam,  son  of  Solomon  Milam  and  Matilda  L.  Milam,  was  born 
March  15th,  1874,  near  Bloominglon,  Macon  County,  Missouri.  His  parents  and  grand- 
parents were  all  staunch  Methodists,  and  he  was  trained  a  Methodist.  He  was  con- 
verted at  seventeen  years  of  age  in  a  meeting-  held  in  the  Macon  High  School  at  Bloom- 
ington  by  Rev.  D.  H.  Root  and  Rev.  Walter  Toole,  while  under  instruction  of  Rev.  C. 
W.  Collett  at  the  altar.  He  attended  the  Macon  High  School  at  Bloomington,  after- 
wards graduating  in  two  schools  at  Central  College,  Fayette.  He  was  licensed  to  preach 
by  the  Bloomington  Quarterly  Conference,  November  23rd,  1872;  Rev.  B.  H.  Spencer. 
P.E.,  and  Rev.  J.  O.  Edmonston,  P.C.  He  was  recommended  for  admission  to  the  Mis- 
souri Conference  by  the  Bloomington  Quarterly  Conference,  August  .3flth,  1874;  Rev. 
B.  H.  Spencer,  P.E.,  and  was  received  on  trial  at  St.  Joseph,  Missouri,  September,  1874, 
Bishop  John  C.  Keener  presiding.  He  was  ordained  Deacon  by  Bishop  Holland  N. 
McTyeire  at  Hannibal,  Missouri,  September  7th,  1876,  and  Elder  by  Bishop  David  S. 
Doggett  at  Macon,  Missouri,  September  15th,  1878.  He  was  married  to  Miss  Phoebe 
Ellen  Moreman,  March  15th,  1882,  and  they  have  three  children,  Kathryn,  Fred  and 
Ruth  Lynn.  His  appointments  have  been  as  follows:  Hamburg  and  Rockport  (junior 
preacher),  1874;  Lamar  (now  Elmo),  1875;  St.  Joseph  Circuit,  1876;  Hamburg.  1877; 
Bucklin,  1878;  Lineville  Circuit,  1879,  1880;  Barnard,  1881;  Savannah,  1882;  Edina, 
1883,  1884;  Hunnewell,  1885,  1886;  Monroe  Circuit,  1887,  1888;  Shelbyville,  1889,  1890; 
P.  E.  Chillieothe  District,  1891,  1892,  1893,  1894;  Shelbina  Station,  1895;  Sturgeon, 
1896,  1897;  Savannah.  1898;  Principal  Macon  District  Academy,  1899,  1900,  1901,  1902; 
Warrenton,  1903,  1904,  1905,  1906.  He  has  had  the  pleasure  of  receiving  more  than 
eight  hundred  members  into  the  Church,  and  he  hopes  to  receive  many  more.  He  has 
built  a  church  on  the  Hamburg  Circuit,  and  assisted  in  building  the  churches  at  Lake- 
nan  and  Savannah.  Under  his  pastorate  parsonages  were  built  at  Lineville,  Iowa, 
Hunnewell,  Monroe  City  and  Warrenton.  He  has  been  a  faithful  student  of  history, 
having  read  such  authors  as  Rollin,  Hume,  Macauley  and  others.  He  feels  that  he  is 
under  lasting  obligation  to  his  parents  for  the  sacrifices  which  they  maiie  to  educite 
the  family.  He  writes:  "My  supreme  desire  is  to  perfectly  love  and  obey  God,  and  to 
live  for  the  betterment  of  my  race." 


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PROFESSOR  JONAS  JOHN  POTTS,  A.M. 


E'en  silent  Night  proclaims  my  soul  immoi'tal : 
E'en  silent  Night  proclaims  eternal  day. — Young. 


By  Rev.  Bowman  D.  Sipple. 

Professor  Jonas  ,Iohn  Potts 
was  born  near  Hillsboro,  Loudon 
County,  Virginia,  May  19,  1821. 
He  was  a  graduate  and  post 
graduate  of  Dickinson  College, 
Carlisle,  Pennsylvania.  He  be- 
came ail  instructor  in  his  Alma 
Mater,  and  for  about  foity  years 
followed  his  chosen  profession 
as  a  teacher  of  languages  and 
mathematics.  Among  the  msti- 
tutions  benefited  by  his  services 
were  the  Buchingham  (Vir- 
ginia) Female  College,  and  eight 
years  principal  of  St.  Charles 
College,  Missouri.  During  his 
college  days  Mr.  Potts  was  con- 
verted and  became  a  devout 
member  of  the  Methodist 
Church.  He  was  married,  De- 
cember 25th,  1845,  to  Miss  Eliza- 
beth Jane  Davis,  daughter  of 
Rev.  Dr.  John  Davis  of  the  Bal- 
timore Conference.  For  fifty- 
seven  years  this  pair,  so  well 
suited  to  each  other,  walked  to- 
gether and  shared  each  other's 
joys  and  sorrows  in  such  accoi'd 
that  Christian  character  of  a 
rare  type  was  the  product.  One 
who  knew  them  long  testifies  to 
the  perfect  congeniality  between 
these  gentle,  kind,  pure  hearts. 
Memory  will  fade  before  the 
scenes  and  impressions  of  the 
home  life  in  that  home  can  be 
forgotten.  The  spell  lasts 
through   life.     The    influence   of 

Professor  Potts  in  the  school  room  must  have  been  the  most  helpful.  His  first  pupils 
are  now  in  old  age,  and  his  latest  pupils  are  in  middle  life.  Could  we  receive  their 
testimony  one  feels  sure  that  they  would  testify  to  the  fact  that  he  helped  to  shape 
sturdy  characters.  No  man  was  farther  from  claiming  a  superior  degree  of  piety, 
and  no  man  left  a  deeper  conviction  in  the  minds  of  others  that  he  was  not  only  as 
pure  as  the  sunlight,  but  a  holy  man.  The  gentle  manner  and  voice  and  the  shinning 
face  left  no  doubt  in  the  mind  of  another  that  the  Lord  was  controlling  that  life.  The 
last  eighteen  years  of  his  life  were  spent  in  Montgomery  City,  Mo.,  in  the  home  of  his 
son-in-law,  Judge  E.  M.  Hughes.  His  wife  ascended  to  her  reward  three  years  before 
Mr.  Potts.  These  years  were  spent  as  a  student,  and  as  a  teacher  in  the  Sunday  School. 
Careful  preparation  of  the  lesson,  felicitous  comments  and  lectures  to  the  class,  and  a 
Christ-like  personality  built  up  the  class  and  held  the  old  and  the  young  through  many 
years.  At  the  end  of  his  eleventh  year  as  teacher  it  was  said  that  he  had  missed  the 
class  but  four  times.  At  more  than  eighty  years  of  age,  with  ice  upon  the  walk  and 
the  mercury  far  below  zero,  the  faithful  teacher  would  start  to  his  class  when  pupils 
much  younger  would  remain  at  home.  By  instinct,  by  the  possession  of  the  highest 
ideals,  by  the  habits  of  a  life  time,  by  the  wonderful  influence  of  divine  grace,  he  was 
suited  to  the  work  of  a  teacher.  When  death  left  his  own  heai-t  lonely,  and  made  his 
daughter  a  widow,  he  was  refined  more  and  more  for  the  home  above.  After  a  long 
journey  that  he  might  be  with  his  daughter  and  granddaughter  he  was  planning  with 
the  children  to  plant  flowers  and  to  attend  the  Sunday  School.  Weary  from  age,  yet 
wanting  to  live,  he  heard  the  call  of  his  Lord,  and  departed  this  life  October  2nd,  1905, 
from  the  home  of  his  granddaughter,  Mrs.  E.  S.  Griffith,  in  the  city  of  Minneapolis, 
Minnesota,  and  was  buried  in  Montgomery  City,  Missouri. 


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CENTENNIAL    VOLUME    OF    MISSOURI    METHODISM. 


HON.  WILLIAM  OMAR  GRAY,  A.M. 


The  key  to  every  man  is  his  thought. — Emerson. 


William  Omar  Gray  was  born  in  St.  Charles  County,  Missouri,  August  20th,  1849. 
He  is  a  son  of  Henry  H.  Gray  and  Martha  Gray,  both  members  of  the  Methodist  Epis- 
copal Church,  South.  He  was  converted  and  united  with  the  Church  at  Sturgeon,  Mis- 
souri. He  obtained  his  education  at  the  public  schools  and  at  Central  College,  Fayette, 
Missouri,  from  which  he  graduated.  He  was  married  to  Miss  Nettie  Gentry,  May  22nd, 
1879,  and  they  have  three  children,  Henry  L.,  Mabel  and  William  Gray.  Brother  Gray 
is  always  true  to  his  Church,  and  gives  it  his  influence  and  means.  His  wife  is  one 
of  the  best  of  women,  and  he  has  a  fine  family.  He  was  teacher  in  Central  College  two 
years.  After  leaving  there  in  1875,  he  removed  to  Pike  County,  Missouri,  where  he  has 
ever  since  resided.  He  was  City  Attorney  of  Louisiana,  Missouri,  and  Probate  Judge 
of  Pike  County  for  eight  years,  and  served  for  several  years  on  the  board  of  curators 
of  Central  College.  He  was  a  member  of  the  General  Conference  at  Atlanta,  Georgia, 
in  1878. 


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MR.  ADAM  T.  JAMISON. 


Religion  has  its  gentle  virtues,  patience,  meekness,  kindliness. — 
Bishop  Haygood. 


A.  T.  Jamison,  a  resident  of  Clarkesville,  Pike  County,  Missouri,  was  born  near  the 
town  of  Paynesville,  in  the  aforesaid  county  and  state,  on  the  20th  day  of  January, 
1829.  He  was  married  to  Rhoda  E.  Hewett  on  the  1st  day  of  May,  18.56,"by  Rev.  New- 
ton J.  Berryman.  To  this  union  there  were  born  six  children,  four  of  whom  are  now 
living.  This  union  was  dissolved  by  the  death  of  his  wife  on  the  11th  day  of  Decem- 
ber. 1870.  He  was  married  the  second  time  on  the  9th  day  of  July,  1872,  to  Miss  Anna 
J.  Dawson,  by  Rev.  W.  A.  Tarwater.  By  this  union  were  born  five  children,  four  of 
whom  are  yet  living.  His  ancestors  are  of  Scotch-Irish  descent,  and  settled  in  Virginia 
in  the  early  part  of  1700.  His  parents  moved  to  this  state  in  1827.  They  were  Presby- 
terians by  education,  but  were  members  of  the  Methodist  Church  at  the  time  of  their 
departure  from  this  life.  Mr.  Jamison  joined  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  South, 
in  September,  1853,  and  has  been  a  member  of  the  Church  for  more  thnn  fifty-three 
years.  He  has  served  the  Church  during  a  na't  of  this  time  as  trustee,  steward,  class 
leader  and  Superintendent  of  the  Sunday  School.  He  h-is  been  a  member  of  Clarksville 
Lodge,  No.  17,  A.  F.  and  A  .M.,  for  forty-nine  years.  He  has  served  his  fellow  citizens 
in  civil  positions  as  follows:  Assessor  of  Pike  County,  two  terms;  Mayor  of  the  City  of 
Clarksville,  three  terms;  Notary  Public,  six  terms,  or  for  twenty-four  years;  FPrv^^  on 
the  school  board  for  twenty-five  years;  served  Calumet  Township,  in  the  office  of  Justice 
of  the  Peace,  when  his  present  term  expires,  twelve  years.  He  is  now  past  seventy-eight 
years  of  age,  and  while  he  is  an  invalid  and  has  not  wa'ked  a  step  for  more  than  three 
.years,  yet  his  mental  capacities  are  as  vitrorous  a?  at  any  time  in  his  life;  for  which 
he  feels  grateful  to  Almighty  God.  While  he  loves  God's  people  of  every  name  an'^' 
order,  he  feels  peculiarly  attached  to  the  Church  of  his  early  choice,  yet  he  wishes  to 
go  on  record  that  he  believes  the  time  has  come  for  one  oroanization  of  Methodism  in 
the  United  States.     "May  God  hasten  the  time  when  it  shall  be  so." 


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MR.  THOMAS  JONES. 


Victors  over  death  through  Him,  they  reijjn  with  Him  in   life  for 
Evermore. — Bisliop  Marvin. 


Thomas  Jones  was  born  in  Rockingham  County,  North  Carolina,  December  2.5th, 
1821.  In  1829,  his  father  moved  to  Montgomery  County,  Missouri,  and  settled  where  is 
now  the  town  of  Jonesburg,  which  was  named  for  him,  and  where  the  subject  of  this 
sketch  lived  till  his  death,  November  2nd,  1882.  He  married  Miss  Juliet  Catherine  Camp 
in  1846.  To  them  were  born  eight  children,  all  of  whom  are  living,  five  of  them  in  the 
home  town,  where  the  widow  still  resides.  He  joined  the  Methodist  Church  when  sixteen 
years  of  age  under  the  ministry  of  Rev.  Bowman,  and  was  ever  faithful  to  his  trust, 
steadfast,  abounding  in  the  work  of  the  Lord.  He  first  held  his  membership  at  Camp 
Branch  Church  and  was  Sunday  School  Superintendent  for  twenty-five  years  and  class 
leader  a  number  of  years.  As  long  as  he  was  a  member  of  this  Church  he  took  it  upon 
himself  to  see  that  everything  was  in  readiness  for  the  Sunday  services;  each  Saturday 
one  of  the  darkies  was  sent  the  four  miles  to  Camp  Branch  with  wood  or  whatever  was 
needed  to  put  the  house  in  order.  In  later  years  the  membership  of  this  Church  was 
moved  to  Jonesburg,  and  to  the  liberality  and  influence  of  Brother  Jones  was  largely 
due  the  credit,  and  he  made  possible  the  church  edifice  now  owned  by  this  congregation. 
He  served  this  church  as  steward  and  trustee  till  the  time  of  his  death.  He  was  reared 
by  Godly  parents  in  a  Christian  home.  The  shouts  of  his  sifter.  Mrs.  Julia  Dearing, 
are  yet  ringing  in  the  hearts  of  those  who  knew  her  ei'e  she  joined  His  glorious  presence; 
so  when  he  and  his  wife  established  their  home,  it  was  a  Christian  home  with  ever  a 
welcome  for  Methodist  preachers  and  his  greatest  pleasure  was  entertaining  such  men 
as  Marvin,  Jesse  Sutton,  Monroe,  Loving,  Spencer,  Newland  and  George  Smith.  He 
■was  a  successful  farmer,  a  business  man  of  sterling  integrity,  a  well  known  and  highly 
respected  citizen.  He  gave  cheerfully  to  all  good  works.  He  helped  Central  College 
when  Bishop  Marvin  was  presenting  her  claims  throughout  Missouri  Methodism.  He 
lightened  the  burdens  of  the  poor,  he  encouraged  the  despairing,  and  by  his  example 
taught  all  that  it  was  not  only  their  right  but  their  duty  to  be  happy.  The  world  was 
better  for  his  having  lived  in  it,  and  to  his  wife,  his  children  and  his  grandchildren,  who 
are  faithful  friends  and  workers  for  Methodism,  he  left  a  rich  legacy  of  his  blessed 
memory.  Benedictions  on  the  sacred  life  of  a  good  man  such  as  Brother  'Thomas 
Jones. 


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REV.  CLYDE  WILSON  GOW. 


He  that  believeth  on  the  Son  of  God  hath  the  witness  in  himself. — 
St.  John. 


By  Rev.  Chas.  0.  Ransford. 

Clyde  Wilson  Gow  was  born  on  his  father's  farm  in  Clay  County,  Missouri.  His 
father,  M.  D.  Gow,  was  a  member  of  the  Church  of  Disciples  of  Christ,  and  his  mother, 
Fannie  E.  Wilson  Gow,  was  a  m.ember  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  South.  He 
was  converted  December  4th,  1883,  in  a  meeting  held  in  the  Antioch  Christian  Union 
Church  at  HajTiesville,  Missouri,  conducted  by  Rev.  G.  W.  Mitchell  and  Rev.  J.  V.  B. 
Flack.  He  joined  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  South,  at  Holt,  Missouri,  being 
baptized  and  received  by  the  pastor.  Rev.  J.  T.  Winstead.  He  received  his  education  at 
Lawson  Academy  (Presbyterian)  and  Central  College.  He  was  recommended  by  the 
Lawson  Quarterly  Conference,  Rev.  H.  C.  Garrett,  P.C,  and  Rev.  E.  K.  Miller,  P.E., 
and  was  licensed  to  preach  by  the  Fayette  Dist-ict  Conference  at  Rocheport,  Jlissouri, 
April  19th,  1898,  Rev.  J.  R.  A.  Vaughan,  P.E.  He  was  recommended  for  admission  on 
trial  to  the  Missouri  Conference  by  the  ilexico  District  Conference,  March  28th,  1899, 
Rev.  R.  H.  Cooper.  P.E.,  and  was  received  on  trial  at  Fayette,  Missouri,  September  1st, 
1899,  Bishop  J.  C.  Granbe-y  presiding.  He  was  ordained  Deacon  bv  Bishop  W.  A. 
Candler  at  St.  Joseph,  Missouri,  September  8,  1901,  and  Elder  by  Bishop  C.  B.  Gallo- 
way at  Mexico.  Missouri,  September  6th,  1903.  His  appointments  have  been  as  follows: 
IMokane  (supply),  1898;  Paris  Circuit  (supply),  February-September,  1900;  La  Plata, 
1900;  Marceline,  1901;  New  London,  1902,  1903,  1904,  190o.  Here  he  stayed  four  years 
and  rendered  excellent  service  in  every  way  and  his  labors  were  blessed  with  gracious 
revivals  every  year.  He  excells  as  a  pastor  and  organizer,  as  his  work  everj'where 
attests.  The  League  and  Sunday  School  interests  receive  special  and  practical  attention 
and  development  in  all  modern  methods  in  his  pastorate.  His  appointment  in  1906  was 
Elsberry,  where  he  is  now  doing  excellent  work. 


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MISSOURI  CONFERENCE. 


REV.  GEORGE  W.  PENN. 


1806-CENTENNIAL  APPOINTMENTS— 1906. 


MEXICO  DISTRICT. 


Presiding-  Elder A.  C.  Browning 

Mexico  Sta C.  M.  Aker 

Moberly   Sta 

R.  F.  Campbell  and  .1.  D.  Tuss3y 

Fulton  Sta C.  M.  Davenport 

Supernumerary,  J.  H.  Pritchett 

Montgomery  City H.  D.  Thompson 

Sturgeon  Ct J.  M.  INIajor 

Centralia  Sta J.  R.  Abernathy 

Hallsville  Ct W.  C.  R-ce 


Wellsv:ile  Ct J.  R.  :\IcMurry 

New  Bloomfield  Ct W.  B.  Lewellyn 

Mokane  Ct J.  W.  Owen 

Fulton  Ct I.  W.  Keithley 

Mexico  Ct W.  A.  Smith 

Auxvasse  Ct T.  P.  Middleton 

McCredie  Ct G.  A.  Shadwick 

Rowena  Ct H.  W.  Brewer 

Confer'ce  Miss.  Evan C.  C.  Selecman 


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REV.  .\MOS  CALVIN    BROWNING. 


The   resources   of   Truth    and    power   in    the    Go.spel    are    beyond 
Human  reckoning. — Bishop  Wilsou. 


Rev.  A.  C.  Browning  was  bom  at  Highland,  Doniphan  County,  Kansas,  October 
20th,  1860.  His  parents,  Rev.  George  W.  Browning  and  Nancy  Browning,  were  mem- 
bers of  the  Methodi.st  Episcopal  Church,  South.  His  father  has  been  a  faithful  min- 
ister in  the  Church  for  about  fifty  years  as  a  local  elder.  He  was  converted  at  Moberly, 
Missouri,  January,  1886,  under  the  ministry  of  Rev.  L.  B.  Madison,  and  received  into 
the  Church  at  Moberly,  February  26th,  1886.  His  conversion  was  just  an  old-time  con- 
version, and  his  growth  in  grace  has  been  gradual.  He  was  licensed  to  preach  by  the 
Second  Quarterly  Conference  of  Moberly  Station,  Missouri  Conference,  in  1889,  Rev. 
T.  G.  Whitten,  preacher  in  charge,  and  Dr.  J.  H.  Pritchett,  Presiding  Elder;  was  rec- 
ommended for  admission  on  trial  into  the  Annual  Conference  by  the  Queen  City  Circuit, 
in  June,  1890,  and  received  into  the  Annual  Conference  on  trial  at  Fayette,  Missouri, 
in  September,  1890;  Dr.  J.  H.  Pritchett,  Presiding  Elder,  and  Bishop  Joseph  S.  Key, 
presiding.  Ordained  Deacon  by  Bishop  Charles  B.  Galloway  at  Montgomery  City,  Mis- 
souri, in  September,  1892;  ordained  Elder  by  Bishop  E.  R.  Hendrix,  at  Carrollton,  Mis- 
souri, in  September,  1894.  He  has  filled  the  following  appointments:  Queen  City  Cir- 
cuit, two  years,  first  year  as  supply;  Callao  Circuit,  three  years;  Shelbina  Circuit,  two 
years;  Brookfield  Station,  two  vears;  Kirksville  Station,  three  years;  Plattsburg  Sta- 
tion, three  years.  He  is  now  filling  his  third  year  as  Presiding  Elder  of  the  Mexico 
District.  He  has  received  seven  hundred  an_d  twenty-three  persons  into  the  Church 
under  his  ministry.  Under  his  pastorate  the  following  churches  have  been  built: 
Bloomington  Church  on  the  Callao  Circuit,  Browning's  Chapel  on  the  Sholbinn  Circuit, 
over  one-half  of  the  Brookfield  church,  and  the  Kirksville  Church  rebuilt.  His  education 
was  obtained  in  the  public  school  and  Marj-ville  .\cademy,  at  Marj'A'iile,  Missouri.  He 
was  married  to  Miss  Victoria  Creighton,  September  8th,  1886,  and  they  have  one  child, 
Roy  C.  Browning. 


MISSOURI  CONFERENCE— MEXICO  DISTRICT. 


REV.  HENRY  DEtUKEST  THOMPSON. 


It  is  the  men  who  have  looked  into  the  face  of  their  Lord  who  have 
Spoken  the  words  of  true  progress  to  their  own  and  to  other 
Generations. — Bishop  Hendrix. 


Rev.  H.  D.  Thompson  is  the  son  of  James  and  Mary  Ellen  Thompson,  who  were 
for  the  greater  part  of  their  lives  members  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  South. 
He  was  born  at  Christiansburg,  Virginia,  October  2nd,  1866.  He  was  converted  anS 
joined  the  Church  under  the  ministry  of  Rev.  M.  V.  Smith  at  Fairview,  Virginia, 
August,  1886.  His  conversion  was  simply  the  ordinary  experience  of  a  penitent 
soul  seeking  after  God.  His  g^•owth  in  grace  has  been  constant  through  the  years  of 
his  Christian  life.  He  was  licensed  to  preach  by  the  Quarterly  Conference  of  the 
Auburn  Circuit,  in  the  Holston  Conference.  August,  1887;  Rev.  George  Stewart, 
preacher  in  charge,  and  Rev.  W.  W.  Pyott,  Presiding  Elder.  He  was  recom- 
mended to  the  -Annual  Conference  for  admission  on  trial  by  the  Quarterly  Conference 
of  the  Monroe  City  Station,  Missouri  Conference,  in  August,  1891.  He  was  received 
into  the  ilissouri  Annual  Conference  on  trial,  September,  1891;  Rev.  J.  R.  A.  Vaughan, 
Presiding  Elder,  and  Bishop  R.  K.  Hargrove,  presiding.  He  was  ordained  Deacon 
by  Bishop  Hargrove  at  Maryville.  Missouri,  September  6th,  1891;  ordained  Elder  by 
Bishop  W.  W.  Duncan  at  Macon  City,  Missouri,  September,  1895.  The  following  ap- 
pointments have  been  served  by  him:  Novelty  Circuit,  one  year;  Monticello  Circuit, 
four  years;  LaBelle  Circuit,  two  years;  Kahoka  Station,  three  years;  Memphis  Station, 
four  years;  Montgomery  City  Station,  two  years,  his  present  pastorate.  A  church  was 
built  under  his  pastorate  on  the  Novelty  Circuit,  an-l  under  his  pastorate  four  parson- 
ages have  been  rebuilt  or  otherwise  much  improved.  Quite  a  great  many  have  been 
received  into  the  Church  under  his  ministry.  He  was  for  three  years  a  student  in 
Fail-view  Seminary  (a  private  school  of  highest  g'^ade)  for  teachers,  and  Auburn 
Normal  School  for  one  year.  He  was  married  to  Miss  Nancy  Delia  Moore.  October 
12th,  1892.  Their  children  are  Ja'nes  DeForest  Thompson.  Barney  Moore  Thompson 
and  Samuel  Wesley  Thompson.  The  most  important  crisis  in  his  life  was  when  ne 
decided  to  give  up  the  profession  of  teaching  for  the  work  of  the  itinerant  ministry. 
Aside  from  the  word  of  Go'l,  his  greatest  he'c  has  come  from  the  close  and  diligent 
study  of  Watson's  Institutes  and  Ralston's  Elements  of  Divinity.  He  is  an  earnest 
advocate  and  friend  of  the  Christian  College  in  its  vital  and  essential  relation  to  the 
progress  of  the  church  and  the  safety  of  the  state. 


CENTENNIAL    VOLUME    OF    MISSOURI    METHODISM. 


REV.  CECIL   MILLER   AKER,   A.B. 


Never  was  heart  in  such  devotion  bound,  and  with  complacency 
So  absolute  disposed  to  render  up  itself  to  God. — Dante. 


By  Rev.  E.  D.  Watson. 

Cecil  Miller  Aker,  son  of  Mr. 
A.  D.  Aker  and  Mrs.  A.  U. 
.A.ker,  was  born  in  Grayson 
County,  Virginia,  May  1.5th, 
1876.  His  parents  were  both 
Methodists.  When  nearly  grown 
he  came  to  Missouri  to  live  with 
his  cousin  and  attended  Park 
College,  at  Parkville,  Missoui'. 
He  was  converted  under  the 
ministry  of  his  pastor,  Rev.  J. 
L.  Meffert,  and  joined  the 
Church  in  December,  1895.  His 
educational  advantages  have 
been  exceedingly  good.  He  at- 
tended the  public  school  and 
High  Point  Academy  at  his 
home  in  Virginia,  Park  College 
for  three  years.  Central  College 
for  three  years,  graduated  fi'om 
the  latter,  A.  B.  '0.3.  He  was 
licensed  to  preach  by  the  Platts- 
burg  District  Conference,  April 
28th.  1898,  having  been  recom- 
mended by  the  Parkville  Quar- 
terly Conference;  Rev.  W.  N. 
Giddens,  P.C,  and  Dr.  E.  K. 
Miller,  P.E.  He  was  appointed 
junior  preacher  on  the  Fairfax 
Circuit  in  1898,  and  was  recom- 
mended for  admission  into  the 
Missouri  Conference  by  the  St. 
Joseph  District  Conference  at 
Elmo,  Missouri,  March  23rd, 
1899,  Rev.  W.  F.  McMurry,  P.E., 
and  was  received  on  trial  at 
Fayette,  September  8th,  1899, 
Bishop  J.  C.  Granbery,  presid- 
ing. He  was  ordained  Deacon 
bv  Bishop  W.  A.  Candler  at  St.  Joseph,  September  8th,  1901,  an;l  Elder  by  Bishop  E.  R. 
Hendrix  at  Palmyra,  Missouri,  September  .3rd,  1905.  He  was  married  to  Miss  Adah 
E.  Ross,  of  Parkville,  Missouri,  August  2nd,  1899,  and  the  names  of  iheir  children 
&re  Reka,  Leota  (deceased)  and  Ross.  His  appointments  havo  been  as  follows:  Fair- 
fax Circuit  (juniov  preacher),  1898;  Professor  in  Macon  District  High  School,  1899; 
Cooper's  Chapel,  1900;  Fayette  Circuit,  1901,  1902;  transferred  to  Arkansas  Conference 
artfi  appointed  to  Hendrix  Academy,  Stuttgart,  190.3;  transferred  to  Missouri  Conference 
and  appointed  to  Vandalia  and  New  Harmony,  1904,  1905;  Mexico  Station,  1906.  He 
has  had  the  pleasure  of  receiving  about  three  hundred  members  into  the  Church, 
and  he  is  well  prppared  to  be  a  real  pastor  to  these  souls.  Of  his  growth  in  grace  he 
says:  "My  growth  has  ever  been  the  result  of  cultivation.  Tho  more  I  itudy  Christ's 
life,  and  seek  to  conform  to  His  example,  and  to  the  help  of  the  Holy  Spirit,  my  faith 
becomes  stronger,  my  hopes  brighter,  and  my  love  mo'-e  perfect."  He  is  a  student  of 
books  and  speaks  of  help  received  from  reading  Pilgrim's  Progress,  Self-Help  by 
Samuel  Smiles,  and  Imitation  of  Christ.  He  is  clear  and  strong  on  the  subject  of 
Christian  Education;  these  are  his  words:  "The  Christian  College  is  the  ttrongest 
bulwark  of  Church  and  State.  Education  must  not  be  divorced  f'-om  molality  and 
religion.     The  Christian  College  alone  can  teach  religious  principles." 


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MR.   S.   P.   EMMONS. 


The  flowers  of  Pai'adise  bloom  in  the  footprints  of  the  man  who 
Reaches  the  children. — Bishop  Fitzgerald. 


Brother  S.  P.  Emmons,  of  Mexico,  ^lissouri,  at  present  Superintendent  of  one  of 
the  best  Sunday  Schools  in  the  Missouri  Conference,  has  been  attendant,  Secretary, 
Teacher,  Assistant  Superintendent  or  Superintendent  of  this  same  school  for  forty-two 
years.  He  united  with  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  South,  in  1866,  under  the 
ministry  of  the  Rev.  Marshall  Mcllhany,  and  was  baptized  and  received  into  the  Church 
bv  Bishop  Enoch  M.  Marvin.  He  has  served  as  steward  in  the  Church  almost  con- 
tinuously since  1870.  He  was  first  elected  delegate  to  the  Annual  Conference  when 
twenty-five  years  old  and  had  been  a  member  of  the  Church  but  six  years,  being  just 
eligible  under  the  age  rule  and  the  membership  rule.  Mr.  Emmons  served  as  Secretary 
of  the  Missouri  Conference  Board  of  Missions  in  1877,  1878,  1879  and  1880,  with 
Bishop  E.  R.  Hendrix,  President  and  Brother  Whitten  McDonald.  Treasurer  of  the 
Board.  He  is  now  serving  as  Treasurer  of  the  Joint  Board  of  Finance,  having  been 
elected  to  that  position  in  189.5.  For  forty  years  Brother  Emmons  has  been  engaged 
in  the  mercantile  business.  He  has  a  choice  Christian  home.  His  wife  is  in  thorough 
sympathy  with  all  religious  and  philanthropic  work,  being  at  present  Corresponding 
Secretary  of  the  Woman's  Foreign  Missionary  Society  of  the  Missouri  Conference. 
Brother  Emmons  stands  high  as  a  business  man,  and  he  did  much  in  helping  to  build 
the  splendid  new  church  at  ^lexico,  ^Missouri.  The  Church  is  blessed  in  the  life  of 
such  a  layman  as  Brother  S.  P.  Emmons. 


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REV.  RICHARD  BOND.  M.  D. 


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REV.  RICHARD  BOND,  M.D. 


He  called  to  God,  in  the  watches  of  the  night,  a?id  in  the  labors 
And  perils  of  the  day,  and  heard  His  voice  in  tender  and  loving 
Response. — Dr.  D.  R.  McAnalhj. 


Rev.  Richard  Bond,  M.D.,  was  bom  in  Baltimore,  Maryland,  on  the  18th  of  Octo- 
ber, 1800.  He  was  reared  by  a  Christian  mother  who  dedicated  him  to  God  and  im- 
pressed upon  his  mind  the  importance  of  becoming  a  Christian.  He  was  converted  at 
a  Methodist  camp  meeting  in  1818,  and  joined  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church.  Verji 
soon  he  felt  inwardly  moved  by  the  Holy  Ghost  to  take  up  the  work  of  the  ministry, 
but  resisted  the  call  until  the  fall  of  182.3,  when  he  was  licensed  and  preached  his  first 
sermon,  October  19th,  1823,  from  Psalms  52:14  and  lo.  On  April  6th,  1824,  he  was 
admitted  on  trial  to  the  Baltimore  Conference  held  at  Winchester,  Virginia,  and  was 
appointed  to  Northumberland  Circuit,  where  he  remained  two  years.  In  1826  he 
traveled  with  Bishop  McKendree,  afterwards  serving  Fairfax,  Prince  George,  Win- 
chester, Westmoreland,  Lancaster,  Great  Falls,  Gettysburg,  Chambersburg  and  Holiy- 
daysburg.  In  1841  he  was  transferred  to  the  Missouri  Conference  and  appointed  Pre- 
siding Elder  of  St.  Charles  District,  where  he  remained  two  years;  then  to  Danville 
for  two  years.  In  184.5  he  was  appointed  superintendent  of  the  American  Bible  Society 
for  Missouri,  in  which  office  he  continued — in  the  language  of  the  secretary:  "The 
indefatigable  superintendent"  until  his  death,  which  occurred  March  7th,  1853. 

Dr.  Bond  was  married  to  Miss  Eliza  Ana  Thompson  in  Warrenton,  Virginia, 
November  17th,  1829.  For  twenty-four  years  she  shared  the  joys  and  sorrows  of  the 
faithful  itinerant  preacher,  and  was  truly  a  help-meet,  gladly  bearing  her  part  in  all 
the  arduous  work,  and  training  her  children  in  the  nurture  and  adm.onition  of  the 
Lord.  She  was  spared  until  July  12th,  1868,  to  minister  to  her  children,  "Who  rise 
up  and  call  her  blessed." 

Rev.  Daniel  Penny,  a  Father  in  Israel,  in  an  account  of  Dr.  Bond's  death  sent  to 
the  St.  Louis  Christian  .Advocate,  says:  "Dr.  Bond  possessed  many  excellent  traits 
of  character,  and  it  will  be  long  before  we  see  his  like  again.  He  v/as  truly  a  wise 
man  in  counsel,  strong  in  judgment,  active  and  indefatigable  in  labors  for  the  good 
of  souls,  but  in  the  midst  of  his  labors  and  usefulness  he  is  suddenly  removed  from 
us.  But  he  will  long  be  remembered  with  affectionate  regard  by  his  brethren  in  the 
ministry  and  by  the  community  where  he  lived  for  more  than  ten  years." 

Dr.  Bond  was  a  man  of  wide  and  accurate  information,  a  stronj;  and  effective 
preacher,  especially  gifted  in  prayer  and  song.  In  addition  to  his  theological  studies, 
he  received  the  degree  of  "Doctor  of  Medicine"  from  Columbia  Medical  college  at 
Washington,  D.  C.  He  was  a  man  of  fine  social  qualities  and  took  an  earnest  and 
intelligent  interest  in  all  the  affairs  of  church  and  state,  and  also  in  the  welfare  of 
all  who  came  within  the  range  of  his  influence.  Six  of  his  children  are  now  living: — 
Mrs.  Sarah  L.  McGee,  living  with  her  brother.  Prof.  R.  T.  Bond,  at  Fayette,  Mo.,  Dr. 
John  B.  Bond,  of  Little  Rock,  Ark.,  Mrs.  M.  A.  Mcllhany,  who  makes  her  home  with 
her  son-in-law,  A.  B.  Cockerill,  of  Nevada,  Mo.,  Rev.  H.  P.  Bond,  El  Paso,  Texas, 
and  Dr.  M.  M.  Bond  of  Houston,  Texas. 


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CENTENNIAL    VOLUME    OF    MISSOURI    METHODISM. 


REV.  CLAUDE  M.  DAVENPORT. 


Pleasing  in  form,  polished  by  nature,  courteous  from  the  hjart. 
He  was  meant  to  be  the  pattern  of  youth  ar.:l  the  joy  of  the 
World.— Goef/ie. 


Rev.  Claude  M.  Davenport 
was  born  in  Sumner,  Illinois, 
November  loth,  1869.  He  is  a 
son  of  Henry  L.  Davenport  and 
Elizabeth  Hawkins  Davenport, 
both  members  of  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  f.'hurch.  He  was  con- 
verted and  joined  Centenary 
Methodist  Episcopal  Church, 
South,  at  St.  Louis,  Missouri, 
June  7th,  18S7,  under  the  min- 
istry of  Di-.  John  Matthews. 
After  attendinu;  the  regular 
services  at  Centenary  Church 
for  several  weei<i  he  was  con- 
victed of  sin,  but  was  con- 
verted at  home  while  reading:  the 
Bible.  He  was  licensed  to 
preach,  February  20th,  1890,  by 
the  Quarterly  Conference  of 
Centenary  Church,  St.  Louis, 
Missouri;  Dr.  John  Matthews, 
preacher  in  charge,  and  Dr.  W. 
R.  Mays,  Presiding  Elder;  was 
recommended  to  the  Annua) 
Conference  for  admission  on 
trial  by  the  Centenary  Quar- 
terly Conference  in  September, 
1894,  and  was  received  into  the 
Annua!  Conference  ihat  year; 
Dr.  W.  R.  Mays,  Presiding 
Elder,  and  Bi.shop  E.  R.  Hen- 
drix  presiding.  He  was  or- 
dained Deacon  by  Bishop  E.  R. 
Hendrix  in  September,  1894,  at 
r'redoricktown,  Missouri;  or- 
dained Elder  by  Bishop  W.  A. 
Candler,  September,  1898,  at  De- 
Soto,  Missouri.  Appointments  filled  are:  St.  Louis  Conference,  Caledonia  Circuit, 
1894-1896;  Ferguson  Station,  1897;  Pacific  Conference,  Trinity  Church,  Calusa, 
California,  1898-1899;  East  Texas  Conference,  Fir.st  Church,  Beaumont,  Texas,  1900- 
1901;  supernumerary  on  account  of  ill  health,  1902-1903;  Missouri  Conference,  Park 
Church,  Hannibal,  Missouri,  1904;  Fulton,  Missouri,  1905-1906.  About  1000  persons 
have  been  received  into  the  church  under  his  ministry.  Hickory  Grove  Church  at 
Bismarck,  Missouri,  elegant  parsonage  at  First  Church,  Beaumont,  Texas,  were  built 
under  his  pastorates,  with  several  other  building  enterprises  started,  but  left  for  his 
successor  to  complete.  His  education  was  received  at  the  St.  Louis  Grammar  School, 
Polytechnic  High  School,  St.  Louis,  Missouri,  Southwestern  Electrical  Institute,  St. 
Louis,  Missouri.  He  was  trained  for  a  commercial  career,  but  after  entering  upon  a 
business  life,  the  c^ll  to  the  ministry  came,  and  he  obeyed  the  call  at  once.  Dr.  J(  hn 
Matthews  personally  dii'ected  his  theological  studies,  and  this  he  values  more  highly 
than  any  theological  course  at  any  theological  school  on  earth.  Ho  was  married  to 
Miss  Maude  S.  Forline,  June  3'-d,  1891,  and  their  children  are  Rae  Eleanor  Daven- 
port, who  is  now  dead,  Marjorie  Feme  Davenport,  and  Helen  Vivian  Davenport. 
Drummond's  "Natural  Law,"  Van  Dyke's  "Gospel  for  an  Age  of  Doubt,"  and  "Gospel 
for  a  World  of  Sin,"  JlcCabe's  "Divine  Nescience,"  and  Bruee's  "Apologetics,"  are 
some  of  the  books  that  have  proven  beneficial  in  his  Christian  life.  His  idea  of  the 
Christian  College  is  that  it  is  ab.solutely  essential  to  the  moral  welfare  of  the  state, 
and  that  it  is  the  great  bulwark  of    the  Church  against  unbelief. 


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MR.  WILLIAM  DOUGLAS  BUSH. 


Loving  Man  for  Brotherhood  and  God  that  lives  in  Man. — Arnold. 


William  Douglas  Bush  was  born  November  19th,  1827,  in  Montgomery  County, 
Missouri.  His  father,  Green  B.  Bush,  and  mother,  Sarah  Bush,  were  both  members 
of  the  Baptist  Church.  He  was  converted  in  February,  1853,  under  the  ministry  of 
Bishop  E.  M.  Marvin,  and  united  with  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  South,  at 
Danville,  Missouri,  at  the  same  time.  He  had  been  rearei  in  the  atmosphere  of  the 
Church  and  Sunday  School,  but  formally  decided  for  Christ  in  a  revival  conducted 
by  Bishop  Marvin.  Since  the  time  of  his  conversion  there  has  been  an  ever-widening 
view  of  God's  goodness  to  him  and  an  ever-deepening  sense  of  his  obligation  to  his 
Redeemer.  He  was  married  to  Miss  Emma  Owings,  November  1.3th,  1860,  and  their 
children  are  Nellie,  Eva,  Ada,  Ida,  Charles  W.,  and  Arthur  W.  Bush.  He  was 
steward  and  superintendent  of  the  Danville  Sunday  School  for  eight  years;  superin- 
tendent of  the  Fulton  Sunday  School  for  ten  years,  and  has  been  steward  and  trustee 
of  the  Fulton  church  twenty-three  years,  and  chairman  of  both  boards  for  the  past 
ten  years.     Brother  Bush  is  a  fine  business  man  and  one  of  the  best  of  friends. 


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CENTENNIAL    VOLUME    OF    MISSOURI    METHODISM. 


REV.  ROBERT  FLEMON   CAMPBELL. 


As  bees  mix'd  nectar  draw  from  fragrant  flowers,  so  men   from 
Friendship,   wisdom    and   delight. —  Young. 


Robert  F.  Campbell,  son  of  R.  F.  Campbell  and  Nancy  A.  Campbell,  comes  of 
Methodist  stock.  His  parents  were  members  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church, 
South.  He  was  born  in  Johnson  County,  Missouri,  February  9th,  1867.  He  was  con- 
verted very  early  in  life,  but  did  not  join  the  church  till  November,  1884,  under  the 
ministry  of  Rev.  L.  W.  Pearce  at  Lee's  Summit,  Mo.,  in  the  Kansas  City  District, 
South-West  Missouri  Conference.  From  infancy  he  was  taught  to  love  God.  His 
growth  in  grace  has  been  constant  and  uneventful.  His  experience  in  laboring,  suf- 
fering, rejoicing  in  service  to  God  and  for  His  people  has  produced  rich  fruit  in  his 
own  Christian  life.  In  all  his  labors  he  has  enjoyed  the  leading  of  the  Lord  and 
His  grace  has  ever  been  sufficient.  He  was  licensed  to  preach  by  the  Quarterly  Con- 
ference of  Lee's  Summit,  Southwest  Missouri  Conference,  December,  1884,  Rev.  C.  C. 
Woods,  Presiding  Elder,  and  Rev.  L.  W.  Pearce  preacher  in  charge.  He  was  recom- 
mended for  admission  on  trial  into  the  South-West  Missouri  Conference  by  the 
Quarterly  Conference  of  Lee's  Summit  in  the  spring  of  1888.  He  was  received  on 
trial  into  South-West  Missouri  Conference  September,  1888,  Rev.  C.  H.  Briggs,  Pre- 
siding Elder,  Bishop  E.  R.  Hendrix  presiding;  ordainei  deacon  at  Clinton,  Missouri, 
September,  1890,  by  Bishop  Joseph  S.  Key;  ordained  elder  by  Bishop  C.  B.  Galloway 
at  Independence,  Missouri,  September,  1892.  The  following  have  been  the  order  of 
his  appointments  in  South-West  Mi.-^souri  Conference:  Gunn  City  Circuit,  1888-1889; 
Garland  Avenue,  Kansas  City,  1889-1890;  Carterville  Station,  1890-1891;  Joplin  Sta- 
tion, 1891-189.3;  Lamonte  Station,  189.3-189.5;  transferred  to  Missouri  Conference, 
1896,  and  stationed  at  Memphis,  where  he  remained  four  years;  Shelbina  Station 
one  year;  Macon  Station  two  years,  and  is  now  closmg  fourth  year  at  Moberly 
Station.     He  has   received  about   2,000   persons   into   the   church. 


MISSOURI  CONFERENCE— MEXICO  DISTRICT. 


REV.   JOHN    DAVID    TUSSEY. 


Of    what  high   worth  the  Vow,  which   so   is  framed,  that   when 
Man  offers,  God  well-pleased  accepts. — Dante. 


Rev.  John  David  Tussey,  son  of  George  W.  Tussey  and  Lucinda  E.  Tussey,  was 
born  November  4th,  1882,  at  Taswell,  Orange  County,  Indiana,  but  was  principally 
reared  at  New  Albany,  Lloyd  County,  Indiana.  Both  parents  were  members  of  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  South.  He  was  converted  when  fourteen  years  old  at 
Old  Pleasant  Hill  Church  in  Stoddard  County,  Missouri,  in  \ugust,  1896,  under  the 
ministry  of  Rev.  S.  C.  Biffle.  For  almost  a  week  he  had  been  under  deep  con%'ic- 
tion,  but  he  went  to  the  altar  one  night  and  left  it  all  with  Jesus  and  a  wonderful 
peace  and  joy  came  to  him.  Ever  since  the  day  he  turned  his  face  toward  God  he 
has  been  expecting  and  receiving  greater  things  of  Him.  Yielding  himself  more 
and  more  to  His  will,  he  has  found  himself  continually  growing  in  grace  and  love. 
More  and  more  does  the  path  glow  unto  the  perfect  day  and  perfect  love  casting 
out  fear  is  his  desire  and  longed-for  ultimatum.  He  was  licensed  to  pi'each  by  the 
Poplar  Bluff  District  Conference,  April  26th,  1898,  at  tre  age  of  sixteen;  Rev.  C. 
M.  Cagle,  pastor,  and  Rev.  H.  M.  Eure,  Presiding  Elder.  He  was  recommended  to 
the  St.  Louis  Annual  Conference  by  the  Charleston  District  Conference  in  May,  1900; 
and  was  received  into  the  Annual  Conference  on  trial  at  Fredevicktown,  Missouri,  in 
September,  1900;  Rev.  W.  B.  North,  Presiding  Elder,  and  Bishop  W.  A.  Candler,  pre- 
siding; ordained  Deacon  by  Bishop  Charles  B.  Galloway,  September  23d,  1902,  at 
Farmington,  Missouri;  wi'I  be  ordained  Elder  at  the  coming  session  of  the  Missouri 
Conference  to  be  held  at  Moberly  in  1907.  He  has  filled  the  following  appointments: 
Pocahontas,  as  supply,  one  year;  Graysboro  and  Huzzah,  one  year;  McDoe  and  El- 
lington, one  year;  Talma  Circuit,  one  year;  St.  Charles  Circuit,  one  year;  Central 
College  and  Renick,  one  year;  assistant  pastor  Moberly  Station,  one  year,  and  is  also 
his  present  work.  About  one  thousand  persons  h^ve  "nited  with  the  church  during 
the  years  of  his  ministry.  His  education  was  received  at  the  Advance  High  School, 
St.  Charles  Military  Coliege.  and  Centra!  Colleo-e.  F->.vette,  Missouri.  He  was  mar- 
ried to  Miss  Susie  Marguerite  Griffith  .^uo-ust  15th.  1906.  Some  of  the  books  which 
have  proven  beneficial  to  him  have  been  Watkinson's  "Duty  of  Imperial  Thinking," 
Lee's  "Making  of    a   Man,"  and  many  others  of    like  character. 


80  CENTENNIAL    VOLUME    OF    MISSOURI    METHODISM. 


REV.   WILLIAM    MUNFORD   POPE. 


It  is   in  the  mood  and  act  of  prayer  that  divine  things  become 
More  real  to  us. — Dr.  Gross  Alexander. 


By  Rev.  H.  D.  Thompson. 

Rev.  William  Munford  Pope  is  a  Texan  by  birth,  having  been  born  at  Knoxville, 
Texas,  September  27th,  1870.  His  father  and  mother  were  members  of  the  Metho- 
dist Episcopal  Church,  South.  His  father  was  for  many  years  a  steward  and  Sun- 
day School  Superintendent.  He  was  converted  at  Troupe,  Texas,  in  April,  1889;  Rev. 
F.  J.  Browning  preacher  in  charge,  and  Rev.  L.  L.  Pickett  holding  the  meeting.  He 
joined  the  church  at  the  age  of  ten  years,  under  the  ministry  of  Rev.  Albert  Little. 
He  had  been  a  member  of  the  church  for  several  years  before  he  experienced  conver- 
sion. He  was  greatly  moved,  felt  himself  a  great  sinner,  and  after  making  some 
restitutions  and  confessions,  he  gave  his  heart  to  God  and  was  graciously  convened, 
clearly  and  unmistakably.  He  is  a  believer  in  the  Methodist  doctrine  of  perfect 
love,  and  has  experienced  a  growth  in  grace.  He  was  licensed  to  preach  by  the 
Quarterly  Conference  of  Beaumont,  Texas,  November  14th,  1891;  Rev.  G.  V.  Ridley, 
preacher  in  charge,  and  Rev.  F.  J.  Browning,  Presiding  Elder;  recommended  for  ad- 
mission on  trial  into  the  Indian  Mission  Conference  by  the  Quarterly  Conference  of 
Checotah  Circuit,  September  17th,  1894,  and  admitted  into  the  above  Conference  at 
McAlester,  Indian  Territory,  in  1894;  Rev.  J.  Y.  Bryce,  Presiding  Elder,  and  Bishop 
R.  K.  Hargrove,  presiding;  ordained  Deacon  by  Bishop  R.  K.  Hargrove  at  Ardmore, 
Indian  Territory,  November  3d,  1895;  ordained  Elder  by  Bishop  H.  C.  Morrison  at 
Norman,  Oklahoma,  November  6th,  1898.  He  has  served  the  following  appointments: 
Checotah,  as  supply,  1894;  Keokuk  Falls,  1895;  Sapulpa  Circuit,  1896-1897;  Nowata, 
1898-1899;  Muldrow,  1900;  Hale  Circuit,  Missouri  Conference,  1901-1902;  Cedar  City, 
1902-1904;  Fulton  Circuit,  1904,1905;  Sturgeon  Circuit,  1905-1906.  He  has  been  a 
faithful  minister,  having  received  four  hundred  and  eighty-five  persons  into  the 
church.  He  has  built  under  his  pastorates,  the  parsonage  and  church  at  Sapulpa,  In- 
dian Territory,  a  church  on  the  Nowata  charge,  a  parsonage  at  Hale,  Missouri,  and 
church  and  parsonage  at  New  Bloomfield,  Missouri.  He  attended  the  Southwestern 
University  at  Georgetown,  Texas.  He  was  married  to  Miss  Victoria  LaRue,  Decem- 
ber 26th,  1894,  and  their  children  are  Claudia  Pope,  Ma'laline  Pope  and  Kenneth 
Pope.     They  have  one  child  who  died  in  infancy,  named  LaRue  Pope. 


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REV.  JOHN  WESLEY  OWEN. 


The  claims  of  the  Holy  Scriptures  have  been  fully  admitted  in 
My  profoundest  thought,  and  have  become,  therefore,  the 
Basis  of    Faith. — Bishop  Marvin. 


Rev.  John  Wesley  Owen  was  born  September  26th,  18.57,  near  Black  Oak,  in 
Caldwell  County,  Missouri.  His  parents,  Sanford  Owen,  and  Elizabeth  Owen,  were 
both  members  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  South.  He  was  converted  in 
the  fall  of  1873,  when  about  sixteen  years  of  age,  under  the  ministry  of  Rev.  Mr. 
Adee,  at  Black  Oak,  and  joined  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  South,  the  following 
winter  and  was  baptized  by  Rev.  G.  Tanquary.  He  was  converted  instantaneously 
and  received  the  conscious  witness  of  the  spirit  to  that  great  fact.  It  came  as  the 
bright  shining  of  the  light  into  his  conscious  being,  dispelling  all  sense  of  condemna- 
tion and  giving  sweet  joy  and  peace.  He  made  some  growth  m  grace  during  the  first 
few  years  of  his  Christian  life,  but  did  not  grow  as  rapidly  as  he  desired  until  he 
entered  the  ministi-y,  and  is  making  more  rapid  growth  now  "than  ever  before  because 
he  is  more  prayerful  and  a  more  careful  student  of  God's  word.  He  was  licensed 
to  preach  by  the  Quarterly  Conference  of  Black  Oak,  of  the  MandaviUe  Circuit,  in 
the  spring  of  1878;  Rev.  J.  P.  Nolan,  D.  D.,  being  the  Presiding  Elder,  and  Rev.  H. 
T.  Leeper,  pastor  in  charge.  Dr.  Nolan  has  long  since  gone  to  his  reward  on  high. 
and  Rev.  H.  T.  Leeper  is  a  superannuated  preacher.  The  Quarterly  Conference  of 
the  Mandaville  Circuit  in  the  Chillicothe  District,  recommended  him  to  the  Annual 
Conference  for  admission  on  trial  in  August,  1880,  and  he  was  received  into  the 
Annual  Conference  at  Richmond,  Missouri,  in  the  fall  of  1880;  Rev.  R.  A.  .Austin, 
Presiding  Elder,  and  Bishop  J.  C.  Keener,  presiding.  He  was  ordained  Deacon  by 
Bishop  George  F.  Pierce,  September  19th,  1881,  at  Moberly,  Missouri;  ordained  Elder 
by  Bishop  Parker  at  Shelbina,  Missouri,  September  21st,  1884.  Brother  Owen  has 
filled  the  following  appointments:  Milan  Mission,  two  years;  Memphis  Circuit,  one 
year;  Queen  City  and  Brashear  Circuit,  one  year;  Paris  Circuit,  two  years;  Kirks- 
ville  Station,  one  year;  La  Plata  Circuit,  one  year;  Shelbina  Circuit,  one  year;  Marce- 
line  and  Bucklin,  two  years;  Mexico  Circuit,  four  years;  Elmo  Circuit,  one  year; 
Savannah  Circuit,  one  year;  Skidmore  Circuit,  two  years;  Triplett  Circuit,  three 
years;  Jamesport  Station,  one  year;  Maysville  Station,  one  year;  Pattonsburg  and 
McFall,  two  years;  he  is  now  filling  his  first  year  at  Mokane,  Missouri.  About  five 
hundred  persons  have  been  received  into  the  church  under  his  ministry,  one  hundred 
of  this  number  within  the  last  year.  Under  his  pastorates  the  church" at  Queen  City 
and  the  church  at  Goss  were  built,  and  the  church  at  LaPlata  was  finished,  and 
the  parsonages  at  Kirksville  and  Marceline  were  built.  His  education  was  received 
at  the  public  schools  and  at  Central  College.  He  was  married  to  Miss  Lorena  L. 
Besse,  February  15th,  1881.  He  says  the  most  important  crisis  in  his  life  was  when 
he  yielded  to  the  movement  of  the  spirit  of  God  and  gave  himself  to  the  traveling 
ministry.  Some  of  the  books  which  have  greativ  helped  him  are  Marvin's  "Sermons." 
Ralston's  "Elements  of  Div'.-iitv.''  Watson's  "Institutes."  We?lev's  "Sermons,"  "The 
Pastor  and   Missions,"  "Quiet   Talks   on   Prayer,"  and  "Quiet  Talks   on   Power." 


CENTENNIAL    VOLUME    OF    MISSOURI    METHODISM. 


REV.   ANDREW   MONROE. 


He  lived  as  in  the  immediate  presence  and  constant  communion 
Of    his  Maker.— !>»•.   U.  R.  Mc Anally. 


By  Re..  B.  D.  Sipple. 

Rev.  .\ndrew  Monroe  towers 
up  in  the  history  of  Methodism 
in  the  Central  West  as  a 
mighty  mountain.  He  was  in 
the  early  years  of  the  stru<j:g;le 
when  the  emigrant  crossed  the 
mountains  and  plains  to  the 
wild  regions  of  the  Indian  and 
the  buffalo.  His  name  should 
have  been  commemorated  in  a 
biography  of  larger  propor- 
tions than  a  mere  sketch  in  the 
minutes.  He  was  born  in 
Hampshire  county,  Virginia, 
October  29,  1792,  the  youngest 
of  a  family  of  eleven  children. 
Four  of  the  brothers  became 
Methodist  preachers.  He  was 
inverted  when  a  youth  and 
joined  the  Methodist  Church  in 
Hampshire  county;  licensed  to 
preach  181.^  by  David  Young, 
Presiding  Elder,  and  sent  to 
Fairfield  Circuit  with  Charles 
Waddell;  admitted  into  the 
Ohio  Conference  the  same 
autumn  and  sent  by  Bishop 
Asbury  to  Cumberland  Circuit, 
Kentucky.  In  1824  he  trans- 
ferred to  Mis.souri  and  was 
stationed  in  St.  Louis.  Mis- 
souri, Illinois,  Indiana  and 
Arkansas  were  in  the  same 
conference.  He  was  returned 
to  St.  Louis  in  182.5;  St.  Louis 
District  1826-7,  embracing  the 
the  entire  state;  1828-9,  St. 
Louis  Station;  1830,  St.  Louis 
District;  1831,  left  without  appointment  by  his  own  request;  1832-35  Presiding  Elder 
St.  Louis  District;  1836-7,  Missouri  District;  1838,  Columbia  District;  18.39-40,  Agent 
St.  Charles  College;  1841-2,  Agent  and  pastor  St.  Charles;  1843,  St.  Charles  Dis- 
trict; 1844-5,  St.  Charles  District,  and  Agent  of  College;  1846-49,  Columbia  Dis- 
trict; 18.50-1,  Fayette;  18.52-3,  Hannibal  District;  1854,  transferred  to  St.  Louis 
Conference  and  made  Superintendent  Kansas  Mission  District;  returned  to  Missouri 
Conference,  1855,  and  sent  to  Favette  District;  1856-9,  St.  Charles  District;  1860, 
Agent  for  Central  College;  1861-2,  Fayette  Circuit;  1863-4,  Brunswick  District;  1865, 
Fayette  District;  1866-7,  Conference  Missionary;  1868-70,  St.  Charles  District;  1871, 
Conference  Missionary.  Bi'other  Monroe  was  a  member  of  eleven  General  Confer- 
ences, and  was  honored  more  than  once  with  the  presidency  of  his  conference  when 
the  bishop  was  absent.  He  filled  every  important  oflnce  in  the  ministry  except  that  of 
the  episcopacy.  He  was  twice  married,  first  to  Miss  Harrison;  then  to  Mrs.  Foi-d — 
two  Godly  women  who  aided  him  in  his  work.  At  the  conference  of  1870  he  con- 
ducted the  memorial  service,  and  said  that  they  would  hold  a  like  service  for  him 
one  year  later.  On  November  4,  1871,  he  went  to  Moberly  and  preached  from  Isaiah 
XXXV.,  1,  thence  to  Paris,  where  he  became  too  weak  to  proceed,  and  returned  to 
Mexico  to  die,  after  a  thousand  battles  and  weary  journeys  over  whole  states  for 
his  Lord.  He  asked  the  pastor.  Brother  Bourland,  to  sing  Rock  of  Ages,  and  pray. 
He  said:  "Tell  the  brethren  to  stand  up  for  the  integrity  of  Methodism.  Upon  you 
younger  men  now  devolves  the  responsibility  of  caring  for  the  church.  Be  faithful." 
Andrew  ;\Ionroe  takes  his  place  in  the  Hall  of  Fame  of  American  Methodism  along 
with  Asbury,  Roberts.  Soule,  Greene,  Marvin  and  others  who  builded  an  empire  and 
shaped  her  moral  and  religious  life.  The  builders  of  fortunes  have  been  forgotten, 
and  their  fortunes  have  scattered  as  the  mist,  but  these  men  will  shine  more  brightly, 
and  their  work  will  enlarge  as  the  ages  pass. 


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83 


REV.  THOMAS  J.   GOOCH. 


The  cloud  is  lifted  and  God  is  clear  in  His  own  essential  beauty 
and  glory   forever. — Dr.  Bushnell. 


By  Rev.  B.  D.  Sipple. 

Rev.  Thomas  J.  Gooch  was 
born  at  Denmark,  Madison 
County,  Tennessee,  June  4,  18.32. 
Nothing  is  known  here  of  his 
early  life.  The  General  Minutes 
make  the  following  record :  En- 
tered the  Memphis  Conference 
in  1853  and  appointed  to  the 
Dresden  Circuit;  Lovelaceville, 
18.54;  Hickman,  185.5-6;  Belle- 
monte,  1857;  the  same  charge 
with  colored  mission  added  in 
1858;  Holly  Springs,  1859-60; 
Granada,  1861;  Marshal,  1862; 
Rock  Springs,  1863.  The  war 
drove  him  with  his  family  to 
Alabama.  While  there  he  was 
elected  president  of  a  school  at 
Munford,  and  also  acted  pastor 
at  Taledega,  nearby.  In  1866-7 
he  was  appointed  to  Sardis  Fe- 
male Institute.  A  transfer  to 
the  Missouri  Conference  in  1868 
brought  him  to  Columbia  as  a 
supplv;  1869-70,  Glasgow;  1872, 
Carrollton;  187.3-4,  Mexico;  1875, 
St.  Charles-  1876-7,  St.  Joseph; 
1878-81,  Merico;  and  1882-3, 
Presiding  Elder  of  Mexico  Dis- 
trict. He  fell  asleep  at  his  home 
in  Mexico,  May  1,  1884.  He 
died  at  his  post  like  a  hero. 
His  faith  sustained  him  in  his 
afflictions,  which  were  intense- 
Iv  severe.  "I  am  now  testing 
the  gospel  I  have  preached  to 
others  for  years."  "Do  you  find 
it  sufficient.  Brother  Gooch?" 
"Oh,  yes;  it  is  all  I  want.  Jesus  is  my  Rock:  in  Him  I  trust.  K\\  is  bright. 
I  am  ready  to  go."  The  writer  of  this  sketch  was  the  last  young  man  licensed  to 
preach  by  Brother  Gooch  as  a  Presiding  Elder.  He  loved  him  for  his  fatherly  kind- 
ness on  that  occasion.  He  knew  the  Presiding  Elder  for  so  short  a  time  that,  at  a 
distance  of  twenty-three  years,  he  prefers  to  let  his  memorial  in  the  Minutes  speak." 
Another  watchman  has  fallen  from  the  walls  of  Zion,  another  soldier  of  the  cross 
has  been  taken  from  the  battlefield  and  crowned  with  victory  by  the  Captain  of 
Israel's  hosts.  His  voice,  so  familiar  to  thousands  in  Missouri,  which  has  for  years 
saluted  the  glad  ears  of  sinners  with  joyous  tidings  of  salvation,  will  never  again 
be  heard  in  this  world  of  sin  and  sorrow.  In  labors  he  was  abundant,  in  work  con- 
tinuous, conferring  not  with  flesh  and  blood.  He  went  wherever  duty  called  him, 
regardless  of  bad  weather  and  all  other  difficulties.  Every  preacher  in  his  district 
loved  him  with  a  pure  heart  fervently,  because  he  felt  that  in  Brother  Gooch  he 
had  a  warm  personal  friend.  Among  all  classes  of  persons  the  death  of  our  brother 
created  a  profound  and  widespread  sorrow.  The  community  where  he  labored  long 
and  acceptably,  and  where  he  fell,  mourned  him  as  one  endeared  to  all.  His  funeral 
was  the  most  largely  attended  of  any  ever  held  in  Central  Missouri.  The  ministers 
of  the  various  churches  were  present  to  bear  testimony  and  to  weep  at  the  funeral." 
Brother  Gooch  was  a  man  of  strong  mind,  well  poised,  a  forcible  reasoner,  able  to  ex- 
press his  convictions,  and  he  was  undisturbed  by  opposition. 


84  CENTENNIAL    VOLUME    OF    MISSOURI    METHODISM. 


REV.  JOHN  REAGAN  ABERNATHY,  A.B. 


Cast  forth  thy  Act,  thy  Word,  into  the  ever-living,  ever-working 
Universe:  it  is  a  seed-grain  that  cannot  die. — Cariyle. 


Rev.  John  Reagan  Abernathy,  son  of  James  E.  Abernathy  and  Cassandra  Aber- 
nathy,  was  born  in  Hamilton  County,  Texas,  October  29th,  1879.  His  parents  were 
devout  members  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  South,  and  he  was  converted  at  a 
camp  meeting  near  Dublin,  Texas,  under  the  ministry  of  Rev.  B.  F.  Gassaway.  He 
was  received  into  the  Church  in  August,  1892.  His  conversion  was  the  natural  out- 
come of  influences  that  had  been  brought  to  bear  upon  his  early  life.  His  father,  a 
saintly  man,  died  when  he  was  but  five  years  old,  and  his  mother  and  an  uncle,  Mr. 
M.  T.  Abernathy,  by  whom  he  was  reared,  impressed  upon  him  the  importance  of  giving 
his  life  to  God.  He  was  licensed  to  preach  by  the  Neosho  District  Conference  held  in 
Carthage,  Missouri,  April  14th,  1898,  Rev.  Joseph  King,  Presiding  Elder,  having  been 
recommended  by  the  Quarterly  oCnference  of  Neosho.  He  was  received  on  trial  into 
the  Annual  Conference,  held  in  Kansas  City,  Missouri,  in  September,  1900.  Rev.  J.  B. 
Ellis,  Presiding  Elder  and  Bishop  Granbery,  presiding.  He  was  ordained  Deacon  in 
1902  by  Bishop  Wilson,  and  Elder  in  190.T  by  Bishop  Hendrix. 

His  appointments  have  been  as  follows:  Lamar,  1900;  Washington  Street,  Kansas 
City,  1901  and  1902;  Vanderbilt  University,  1903;  Lamar,  1904;  Moberly,  as  junior 
preacher,  1905,  and  Centralia.  1906.  There  have  been  more  than  four  hundred  con- 
versions under  his  ministry.  Brother  Abernathy  attended  Proctor  Seminary  in  Texas 
one  year;  graduated  from  Scarritt  College  in  1900,  and  later  studied  in  the  Vanderbilt. 
He  was  strongly  tempted  to  accept  a  splendid  education  in  law,  then  take  up  a  political 
career,  and  the  fight  of  his  life  was  to  give  it  up  and  answer  the  call  of  God.  McGif- 
fert's  "Apostolic  Age"  and  "Gospel  for  an  Age  of  Doubt,"  by  Vandyke,  are  books  that 
have  been  of  great  help  to  him. 


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85 


MR.  WILLIAM   ROBINSON  M'BRIDE. 

All  God's  claims  upon   us  exist  in  the  nature  of    things;   we  do 
Not  make  them  and  cannot  release  ourselves  from  them. 

—Dr.  John  E.  Godbey. 


William  Robinson  McBride  was  born  November  4th,  1833,  in  Boyle  County,  Ken- 
tucky. He  is  a  son  of  John  McBride  and  Olivia  McBride.  He  was  converted  when 
about  nineteen  years  of  age,  at  Danville,  Kentucky,  under  the  ministry  of  Dr.  Rob- 
inson, a  Presbyterian  preacher;  he  was  converted  and  joined  that  church.  About 
1870,  there  being  no  church  of  any  denomination  in  Centralia,  Missouri,  Brother 
McBride  gave  the  first  one  hundred  dollars  towards  building  the  first  church  in  Cen- 
tralia. His  wife  being  a  Methodist,  and  there  being  no  Presbyterian  church  in  the 
town,  he  began  attending  the  Methodist  church,  in  which  he  put  his  letter  in  1875. 
I  gather  from  the  church  records,  and  from  what  former  pastors  have  told  me,  that 
Brother  McBride  from  this  time  on  lived  a  consistent,  consecrated  Christian  life, 
giving  largely  of  his  time,  his  brain,  and  his  money  to  the  upbuilding  of  the 
church  and  to  the  cause  of  Christ,  as  fully  as  possible  for  a  layman  to  do.  Before 
there  was  a  parsonage  in  Centralia,  he  was  so  anxious  that  God's  ministers  should 
be  suitably  housed,  he  worked  unceasingly  until  a  parsonage  was  built  and  paid 
for,  offering  to  give  a  dollar  for  every  dollar  given  by  the  congregation,  which 
promise  was  faithfully  carried  out,  and  in  this  way  the  work  was  soon  done.  Quietly 
and  without  ostentation,  many  were  the  deeds  of  charily  and  bequests  to  poor  students 
striving  to  gain  a  foothold.  His  home  was  always  open  to  ministers  who  considered 
it  their  second  home,  being  free  to  come  and  go  as  they  listed.  We  feel  that  possibly 
more  than  any  one  man  in  his  community  he  did  more  to  advance  the  cause  of 
Christ.  Brother  McBride  received  his  education  in  the  public  schools  of  Kentucky. 
On  January  30th,  1866,  he  was  married  to  Miss  Letha  J.  Adams,  and  to  them  were 
born  five  children,  four  of  whom  are  now  living,  and  their  names  are  William  S. 
McBride,  Edward  J.  McBride,  Thomas  L.  McBride  and  Nettie  McBride  Leavell. 
Brother  McBride  died  February  10th,  1902,  and  was  buried  in  the  cemetery  at  Cen- 
tralia, Missouri.     A  good  man  has  gone  to  his  eternal  reward  on  high. 


CENTENNIAL    VOLUME    OF    MISSOURI    METHODISM. 


REV.  GEORGE  ALFRED  SHADWICK. 


Truth    may   enlighten    and    sanctify   the    mind   and    heart   in   all 
The  stages  and  processes  of  development. — Bishop  Granbery. 


George  Alfred  Shadwick  was  born  at  Litchfield,  Illinois,  September  3rd,  1879. 
His  parents,  Robert  and  Martha  Shadwick,  were  members  of  the  Baptist  Church.  His 
mother  died  when  he  was  nine  years  old;  following  this  bereavement,  he  went  to 
live  in  the  home  of  Dr.  J.  M.  Tate  and  wife  at  Calwood,  Missouri,  under  whose  godly 
influence  he  was  brought  to  Christ.  He  was  converted  and  joined  the  church  in  1894. 
He  united  with  the  Presbyterian  Church,  of  which  he  was  a  member  until  1904.  He 
says  of  his  conversion:  "I  have  the  testimony  of  God's  Spirit  that  it  was  genuine." 
His  growlh  in  grace  has  been  marked  by  a  deeper  love  for  the  word  of  God  and  a; 
more  earnest  desire  to  do  his  will.  He  was  licensed  to  preach  by  the  Mexico  District 
Conference  in  1904;  Rev.  J.  H.  Pritehett,  D.  D.,  Presiding  Elder;  was  recommended 
for  admission  on  trial  into  the  Annual  Conference  by  the  same  District  Conference, 
April,  1905,  and  was  received  on  trial  into  the  Annual  Conference  in  September, 
1905,  at  Palmyra,  Missouri;  Rev.  A.  C.  Browning,  Presiding  Elder,  and  Bishop  E. 
R.  Hendrix,  presiding.  He  has  served  two  years  on  McCredie  Circuit,  and  has 
received  into  the  church  about  one  hundred  souls  to  date.  McCredie  church  has  been 
built  by  him.  He  received  his  education  at  the  public  schools  and  two  years  in  West- 
minster College,  at  Fulton.  Missouri.  He  was  married  to  Miss  Rachel  P.  Laws,  July 
1st,  1903,  and  they  have  two  children,  Lois  Irene  and  Mary  Lucile  Shadwick.  The 
most  important  crisis  in  his  life,  he  says,  was  when  he  fully  suri-endered  to  preach 
the  Gospel  of  Christ.  He  has  been  a  reader  of  Wesley,  Henry  Barnes,  Spurgeon,  and 
other  great  men  of  the  Church  of  Jesus  Christ.  He  believes,  and  emphasizes  his 
belief,  that  the  Christian  College  should  have  the  full  and  hearty  support  of  the 
entire  church. 


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MR.   DAVID  GIVENS  ATKINSON. 


The  Lord  sends  every  life  into  this  world  for  a  point,  a  purpose, 
A  destiny. — Dr.  Joseph  Parker. 


Mr.  David  Givens  Atkinson  was  born  April  8th,  1862.  He  is  a  son  of  Thomas 
J.  Atkinson  and  Mary  Fisher  Atkinson,  both  of  whom  were  members  of  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  South,  the  Pleasant  Grove  Church,  in  Calloway  County, 
Missouri,  the  church  from  which  Rev.  W.  A.  Hanna,  Rev.  J.  0.  Edmonston,  Rev. 
B.  D.  Sipple,  and  others  came.  He  was  converted  in  September,  1879,  and  joined  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  South,  May  18th,  1880,  at  Pleasant  Grove,  during  the 
pastorate  of  Rev.  George  W.  Penn.  He  was  converted  in  a  revival  meeting.  He 
has  experienced  a  growth  in  grace  from  conversion.  The  things  he  has  undertaken 
to  do  for  Christ  have  strengthened  his  faith,  and  helped  him  on  in  the  divine  life.  He 
attended  the  public  schools  of  Callaway  County,  Missouri,  and  made  good  use  of  his 
time  as  a  student.  He  was  married  to  Miss  Virginia  Gregory,  and  they  have  four 
children,  Paul  G.  Atkinson,  Virginia  Atkinson.  Isabel  Atkinson  and  David  G.  Atkin- 
son, Jr.  He  says  his  acceptance  of  Jesus  as  his  shepherd,  guide  and  partner  in  this 
life  and  his  advocate  in  the  judgment  day,  has  been  the  most  important  crisis  in  his 
life.  His  pastor.  Rev.  G.  A.  Shadwick,  writes  of  him:  "Brother  D.  G.  Atkinson 
is  an  official  member  of  our  church  at  McCredie,  Missouri.  Brother  Atkinson  is  a 
very  faithful  man  in  the  church,  willing  to  make  great  sacrifice  for  religious  work 
and  never  tiring  of  the  duties  that  come  to  him  as  a  member.  He  was  instrumental, 
with  others,  in  the  building  of  the  new  church  here,  contributing  liberally  and  work- 
ing diligently.  He  is  a  man  of  good  standing  in  every  way.  He  is  worthy  a  place 
in  the  Centennial  Volume." 


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REV.  JOHN  M.  MAJOR. 


No  man  in  human  society  g-athei-s  such  a  harvest  of  kindly 
Feelinjr  as  the  shepherd  of  souls,  none  is  held  in  such  grateful 
Memory. — Ian  Maclareii. 


By  Rev.  T.  H.  B.  Anderson,  D.D. 

A  legend  informs  us  that  a 
chasm  opened  in  Rome.  Every 
effort  was  made  to  fill  it,  but 
unavailing.  Oracles  were  con- 
sulted; at  last  one  gave  forth 
the  response  that  "The  most 
precious  thing  in  Rome  must 
be  cast  into  it."  A  Roman  lieu- 
tenant, clad  in  mail,  leaped  into 
it,  and  it  closed  above  him. 
Brother  Major,  as  the  reader 
will  see,  has  cast  into  his  min- 
istry the  most  "precious  things." 
Nothing  but  a  divine  impulse 
could  have  kept  him  at  its  level. 
He  was  balked  at  every  point 
by  failing  health.  Estopped  at 
Southern  University;  at  Vand- 
erbilt;  in  Colorado — rested  a 
year;  failed  again,  and  then 
transferred  to  the  Mis.^.ouri  Con- 
ference. Many  would  have 
given  up  the  work,  and  gone  to 
secular  pursuits.  "Though  he 
slay  me,  yet  will  J  trust  him." 
Heroic  man !  He  belongs  to 
the  class  who  "follow  the  Lamb 
whithersoever  He  goeth."  Jesus 
goes  into  trials,  afflictions,  fiery 
furnaces,  lion's  dens,  prisons, 
poverty.  He  is  always  there 
before  His  people  come  hither. 
He  walked  in  flames  with  the 
Hebrew  children;  locked  lion's 
jaws,  and  saved  Daniel;  and  has 
been  Brother  Major's  pillar  of 
cloud  and  fire.  In  God's  eye  he 
has  reached  as  sublime  height 
in  the  ministry  as  the  brother  who  had  health.  He  has  "glorified  God  in  the  fires;" 
suffered    his   will. 

First — He  belongs  to  the  toilers — men  who  cultivate  Immanual's  land.  Bishops 
and  Presiding  Elders  have  their  work;  but  the  pastor,  talk  as  we  may,  is  the  cen- 
tral stream.  Without  him  there  would  be  neither  Districts  not  Conferences.  The 
circuit  rider  is  as  necessary  to  the  integrity  and  success  of  Methodism  as  the  pastor 
of  the  larger  Church.  The  "supply"  may  not  have  the  privileges  of  the  Conference 
as  others;  nevertheless  he  can  preach,  hold  revivals,  receive  members,  and  baptize 
and  administer  the  Lord's  Supper.  He  has  about  all  there  is  in  it.  Brother  Major 
has  seals  to  his  ministry;  has  contributed  more  than  many  who  had  no  hand  to  hand 
struggle  with  physical  infirmities.  Eight  hundred  accessions  mean  that  many,  not 
all,  were  saved.  The  world  is  therefore  better  by  reason  of  his  labors  and  presence. 
Springs  are  flowing  where  there  was  sterility  and  death. 

Second — We  never  heard  him  preach,  but  an  Epworth  League  address  at  Macon 
City  was  as  clear  as  the  light;  the  actinic  ray  was  manifest.  A  brother  assures 
that  he  is  a  great  preacher — one  of  our  strong  men.  His  face,  tones  and  bearing 
are  impressive  and  betoken  thought,  candor,  earnestness.  The  latter  quality  wins 
everywhere.  Earnest  lawyers,  doctors,  farmers  and  pastors  have  triumphs  in  business 
an''  in  saving  souls.  Brother  Major,  notwithstanding  Providential  cheeks,  can  say: 
"This  one  thivg  I  an."  "A  double  minded  man  is  unstable  in  all  his  ways."  "One 
thing;"  and  that  a  glorious  thing — preaching  the  gospel.  The  themes  are  so  high, 
the  effect,  so  far-reaching! 


MISSOURI  CONFERENCE— MEXICO  DISTRICT. 


REV.   J.4MES    ROBERT    M'MURRY. 


The    Christian    is   a   man   of    Ideas,   because   Christianity    is    the 
Domain  of    Reason  as  well  as  Love. — Dr.  William  A.  Quayle. 


By  Rev.  H.  D.  Thompson. 

James  Robert  McMurry  is  of  Methodist  stock.  His  father,  James  J.  McMurry, 
and  his  mother,  Maria  Jane  (McElroy)  McMurry,  were  honored  members  of  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  South,  for  many  years.  He  was  born  at  Colony,  Knox 
County,  Missouri,  July  31st,  1867.  He  was  converted  and  joined  the  church  under 
the  ministry  of  Rev.  T.  R.  Kendall  when  at  the  age  of  thirteen  years.  His  conversion 
occurred  at  the  Methodist  altar.  Some  years  later  while  a  student  at  Knox  Collegiate 
in  Edina,  Missouri,  he  was,  under  the  influence  of  the  Y.  M.  C.  A.,  led  to  a  deeper 
and  fuller  Christian  life.  He  was  licensed  to  preach  by  the  Quarterly  Conference 
of  the  LaBelle  Circuit  in  1895,  Rev.  A.  S.  Bowles,  preacher  in  charge,  and  Rev.  C. 
Grimes,  Presiding  Elder,  and  by  the  same  Quarterly  Conference  recommended  for 
admission  on  trial.  He  was  admitted  on  trial  into  the  Missouri  Annual  Conference 
at  Macon,  Missouri,  September,  1895,  Bishop  Duncan  presiding.  He  was  ordained 
Deacon  by  Bishop  W.  A.  Candler  at  Memphis,  Missouri,  September,  1898;  ordained 
Elder  by  Bishop  John  C.  Granbery  at  Fulton,  Missouri,  September,  1900.  His  ap- 
pointments have  been:  Camden  Circuit.  Grayson  Circuit,  Maysville  Station.  Norborne 
Station,  Brunswick  Station,  Dearborn  Station,  Lawson  Station  and  Wellsvillc  Circuit. 
A  goodly  number  of  people  have  been  received  into  the  church  under  his  ministry. 
He  attended  Centenary  Academy  at  Palmyra,  Missouri,  the  Missouri  State  Normal, 
at  Kirksville,  Missouri,  and  the  South  Western  University  at  Georgetown,  Texas.  He 
was  married  to  Miss  Frances  Josephine  Hopkins,  November  22d,  1898.  Thev  have 
one  child,  Josephine  Maria  McMurry.  He  says  of  the  Christian  College:  "We  must 
endow  and  maintain  our  Christian  Colleges,  for  in  them  is  the  hope  of  the  church 
and  state."  Brother  McMurry  is  a  clear  thinker,  a  safe  administrator,  and  a 
wise  pastor. 


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HUBBARD  KAVANAUGH  HINDE,  A.  M.,  M.  D. 


Nunc   cofrnosco    ex    p:irte,    tunc    vero    copnoscam    prout    Cognitus 

Fuei-o.— .Sf.  Paul. 

Now  I  know  in  part;   but  then  shall  I  know  even  as  also  I   am 

Known 

Hubbard  Kavanauiih  Hinde 
was  born  in  Sharpsl)ur}>;,  Bath 
County,  Kentucky,  January  6, 
1834.  After  a  preparation  in 
the  common  .schools  and  acad- 
emies of  the  state  he  was  a 
student  in  the  Ohio  University 
at  Athens,  O.,  for  two  years, 
:\nd  completed  his  collejre  course 
in  the  Ohio  Wesleyan  Univers- 
ity at  Delaware,  O.,  Ki'aduatinjj 
in  that  institution  during  the 
presidency  of  Bishop  Edward 
Thompson.  After  his  gradua- 
tion at  the  Ohio  Wesleyan  he 
studied  medicine,  and  attended 
lectures  in  the  Miami  Medical 
Colleg-e,  Cincinnati,  O.,  and  the 
St.  Louis  Medical  College- 
graduating  in  the  latter  insti- 
tution under  the  deanship  of 
Dr.  Chai'les  A.  Pope.  Immedi- 
ately upon  leaving  the  St.  Louis 
Medical  College  he  was  elected 
First  Assistant  Physician  of 
the  State  Lunatic  Asylum  at 
Fulton,  Missouri,  where  four- 
teen years  of  his  professional 
life  were  spent  in  the  study 
and  treatment  of  insanity.  Here 
he  was  associated  with  Dr.  T. 
R.  H.  Smith,  Superintendent — 
one  of  the  dearest  friends  of 
his  life.  During  the  suspension 
of  that  institution  on  account 
of  the  war  his  home  was 
Palmyra,  Missouri,  where  he 
practiced  medicine.  Soon  after  the  war  he  was  re-elected  physician  to  the  asylum 
at  Fulton,  where  he  remained  until  he  was  elected  President  of  Howard  Payne 
College  at  Fayette,  Missouri,  in  1881.  Hei-e  he  spent  seven  years  of  his  life  in  the 
responsible  work  of  educating  girls  and  young  women.  He  succeeded  Dr.  J.  H. 
Pritchett  as  President  of  Howard   Payne  and  was   succeeded  by   Dr.  H.   D.   Graves. 

Retiring  from  the  Presidency  of  Howard  Payne  College  he  went  to  live  for  a 
few  years  on  his  farm  in  Audrain  County,  Missouri.  His  subsequent  homes  were 
Mexico,  Missouri,  Columbia,  Missouri,  and  in  the  homes  of    his  children. 

During  his  second  year  at  the  Fulton  Asylum  he  was  married  to  Eliza  Bryan 
Curd  of  Palmyra,  who  was  a  graduate  of  Christian  College  at  Columbia.  From  this 
union  were  born  ten  children,  seven  of  whom  are  living  and  married. 

Dr.  Hinde  united  with  the  Methodist  church  at  Moorefield,  Nicholas  County, 
Kentucky,  in  his  boyhood  and  was  converted  when  a  student  at  Athens,  O.  He  has 
always  taken  a  deep  interest  in  all  departments  of  church  work,  has  been  a  constant 
teacher  in  the  Sunday  School,  and  for  several  years  has  prepared  the  Sunday  school 
lessons  for  the  St.  Louis  Christian  Advocate,  and  for  a  few  years  wrote  the  League 
lessons  for  the  same  paper.  He  has  also  been  a  contributor  for  the  Advocate  and 
to  several  of  the  C3unty  papers  on  miscellaneous  topics,  including  letters  from  Europe 
and  the  Republic  of  ;\Iexico.  For  many  years  he  has  been  a  delegate  to  the  Missouri 
Annual  Conference,  and  once  was  a  delegate  to  the  General  Conference  at  Memphis, 
Tenn.  He  has  always  been  an  uncompromising  advocate  of  the  temperance  cause  and 
for  years  has  voted  the  Prohibition  ticket.  He  is  the  cousin  and  namesake  of  Bishop 
Kavanaugh  and  great-grandson  of  the  Dr.  Hinde  who,  when  his  wife  came  borne  from 
camp-meeting,  happily  converted,  put  the  blister  pla.ster  on  her  head,  supposing;  she 
was  insane.     That  was  the  beginning  of    Methodism  in  the  Hinde  family. 


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MR.  JAMES  A.   LEAVELL. 


Self-reliance  and  self-denial  will  teach  a  man  to  drink  out  of 
His  own  cistern,  and  eat  his  own  sweet  bread,  and  to  learn  and 
Labor  truly  to  get  his  own  living,  and  carefully  to  save  and 
Expend  the  good  things  committed  to  his  trust. — Bacon. 


James  A.  Leavell  was  born  October  9th,  1851,  near  Lutre  Island,  Montgomery 
County,  Missouri;  his  father,  Benjamin  F.  Leavell,  and  mother,  Sarah  Nunnelly 
Leavell,  were  both  members  of  the  Baptist  Church.  He  was  converted  in  August, 
1870,  at  Bethel  Church,  Readsville  Circuit,  under  the  ministry  of  Rev.  George  W. 
Penn,  and  joined  the  church  at  the  same  time  and  place.  His  growth  in  grace  has  been 
constant  and  gradual.  He  received  his  education  at  the  public  school  in  Callaway 
County,  and  also  at  Westminster  and  William  Jewell  Colleges.  He  was  married  twice, 
first  to  Miss  Addie  Nunnelly,  November  11,  IST.'Sj  who  died  March  1.5,  1880,  and  to 
Miss  America  Davis,  November  30th,  1881,  and  his  children  are  B.  Roy,  Addie  Leta, 
Sarah  Ann  and  James  Reader  Leavell.  Brother  Leavell  has  been  in  the  banking 
business  for  years,  and  his  standing  is  of  the  best.  His  family  is  a  blessing  to  our 
Fulton  church.  Bunyan's  "Pilgrim's  Progress,"  Ingraham's  "Pillar  of  Fire,"  and 
"Prince  of  the  House  of  David,"  are  books  that  have  greatly  helped  him  in  his 
Christian  life.  He  was  Sunday  School  Superintendent  for  ten  years  at  Bethel 
Church;  Steward  about  thirty-five  years;  Treasurer  of  Conference  Board  of  Church 
Extension  since  1898;  Treasurer  of  Conference  Board  of  Education  since  1903;  dele- 
gate to  the  Annual  Conference  since  1896;  member  of  the  General  Conference,  1902- 
1906;    Member  of  Board  of    Curators  of    Central  College  smce  1903. 


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REV.  THOMAS   PRICE   MIDDLETON. 


Christianity  is  in  form  the  Supernatural   Kingdom  and  Working 
Of    God  in  the  earth.— Z>r.  Bttshncll. 


By  Rev.  H.  D.  Thompson. 
Rev.  Thomas  Price  Middleton  was  born  in  Moweaqua,  Illinois,  June  7th.  1871. 
His  father,  Thomas  G.  Jliddleton,  was  a  member  of  the  Presbyterian  church.  His 
mother  was  a  member  of  the  Baptist  Church  for  many  years,  but  united  with  the 
Methodist  Church  a  short  time  before  her  death.  He  was  converted  under  the 
ministry  of  Rev.  Fielding  Marvin,  D.  D.,  December  4th,  1889,  at  Monroe  City, 
Missouri,  and  joined  the  church  December  11th,  1889.  His  conversion  was  real  and 
plain;  he  was  converted  at  the  old-fashioned  Methodist  altar.  He  has  grown  in 
grace  and  a  deeper  and  better  understanding  of  the  things  of  God.  He  was  licensed 
to  preach  by  the  Quarterly  Conference  of  Monroe  City  Station,  in  December,  1893; 
Rev.  W.  H.  Younger,  preacher  in  charge,  and  Rev.  John  Anderson,  D.  D.,  Presiding 
Elder;  was  recommended  for  admission  on  trial  into  the  Missouri  Conference  by 
the  District  Conference  of  the  Macon  District  in  189-5;  was  received  on  trial  Septem- 
ber, 189.5;  Rev.  C.  Grimes,  Presiding  Elder  and  Bishop  W.  W.  Duncan,  presiding; 
was  ordained  Deacon  at  Memphis,  Missouri,  in  September,  1898,  by  Bishop  W.  A. 
Candler;  ordained  Elder  by  Bishop  John  C.  Granbery  at  Fulton,  Missouri.  September, 
1900.  His  appointments  in  order  of  time  are  as  follows:  Sue  City  Circuit,  1894- 
1895;  Excello  Circuit.  189-5-1896;  Laddonia  Circuit,  1896-1898;  Clarksville  and  Els- 
berry  Circuit,  1898-1899;  Winfield  Circuit.  1899-1900;  Mokane  Circuit.  1900-1902; 
Rowena  Circuit.  1902-1903;  Wellsville  Circuit,  1903-1906;  Auxvasse  Circuit,  1906.  He 
has  received  into  the  church  five  hundred  and  thirty-two  members.  The  parsonage 
on  the  Laddonia  Circuit  was  built  under  his  ministry.  His  educational  training  was 
obtained  in  ;\Ionroe  City  High  School,  Monroe  City  Academy,  and  the  Hannibal  Dis- 
trict High  School  at  Palmyra,  Missouri.  He  was  married  to  Miss  Lula  Rouse,  Novem- 
ber 3d,  1897,  and  their  children  are  Warren  Cindler  Middleton  and  Warden  Rouse 
Middleton.  The  surrender  to  the  will  of  God  to  preach  His  word,  he  says,  was  the 
most  important  crisis  in  his  life.  The  books  of  the  course  of  study,  Hudson's 
"Armour,"  and  Wesley's  "Sermons'"  have  been  very  helpful  to  him. 


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REV.   ISAAC    WOODWARD    KEITHLEY. 


To  be  righteous  makes  all  things  new. — Dr.  Frederick  W.  Robertson. 


By  Rev.  H.   D.  Thompson. 


Rev.  Isaac  Woodward  Keith- 
ley  was  born  at  Sparta,  Tennes- 
see, November  10th,  18-54.  His 
parents,  Thomas  R.  Keithley, 
and  Susan  A.  Keithley,  were 
members  of  the  Methodist  Epis- 
copal Church,  South.  In  his 
early  years  he  was  converted, 
but  did  not  unite  with  the 
church  until  August,  1872,  while 
attending  a  camp-meeting  con- 
ducted by  Rev.  J.  J.  Comer.  He 
was  licensed  to  preach  by  the 
Quarterly  Conference  of  the 
Sparta  Circuit  in  the  Tennessee 
Conference,  November  10th, 
1877;  Rev.  J.  G.  Maloy,  pastor, 
and  Rev.  R.  P.  Ransom,  Presid- 
ing Elder.  His  recommenda- 
tion for  admission  on  trial  was 
from  the  Quarterly  Conference 
of  the  above  Circuit  in  August, 
1878.  He  was  received  into  the 
Annual  Conference  on  trial, 
October  10th,  1878;  Rev.  R.  P. 
Ransom,  Presiding  Elder,  and 
Bishop  H.  H.  Kavanaugh,  pre- 
siding. He  was  ordained  Deacon 
by  Bishop  Robert  Paine  at  Pu- 
laski. Tennessee,  October  17th, 
1880;  ordained  Elder  by  Bishop 
J.  C.  Keener  at  Franklin,  Ten- 
nessee, October  22nd,  1882.  His 
appointments  have  been :  Low- 
ryville  Circuit,  Tennessee  Con- 
ference, 1878-1879;  Lawrence- 
burg  Station,  1879-1880;  Tyre 
Snrings,    1880-1882;    Pope    and 

Mount  Zion  Station,  1882-1883;  Bethesda  Circuit,  1883-1885;  Shady  Grove  Circuit, 
1885-1887;  Kedron  Circuit,  1887-1890;  West  Point  Circuit,  1890-1892;  he  then 
located  at  his  own  request  and  served  as  a  supply  for  three  years.  Finding  his  old 
Conference  (Tennessee  Conference),  full  when  he  came  up  for  readmission,  he  joined 
the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church  and  was  admitted  into  the  Central  Tennessee  Con- 
ference of  this  church.  In  this  conference  he  was  sent  to  Cooksville  Circuit,  where 
he  i-e:na:ned  only  six  months  and  was  transferred  to  the  St.  Louis  Conference 
of  the  same  church  and  assigned  to  Jasper  City  Church  where  he  remained  for  one 
year  and  six  months.  His  next  appointment  was  Golden  City,  Missouri,  where  he 
remained  two  years.  He  was  then  transferred  to  the  Illinois  Conference  and 
stationed  at  Pittsfield  for  one  year;  then  to  Plainville  Circuit  for  three  years.  He 
then  joined  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  South,  and  was  admitted  into  the 
Missouri  Annual  Conference,  September,  1903.  In  this  Conference  he  has  served 
Monroe  City  Circuit  two  years;  and  Fulton  Circuit,  his  present  charge,  two  years. 
About  one  thousand  persons  have  been  received  into  the  church  under  his  ministry. 
Under  his  pastorate,  Hitchcock's  Chapel,  Mount  Pleasant,  Gideon.  Hebron  and  Rollie 
Chapel  Churches  were  built.  He  attended  Eaton  Institute  and  White  Seminary.  He 
has  been  twice  married.  His  first  wife  was  Miss  .•\lice  Williams,  whom  he  married 
February  22d,  1882.  His  present  wife  was  Miss  Maggie  Campbell  Scales.  They 
were  married  October  2.5th,  1892,  in  Nashville,  Tennessee.  Their  children  are  Walter 
Hill  Keithley  and  Helen  Annie  Keithley. 


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CENTENNIAL    VOLUME    OF    MISSOURI    METHODISM. 


REV.    CHARLES    WILLLA.M    COLLETT. 


Life    makes    the   soul    dependent    on    the    dust;    death    gives    her 
Wings  to   mount   above   the   spheres. — Young. 


Charles  William  Collett  was 
born  March  31st,  1831,  in  Wood 
County,  Virginia,  in  v/hat  is  now 
known  as  West  Vira'inia.  Both 
of  his  parents,  Benjamin  Collett 
and  Margaret  Collett,  were 
members  of  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  Church,  South.  He 
was  converted  at  Long  Branch 
camp-ground,  Macon  County, 
Missouri,  in  1854,  under  the 
ministry  of  Rev.  A.  P.  Linn, 
and  joined  the  church  at  the 
same  meeting,  taking  member- 
ship at  Bloomington,  then  the 
County  seat  of  Macon  County. 
He  was  induced  to  go  to  the 
altar  for  prayer,  and  went  from 
the  altar  to  the  grove  with  Rev. 
Alex.  McDufTy,  where  he  was 
most  wonderfully  blessed  and 
made  to  feel  the  assurance  of 
peace  with  God  and  men.  His 
conversion  was  very  clear  and 
definite.  His  growth  in  grace 
for  some  time  was  slow,  but  he 
held  on  by  constantly  calling  on 
God  for  help,  and  while  attend- 
ing a  camp-meeting  at  Shiloh 
Camp  ground,  he  received  a  sec- 
ond baptism  of  the  Holy  Ghost 
and  went  on  his  way  rejoicing. 
He  was  licensed  to  preach  by 
the  Quarterly  Conference  of 
Bloomington  Circuit  in  18.58; 
Rev.  James  Penn  preacher  in 
charge,  and  Rev.  Walter  Toole, 
Presiding  Elder;  recommended 
to  the  Annual  Conference  by  the  same  Quarterly  Conference  in  1859,  and  was  ad- 
mitted to  the  Annual  Conference  on  trial  in  1859;  Rev.  Walter  Toole,  Presiding  Elder, 
and  Bi.shop  Paine  presiding.  He  was  elected  Deacon  at  Glasgow  in  1861,  but  not 
ordained  because  no  Bishop  could  cross  the  army  line;  he  was  elected  to  Elder's 
orders  at  Mexico,  Missouri,  in  September,  1864;  Rev.  Andrew  Monroe  presiding,  there 
still  being  no  Bishop  within  reach.  He  was  ordained  Deacon  and  Elder  both  the 
same  day  by  Bishop  Kavanaugh,  at  Hannibal,  Missouri,  in  .4ugust,  1865.  Anpoint- 
ments  filled  are:  Kingston  Circuit,  1859-1861;  Unionville  and  Green  Castle  Circuit, 
with  twenty-four  preaching  places;  the  next  year,  there  being  no  conference,  the  Pre- 
siding Elder  appointed  him  as  substitute  on  the  Paris  work;  in  1864  was  appointed 
to  what  was  then  known  as  the  Tbomasville  work,  which  he  found  so  devastated  by 
war  that  he  was  compelled  to  make  his  livinsr  bv  aivine  his  services  wherever  he  could; 
Madison  Circuit,  1865-1866;  New  Market  Circuit,  1866-1868;  Santa  Fe  Circuit,  1868- 
1870;  Memphis,  1870-1872;  Santa  Fe,  1872-1874;  Florida,  1874-1875;  Vandalia,  187.5- 
1876;  Cedar  City.  1876-1878;  Ashland,  1878-1879;  Fulton,  1879-1880;  Read.sville,  1880- 
1881;  1881-1882,  he  was  sick,  and  hence  was  superannuate:!;  Santa  Fe.  1882-1883; 
Warrenton,  1883-1884;  Wellsville.  1884-1885.  The  first  church  ever  built  in  Kingston, 
Missouri,  was  under  his  pastorate,  and  he  built  one  parsonage  and  bought  one.  He 
received  his  education  at  the  common  schools  of  his  time.  He  was  married  September 
8th,  1864,  to  Miss  Addie  T.  Maupin,  and  their  children  are  Oi-vid  C,  Lovick  L.,  Mattie 
W..  .^nn  E..  Eulalie  O.,  and  Charles  W.  Collett.  His  being  superannuated  is  considered 
by  him  as  the  most  important  crisis  in  his  life. 


MISSOURI  CONFERENCE— MEXICO  DISTRICT. 


REV.   L.   B.   MADISON. 


Rev. 


The  world   recedes,   it   disappears! 

Heaven  opens  on  my  eyes!  my  ears  with  sounds  seraphic  ring! 

Alexander  Pope.  

By  Miss  Beulah  Madison. 
L.    B.    Madison    was    born    in    Albermarle    County,    Virginia,    November    30, 


1835. 

He  was  converted  and  united  with  the  church  August  20,  18.50,  at  Gentry's  meet- 
ing house,  Albermarle  County,  Va.,  was  licensed  to  preach  in  .\ugust  1860  in  Alle- 
ghany County,  Va.,  was  received  on  trial  in  the  Western  Virginia  Conference  in  1861; 
was  ordained  Deacon  in  1864,  at  Lynchburg,  Va.,  by  Bishop  Early;  ordained  Elder 
at  Baltimore,  Maryland,  by  Bishop  Wightman  in  1869.  His  first  charge  was  the 
Lafayette  Circuit  in  the  Virginia  Conference,  where  he  remained  one  year,  and  was 
then  appointed  chaplain  of  the  fifty-eighth  Virginia  regiment  in  the  Confederate  army, 
where  he  served  until  the  close  of  the  war.  In  the  fall  of  186-5  he  was  sent  to  Nelson 
Circuit,  where  he  remained  two  years,  and  in  1867  was  appointed  colporteur  for  the 
American  Tract  Society;  later  in  the  same  year  he  united  with  the  Baltimore  Con- 
ference and  was  appointed  to  Fauquier  Circuit,  where  he  remained  one  year.  He 
was  next  assigned  to  Buchanan  Circuit;  in  1869  and  ISTO  he  was  in  charge  of  Mont- 
gomery Circuit;  in  1871  he  transferred  to  the  West  Virginia  Conference  and  was  sent 
to  Brownstown  and  Cedar  Grove,  where  he  was  pastor  until  1873,  when  he  was  ap- 
pointed Presiding  Elder  of  the  Charleston  District,  and  served  in  that  capacity  until 
1876,  when  he  was  sent  to  Guyandotte  and  Huntington,  where  he  remained  four  years. 
In  1880  he  was  sent  to  Greenup  and  Grayson.  Kentucky,  and  remained  there  two 
years;  in  1882  he  went  to  Barboursville,  West  Virginia,  remaining  there  two  years, 
and  in  1884  he  transferred  to  the  Missouri  Conference.  His  first  charge  in  Missouri 
was  Osborn  Circuit,  where  he  remained  one  year;  he  was  then  assigned  to  Moberly 
Station,  where  he  served  three  years;  in  1888  he  was  sent  to  Libertv,  and  in  1890 
to  Lawson;  in  1893  to  Parkville:"  in  1S9.5  to  Platte  Citv  and  Weston;  in  1896  to  Guil- 
ford; in  1898  to  Queen  City;  in  1899  to  Edina,  and  in  1903  to  La  Plata;  this  being  his 
last  charge.  In  the  fall  of  1904,  at  his  own  request,  his  name  was  placed  upon  the 
supei-annuated  list.  Shortly  after  Conference  he  moved  to  ^Moberlv  and  was  appointed 
Assistant  Pastor  of  the  Madison  Circuit.  On  December  9,  1905,  he  heard  the  call  of 
the  Master  to  come  up  higher. 


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CENTENNIAL    VOLUME    OF    MISSOURI    METHODISM. 


REV.   WILLIAM   WALTON  JONES. 


That  ills   corrosive,  cares  importunate,  are  not  immortal  too,  O 

Death!  is  thine. — Young.       

By  Rev.  Bowman  D.  Sipple. 
Rev.  William  Walton  Jones  was  born  in  Cynthiana,  Kentucky,  May  23,  1822. 
His  early  life  was  spent  in  Howard  County,  Missouri.  From  18.38  to  1842  he  sold 
goods  in  Bolivar,  Missouri.  He  was  converted  at  the  Mitchell  Campground,  in  .August, 
1841,  Rev.  David  Ross  preaching.  He  united  with  the  Methodist  church,  was  licensed 
to  exhort  by  Rev.  S.  S.  Colburn,  and  licensed  to  preach  in  1842  bv  the  Greenfield  Quar- 
terly Conference;  Rev.  J.  M.  Kelley,  P.  C,  and  Rev.  Thos.  Wallace,  P.  E.  For  a  time 
he  was  junior  preacher  with  Elijah  Perkins  on  the  Springfield  Circuit.  He  was  re- 
ceived on  trial  in  the  Missouri  Conference  in  1843,  together  with  a  number  of  miin 
who  served  long  and  well  the  church.  His  first  appointment  was  Osceola,  and  second 
Booneville  Circuit.  When  the  St.  Louis  Conference  was  organized  he  remained  with 
that  section,  and  traveled  the  following  works,  each  one  year:  Wesley  Chapel,  St. 
Louis,  Warsaw,  Lexington,  Arrow  Rock,  Warsaw  District,  Booneville  Circuit,  and 
located  in  18.51.  Deacon's  orders  were  received  in  1845  and  Elder's  in  1847.  Mr. 
Jones  was  readmitted  into  the  Missouri  Conference  in  1868  and  traveled  the  following 
works:  Fulton  Circuit,  two  years;  Chillicothe  District,  three  years;  St.  Charles 
District,  three  years;  Fayette  Circuit;  Keytesville  Station,  and  St.  Joseph  District, 
one  year  each;  Mexico  District,  three  years;  Huntsville  Circuit,  two  years;  and 
Roanoke,  one  year.  In  188.5  he  was  transferred  to  the  Southwest  Missouri  Conference 
and  traveled  the  following  works:  Longwood,  .^ppleton  City,  Corder,  one  year  each. 
In  October,  1888,  he  received  appointment  to  Gilliam.  Death  came  to  him  one  week 
after  the  appointment,  October  16,  1888.  Rev.  William  W.  Jones  was  a  man  of 
commanding  appearance,  resembling  in  a  striking  way  Robert  E.  Lee;  a  princely 
preacher  and  a  gentleman  of  the  first  rank  in  the  home.  Full  of  life  as  a  young  man. 
the  grace  of  God  changed  him  so  that  his  unusual  powers  were  devoted  to  the  work 
of  the  church.  The  first  Quarterly  Conference  the  writer  of  this  sketch  remembers 
was  the  fourth  on  the  Fulton  Circuit  in  August,  1868.  The  subject  of  the  pastor  for 
the  following  year  was  up.  Father  Selby  spoke  of  W.  W.  Jones  as  the  man  he  pre- 
ferred to  all  others  for  the  peciliar  needs  of  the  chargs  at  thit  time.  Somehow  the 
preference  was  regarded  and  the  p>-eacher  was  not  a  disappointment.  What  power 
in  those  deep,  dark  eyes,  and  what  grace  in  that  manly  form! 


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97 


REV.  ROBERT  G.A.RL.A.ND  LOVING,  A.  M. 


The  spirits  of  great  men,  like  immortal  ships,  sail  the  ocean  of 
Time,  bearing  the  treasures  of  civilization. — Dr.  James   W.  Lee. 


By  Rev.  Bowman  D.  Sipple.. 

Robert  Garland  Loving,  A.  M., 
was  born  in  Nelson  County,  Vir- 
ginia, February  1,  1808;  was 
converted  under  the  ministry  of 
Dr.  Wm.  A.  Smith  in  the  same 
county  and  united  with  the 
Methodist  Chui'ch  in  1827;  en- 
tered Augusta  College,  Ken- 
tucky, in  1829,  from  which  insti- 
tution he  received  his  A.  B. 
degree  in  1832,  and  A.  M.  in 
1835  (these  two  diplomas,  signed 
by  such  men  as  H.  B.  Bascom, 
Professor  Moral  Science,  Martin 
Ruter,  J.  S.  Tomlinson  and  B. 
H.  McGown,  with  Peter  Akers 
as  Agent,  are  in  Central  College 
Library)  ;  was  licensed  to  preaci". 
in  Lynchburg  in  183.5,  and  trav- 
eled one  year  in  Virginia;  mar- 
ried, located  and  founded  the 
Buckingham  Collegiate  Institute 
for  young  women,  the  first  of 
the  kind  in  Virginia  and  one  of 
the  first  in  the  United  States. 
The  ample  fortune  of  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Loving  was  lost  by  turning 
it  over  to  pay  the  last  indebted- 
ness on  the  institution.  The  fel- 
low teacher  who  received  the 
money  misappropriated  it,  leav- 
ing Mr.  Loving  with  nothing  Z)ut 
his  wife's  slaves.  .A.bont  twelve 
yeai-s  were  spent  in  this  work, 
probably  1835-1847.  Some  time 
had  been  previously  spent  teach- 
ing in  Randolph-Macon.  A  year 
or  more   was   spent   in   teaching 

in  Cumberland,  Va.  Mr.  Loving  came  to  Missouri  in  1849  and  taught  in  Brunswick; 
entered  the  Missouri  Conference  in  1852  and  ti'aveled  the  Fayette  Circuit  two  years; 
was  in  charge  of  Weston  High  School  in  1854-55,  transferred  to  Louisville  Conference 
in  1855,  returned  to  Missouri  in  1856,  and  traveled  Auburn  Circuit,  1856-7;  Flint  Hill, 
1858-9;  Warrenton,  1860-61;  1862,  no  minutes;  1863,  .A.shley;  1864,  Aubum;  1865-6, 
High  Hill;  1867,  Ashley;  1868-9,  CottleviUe;  1870,  Wentzville;  1871,  .\uburn;  1872-3, 
New  Florence;  1874,  Madison;  1875,  Williamsburg;  1876,  Pleasant  Grove;  1877,  Mont- 
gomery City;  1878,  Cedar  City;  1879,  until  his  death  in  Montgomery  City,  July  27, 
1882,  he  held  a  superannuated  relation.  Mr.  Loving  married  Mary  E.  Worsham,  of 
Amelia  County,  Virginia,  in  1835,  who  was  born  May  4,  1809,  and  died  June  24,  1879; 
a  woman  in  every  way  worthy  of  the  good  man  she  toiled  and  suffered  with  for 
forty  years. 

Mr.  Loving  and  Miss  Harriet  Nichols,  of  Montgomery  County,  were  married  in 
1881  and  lived  happily  together  until  his  death  at  the  age  of  seventy-four  years. 

Robert  G.  Loving  was  a  polished  Christian  man,  and  has  left  no  more  important 
work  than  the  record  as  one  of  the  thirty  men  named  in  the  act  of  the  legislature 
of  Missouri  March  1,  1855,  as  incorporators  of  Central  College  at  Fayette,  Missouri, 
Several  of  these  men  were  college  bred,  and  more  than  one,  along  with  himself,  held 
diplomas  of  graduation.  There  is  much  between  the  lines  of  the  record  of  his  conver- 
sion under  Dr.  Wm.  A.  Smith  in  1827  and  the  election  of  the  latter  as  President  of 
the  College  he  helped  to  found  in  Missouri  in  1868.  The  name  of  such  a  man  should 
be  held  in  everlasting  remembrance.  Brother  Loving  and  his  wife  are  buried  at 
Troy,  Missouri. 


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CENTENNIAL    VOLUME    OF    MISSOURI    METHODISM. 


REV.  WILLIAM   BURDETT   LLEWELLYN. 


A   blissful    Immortality   to   them   whose  holiness   on   earth,   shall 
Make   the    Spirit   capable   of   Heaven. — Wordstvorth. 


Rev.  William  Burdett  Llew- 
ellyn, the  son  of  Samuel  and 
Rachel  Llewellyn,  was  born 
near  Albany,  Cumberland  Coun- 
ty, Kentucky,  April  Lst,  1844. 
He  was  converted  in  a  meeting 
held  by  Rev.  Martin  Baker,  Rev. 
Hiram  Parish  and  Rev.  William 
Neal,  Cumberland  Presbyterian 
pastors.  This  meeting  was  held 
at  Flatrock  in  Cumberland 
County,  Kentucky,  in  1862.  He 
was  taken  into  the  church  at 
that  time.  He  was  deeply  and 
pungently  convicted  of  sin  and 
sought  the  Lord  at  the  old  fash- 
ioned mourner's  bench  till  he 
came  in  possession  of  a  happy 
pardon.  From  that  good  day 
his  growth  in  the  grace  of  God 
has  been  constant  and  progress- 
ive. He  was  licensed  to  preach 
by  the  Quarterly  Conference  of 
Green  River  Circuit  in  the  Ken- 
tucky Conference  in  1869;  Rev. 
William  Slate  being  preacher  in 
charge,  and  Rev.  William  Alex- 
ander, Presiding  Elder.  He 
was  recommended  for  admission 
on  trial  into  the  Kentucky  Con- 
ference by  the  Quarterly  Con- 
ference of  the  above  charge  in 
1869;  was  received  on  trial  into 
the  Kentucky  Conference  in 
1869;  Rev.  M.  K.  Jones,  Pre- 
siding Elder,  and  Bishop  H.  N. 
McTyeire,  presiding.  He  was 
ordained  Deacon  by  BLshop 
McTyeire  at  Kinmundy,  Illinois,  in  1870;  ordained  Elder  by  Bishop  Kavanaugh  at 
Ashley,  Illinois,  in  1872.  He  has  served  the  following  charges:  Illinois  Con- 
ference; London  City  Circuit,  1869-1870;  Patoka  Circuit,  1870-1871;  Montro.se 
Circuit,  1871-1872;  Waverly,  1872-1873;  Shoal  Creek  Circuit,  187.3-1874;  Martinsville, 
1874;  following  this  appointment,  he  evangelized  for  ten  years:  Salem,  1886-1887; 
Clay  City,  1887-1889;  Mount  Zion  and  Heyworth,  1889-1891;  Murphysborough,  1891- 
1893;  DeSoto,  189.3-189.5;  Centralia,  Missouri  Conference,  189.5-1896;  Madi.son.  1896- 
1898;  Halisville,  1898-1901;  Auxvasse,  1901-1904;  New  Bloomfield,  1904-1906.  He 
says  that  more  than  four  thousand  souls  have  been  converted  under  his  ministry,  a 
large  per  cent  of  whom  united  with  the  church.  He  has  built  under  his  ministry 
three  churches  and  two  parsonages.  He  attended  school  at  Burksville,  Kentucky,  and 
Cumberland  University,  Lebanon,  Tennessee.  He  has  been  twice  married.  To  iMiss 
Ruth  Downey  in  1873,  and  to  his  present  wife,  IVIiss  Ella  Kramer,  in  1883.  They 
have  three  children  living,  Maud  Llewell\Ti,  Edna  Llewellyn  and  Frank  Llewellyn; 
Carroll  C.  Llewellyn,  Paul  Llewellyn  and  Lela  Elizabeth  Llewellyn,  deceased.  He  has 
made  it  a  rule  to  read  three  new  books  every  year  during  his  ministry.  He  believes 
strongly  in  the  work  of  the  Christian  College  as  the  strongest  constructive  force  in 
maintaining  the  highest  standard  of  manhood  and  womanhood. 


MISSOURI  CONFERENCE— MEXICO  DISTRICT. 


99 


REV.  WILLIAM  CYRUS  RICE. 


It  is  a  man's  belief  in  the  Immorality  of  the  souls  of  his  fellow 
Men  which  prompts  the  largest  sympathies  and  arouses  the  most 
Tireless  service  for  their  g'ood. — Bishop  Hendrix. 


William  Cyrus,  son  of  John  W.  and  Emily  J.  Rice,  was  born  near  New  Ham- 
ton,   Harrison   County,   Missouri,   on    May   16,   1862. 

Brother  Rice  was  educated  as  a  teacher  at  the  Stanberry  Noi-mal  College,  Stan- 
berry,  Mo.,  and  spent  several  years  teaching  in  Gentry  and  Harrison  Counties. 

In  January,  1879,  he  attended  a  meeting  conducted  at  a  country  church  in 
Gentry  County,  about  five  miles  North  of  McFall,  by  the  Rev.  John  Eastep  of  the 
United  Brethren.  During  this  meeting  Brother  Rice  became  convicted  of  sin  and 
went  to  the  altar  where  he  was  converted,  receiving  a  full  and  definite  woi'k  of  grace. 
He  speaks  of  his  subsequent  growth  in  grace  in  these  words:  "If  I  have  made  prog- 
ress in  grace  it  is  along  the  I'ne  of  a  very  definite  l)Qlief  in  prayer,  not  only  for 
spiritual  grace,  but  for  temporal  blessings;  for  instance,  asking  for  and  expecting 
guidance  in  business. 

On  August  16,  1885,  Brother  Rice  was  married  to  Miss  Priscilla  Lucinda  Dotson. 
To  this  union  were  born  five  children:  Elizabeth  Rice,  Stella  Emily  Rice,  Wayne 
Rice,   William   Lewis   Rice,   and   Lucy   Ware   Rice. 

After  his  marriage  Brother  Rice  began  to  contemplate  giving  up  the  profession 
of  a  teacher  to  enter  upon  a  mercantile  career.  He  planned  to  open  a  hardware 
business,  with  the  confident  expectation  of  obtaining  a  competency  that  would  at  once 
secure  his  own  ease  and  the  complete  education  of  his  family.  .4bout  this  time,  how- 
ever, the  great  crisis  of  his  life  occurred  in  his  call  to  the  ministry,  and  turning  his 
back  on  the  plans  he  had  cherished  for  his  own  ease  he  followed  the  voice  of  his  great 
Leader.  He  was  licensed  to  preach  in  April,  1887,  by  the  Quarterly  Conference  of 
the  Bethany  Circuit  (now  New  Hampton  Circuit),  Rev.  S.  B.  Tablor  being  the 
preacher  in  charge,  and  Rev.  G.  J.  Warren,  Presiding  Elder.  In  July,  1888,  the  same 
Quarterly  Conference  recommended  him  to  the  Annual  Conference  for  admission  on 
trial,  and  he  was  admitted  at  the  session  which  met  in  Gallatin  the  following  Septem- 
ber,  Bishop   Hendrix   presiding. 

Brother  Rice  completed  his  Conference  Course  in  regular  order,  was  ordained 
Deacon  by  Bishop  Key  at  Fayette  in  1890,  and  was  ordained  Elder  by  Bishop  Galloway 
at  Montgomery  City  in  1892.  He  has  served  the  following  charges  in  the  order 
named:  Denver,  Spring  Hill,  Ravenwood,  Ham's  Prairie,  Centralia,  Wellsville,  Aux- 
vasse.  Mound  City,  Elmo,  Skidmore,  and  Hallesville. 

Brother  Rice  has  been  successful  in  the  work  of  the  ministry.  He  has  received 
into  the  church  upwards  of  five  hundred  persons,  has  built  the  Middletown  church  in 
Montgomery  County,  the  Stedman  church  in  Callaway  County,  and  the  Denver  par- 
sonage. He  has  also  repaired  or  rebuilt  the  churches  at  Centralia  and  Skidmore, 
and  the   Tarkio   Chapel   in    Holt   County. 


100  CENTENNIAL    VOLUME    OF    MISSOURI    METHODISM. 


REV.  HARRY  WALTER  BREWER. 


Coiitendite  intrare  per  angustain  portam. 
Strive  to  enter  in  at  the  strait  gate. — Jesus. 

Rev.  Harry  Walter  Brewer,  son  of  William  Thomas  Brewer  and  Mary  Eunice 
Brewster,  both  of  whom  were  members  of  the  Methodist  Church,  was  born  in  Douglas 
County,  Illinois,  June  1st,  1882.  He  was  converted  in  December,  1898,  at  Indianola, 
Iowa,  under  the  ministry  of  Rev.  Harris,  and  then  and  there  joined  the  First 
Methodist  Church.  He  was  forcibly  impressed  with  the  thought  that  if  he  sought 
first  the  Kingdom  of  God  and  His  righteousness,  all  things  else  would  be  added 
unto  him,  and  with  this  idea  in  view,  he  gave  himself  up  to  the  Lord  and  has  been 
very  happy  in  His  service  ever  since.  His  growth  in  grace  has  been  quite  gradual, 
reading  God's  word,  praying  and  working  being  a  source  of  great  pleasure  and  satis- 
faction to  him.  He  was  licensed  to  preach  in  March,  1905,  by  the  Me.xico  District 
Conference,  Rev.  R.  F.  Campbell,  of  Moberly,  Mo.,  being  the  preacher  in  charge, 
and  Rev.  A.  C.  Browning,  Presiding  Elder.  He  was  recommended  to  the  Annual 
Conference  for  admission  on  trial,  March,  1906,  by  the  Mexico  District  Conference, 
and  was  received  into  the  Annual  Conference  in  1906,  Rev.  A.  C.  Browning,  Pre- 
siding Elder,  and  Bishop  Key  presiding.  He  has  served  as  assistant  pastor  at  Moberly, 
Mo.,  and  at  Rowena  Circuit  last  year  and  reappointed  this  year.  Seventy-one  persons 
have  been  received  into  the  church  during  his  ministry.  A  new  church  at  Mt.  Zion, 
six  miles  from  Paris,  Missouri,  at  a  cost  of  $2,000.00,  has  been  built  under  his  pas- 
torate. He  was  graduated  from  the  Indianaola  High  School  and  was  at  Simpson 
College,  at  Indianola,  Iowa,  for  two  years.  He  was  married  to  Evelyn  Esthena 
Hendrix,  June  28th,  1906.  He  says  he  considers  his  conversion  the  most  important 
crisis  in  his  life.  He  has  been  very  greatly  helped  in  his  religious  life  by  reading 
Dr.  Hillis'  books  and  Dr.  Gordon's  hook.  He  very  strongly  endorses  the  Christian 
College. 


MISSOURI    CONFERENCE— MEXICO    DISTRICT.  101 


REV.  ROLLIN  O.   TRIPLETT. 


Christianity    is    the    ripe    fruit    of    Christ's    inner    life. — Bish:ip 
Tigert. 


Rev.  Rollin  0.  Triplett  was  born  at  Columbia,  Kentucky,  May  26th,  1879.  His 
parents,  C.  T.  Tripplett  and  M.  J.  Tripplett,  were  members  of  the  Methodist  Episco- 
pal Church,  South.  He  was  converted  at  Columbia,  Kentucky,  in  the  winter  of 
1893,  and  at  the  same  time  united  with  the  church.  The  meeting  in  which  he  was 
converted  was  held  by  Rev.  J.  J.  Smith,  an  evangelist;  Rev.  S.  L.  C.  Coward  being 
the  pastor.  He  was  licensed  to  preach  by  the  District  Conference  of  the  Columbia 
District,  Louisville  Conference,  June  2nd,  1899;  Rev.  Jesse  L.  Murrell,  Presiding 
Elder,  and  Rev.  J.  S.  Kilgore,  preacher  in  charge;  was  recommended  for  admission 
on  trial  into  the  Annual  Conference  by  the  District  Conference  of  the  West  Plains 
District,  St.  Louis  Conference,  May  9th,  1S02;  was  received  on  trial  into  the  St. 
Louis  Conference,  September  27th,  1902;  Rev.  J.  C.  L.  Boehm,  Presiding  Elder,  and 
Bishop  A.  W.  Wilson,  presiding;  ordained  Deacon  at  Stevensville,  Montana,  August 
28th,  1904,  by  Bishop  H.  C.  Morrison.  He  has  served  in  oi'der  the  following  charges: 
Ellington  Circuit,  1902,  1903;  Belgrade  Station,  Montana  Conference,  1903-1904;  Wil- 
bur and  Govan  charge,  East  Columbia  Conference,  1904-1905;  Readville  Circuit,  Mis- 
souri Conference,  1905-1906.  He  attended  High  School  at  Columbia,  Kentucky,  and  one 
year  at  Central  College,  Fayette,  Missouri.  He  was  married  to  Miss  Addie  L.  Alverson, 
April  1st,  1902,  and  they  have  one  child,  Myrtle  Triplett. 


102  CENTENNIAL    VOLUME    OF    MISSOURI    METHODISM. 


MR.  E.  T.  DINKLE. 


The  greatness  of  a  man   is  his  strength   in   bearing  the  burdens 
Of  humanity. — Bishop  Hendrix. 


Mr.  E.  T.  Dinkle,  of  Tulip,  Missouri,  was  born  in  Howard  County,  Missouri, 
February  24th,  1863.  His  parents,  William  L.  Dinkle,  and  Mary  E.  Dinkle,  were 
devoted  members  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  South,  and  gave  to  their  son 
the  advantages  of  a  Christian  home.  Brother  Dinkle  was  converted  and  joined  the 
Baptist  Church  near  Columbia,  Missouri,  in  1880.  In  1884,  he  was  married  to 
Miss  Josie  E.  Maxey,  and  together  they  united  with  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church, 
South,  at  Porter's  Chapel,  in  1886.  Sister  Josie  Maxey  Dinkle  was  a  close  student 
of  God's  Word,  as  well  as  a  reader  of  many  books,  and  was  indeed  a  help-meet  to 
her  husband  and  a  loyal  friend  to  her  pastor.  Sister  Josie  Dinkle  died,  March  26th, 
1904.  Brother  Dinkle  is  a  successful  merchant  at  Tulip,  Missouri,  and  is  a  loyal 
friend  of  the  church.  He  is  always  interested  in  the  welfare  of  the  church.  He 
was  married  July  26th,  1905,  to  Miss  Fannie  L.  Carter,  a  woman  of  splendid  Chris- 
tian character.  Brother  Dinkle  and  wife  are  prominent  in  the  religious  and  social  life 
of  their  community  and  are  highly  esteemed  by  all. 


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MISSOURI     CONFERENCE— CENTENNIAL     OFFICERS     AND     SECRETARIES 
OF    THE    FOREIGN    AND    HOME    MISSIONARY    SOCIETIES. 


WOMAN'S   FOREIGN   MISSIONARY   SOCIETY— OFFICERS. 

fresident Mrs.  G.  B.  Harrison,  Glasgow 

First  Vice-President Mrs.  Adam  Hendrix,  Fayette 

iJecond  Vice-President Miss  Elizabeth  Billingsley,  Kansas  City 

Corresponding  Secretary Mrs.  Blanche  Ramsey,  Chillicothe 

Recording  Secretary Mrs.  John  Holland,  Fayette 

Treasurer Miss  Hallie   Sosey,  Palmyra 

Auditor Mrs.  J.  A.   Smith,  PalmjTa 

DISTRICT    SECRETARIES. 

Chillicothe ,  Chillicothe 

Fayette Mrs.  E.  M.  Dearing,  Columbia 

Gallatin Mrs.  J.  W.  Tanquary,  Maysville 

Hannibal Mrs.  J.  A.  Lanius,  Palmyra 

Macon Mrs.  A.  E.  Jones,  Shelbina 

Mexico Mrs.  S.  P.  Emmons,  Mexico 

Plattsburg Mrs.  H.  P.  Woodson,  Richmond 

St.  Charles Mrs.  C.  D.  Avery,  Troy 

tit.  Joseph Mrs.  Lucy  Millei",  Agency 

WOMAN'S     HOME     MISSION     SOCIETY— OFFICERS. 

President Mrs.  P.  L.  Vasse,  Huntsville 

First  Vice-President Mrs.  R.  G.  Terrill,  Moberly 

Second  Vice-President Mrs.  Potter  Gregory,  Mexico 

Third  Vice-President Mrs.  S.  P.  Emmons,  Mexico 

Corresponding  Secretary Mrs.  M.  S.  Palmer,  Columbia 

Recording  Secretary Mrs.  C.  B.  Clapp,  Moberly 

Treasurer Mrs.  Frank  Clark,  Lawson 

Superintendent  of  Literature  and  Press  Work Mrs.  John  Holliday,  Carrolton 

DISTRICT    SECRETARIES. 

ChOlicothe Mrs.  John  Holliday,  Carrollton 

Mexico Mrs.  W.  P.  Rowland,  Mexico 

Fayette Mrs.  J.  D.  Bowling,  Columbia 

Plattsburg Mrs.  James  Barthgate,  Polo 

Gallatin Miss  Anna  Burnes,  Albany 

St.  Charles (To  be  supplied) 

St.  Joseph Mrs.  J.  B.  Davis,  St.  Joseph 

Hannibal Mrs.  Paul  W.  Floweree,  New  London 


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CENTENNIAL    VOLUME    OF    MISSOURI    METHODISM. 


MISSOURI  CONFERENCE. 


REV.  HORACE  BROWN. 


1 806-CENTENNIAL  APPOINTMENTS— 1 906. 


fayette  district. 
Presiding  Elder,  B.  D.  Sipple. 


Fayette   Station S.   H.  C.  Burgin 

Supernumerary,  H.  P.  Bond 

Columbia    Station C.    M.   Bishop 

Huntsville   Station A.   B.   Culbertson 

Clifton    Hill    Station W.   Wynn 

Supernumerary,  R.  M.  Damevon 
Salisbury  and   Asbury....H.    H.   Johnson 

Prairie    Hill    Circuit To  be  supplied 

Keytesville   Station O.   H.   Phillips 

Dalton    Circuit J.    A.    Hughes 

Glasgow  Station R.  M.   Hardaway 

Ai-mstrong    Station H.   E.    Draper 

Roanoke  Ciixuit E.  C.  Morgan 

Fayette  Circuit S.  M.  Williams 


Higbee    Circuit D.    F.    Bone 

New    Franklin    Station....!..    C.    Maggart 

Clark  and  Cooper N.  F.  Matthews 

Rocheport   Circuit E.   L.    Rutledge 

Columbia  Circuit F.  E.   Moseley 

Ashland    Circuit To  be  supplied 

President  Central  College — J.  C.  Morris 
Secretary   Central   College — W.   Carlisle 
President  Howard-Payne  College — H.  E. 
Stout 

Conference    Secretary    of    Education — 
A.  B.  Culbertson 

Conference  Secretary  Board  of  Missions 
— C.  v..  Bishop 


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105 


REV.   BOWMAN    DEWEASE    SIPPLE. 


Our  life,  whilst  Thou  preserv'st  that  life, 

Thy   sacrifice   shall   be; 
And  death,  when   death  shall  be  our  lot, 

Shall  join  our  souls  to  Thee. — Joseph  Addison. 


By  Rev.  A.  B.  Culbertson,  A.  M. 

Rev.  Bowman  Dewease  Sipple 
was  born  in  Douglas  County, 
Illinois,  February  27th,  1869. 
His  father  was  a  Local  Elder  in 
the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church, 
South,  Rev.  William  Harrison 
Sipple.  His  mother,  Elizabeth 
Brown  Medley,  was  the  daugh- 
ter of  Rev.  Joseph  Medley  of 
the  Virginia  Conference.  Dis- 
tinct religious  impressions  with 
him  date  as  early  as  the  eighth 
year.  As  this  time  the  practice 
of  daily  private  prayer  began, 
and  also  his  call  to  the  holy  min- 
istry was  felt.  Around  the  fam- 
ily altar  he  first  received  the 
kindlings  of  divine  love  jji 
his  soul.  He  was  brought 
to  a  public  decision  for  Christ 
under  the  preaching  of  Rev. 
George  W.  Penn,  and  joined  the 
old  Pleasant  Grove  church  in 
Callaway  County,  January  the 
8th,  1874.  After  this  he  con- 
tinued to  seek  and  obtained  the 
witness  of  God's  Spirit  to  the 
fact   that   he   was   Dorn   of   God. 

His  call  to  the  ministry  meant 
to  him  first  of  all  a  preparation 
for  this  sacred  work,  and  ac- 
cordingly he  was  knocking  at 
the  door  of  Central  College  in 
the  year  1870.  Four  and  one- 
Tialf  years  were  spent  in  this 
institution  where  he  was  faith- 
ful as  a  student  and  exercised 
a  wholesome  influence  over  the 
students  with  whom  he  came  in 
contact.  He  considers  his  entrance  to  Centra!  College  a  crisis  in  his  life,  and  has 
€ver  been  a  staunch  friend  of  the  institution,  never  tiring  in  his  efforts  to  promote 
the  interests  of  his  Alma  Mater.  He  was  licensed  to  preach  by  the  Quarterly  Con- 
ference of  the  Pleasant  Grove  Circuit,  August  4th,  1883.  The  Quarterly  Conference 
■of  this  Circuit  recommended  him  to  the  Annual  Conference  for  admission  on  trial, 
August,  1886,  and  he  was  received  the  following  SeptembeV,  Bi.shop  Holland  N. 
McTyeire,  presiding.  Bishop  Eugene  R.  Hendrix  ordained  him  Deacon  at  Mexico, 
Missouri,  September  the  llth_.  1887,  and  September  the  15th,  1889,  Bishop  John  C. 
Cranberry,  at  Palmyra,  ordained  him  Elder.  He  received  his  first  appointment  in 
1885,  and  has  served  the  following  charges  in  the  order  named:  Laddonia  Circuit, 
one  year;  Humphreys  Circuit,  three  years;  Centralia  Circuit,  one  year;  Wellsville 
Circuit,  three  years;  Ham's  Prairie  Circuit,  two  years;  Mexico  Circuit;  two  years; 
Montgomery  Station,  thre  years;  Huntsville  Station,  three  years;  and  Presiding  Elder 
of  the  Fayette  District  fi-om  September  1904  till  the  present  time,  1907.  He  has 
received  into  the  church  six  hundred  and  seventy-four  members;  Humphreys  and 
Judson  churches,  on  Humphreys'  Mission,  were  built  under  his  pastorate,  and  other 
important  repairs  on  churches  and  parsonages  hnve  been  made.  A  debt  of  $2,000.00 
on   the   church   at   Huntsville   was   cancelled    during   his    pastorate. 

His  marriage  to  Miss  Hattie  Bratton,  August  4th,  1888,  was  a  happy  and  for- 
tunate one.  God  has  blessed  them  with  two  daughters — Leah  Augusta  and  Mary 
Elizabeth.  His  opinion  of  the  Christian  College  as  .t.  gener-il  prooosition  is  that 
the  Christian   College  is  the  only  institution   that  can   develop   the  entire  man. 


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CENTENNIAL    VOLUME    OF    MISSOURI    METHODISM. 


REV.  WILLIAM  MARION  RUSH,  D.  D. 


The    nipht    of    Time    will    be    forgotten    in    the    brightness    of 
Eternal    Day.- — Dr.  Joseph  Parker. 


By  Rev.  B.  D.  Sipple. 

Rev.  William  Marion  Rush 
was  born  m  Marion  County,  Mis- 
souri about  the  year  1821.  He 
was  converted  in  his  room,  July 
6th,  1838,  at  8  p.  m.,  joined  the 
Church  at  Moriah  Campground, 
Lewis  County,  Missouri,  August 
ith,  1838;  was  licensed  to  preach 
September  21st,  1841,  at  Fox 
River  Campground,  Clark  Coun- 
ty, Missouri,  by  Rev.  William 
Patton;  was  received  on  trial  in 
the  Missouri  Conference  at  Pal- 
myra, October,  1841,  together 
with  E.  M.  Marvin  and  thirteen 
others;  ordained  Deacon  in  1843, 
Elder  in  1845.  Brother  Rush 
filled  the  following  appoint- 
ments: 1841,  Adair  Circuit; 
1842,  Merimac  Circuit;  1843, 
South  St.  Louis;  1844,  Platts- 
burg  Circuit;  1845,  Columbia 
and  Rocheport;  1846,  Palmyra; 
1847,  Weston;  1848-9,  St.  Joseph 
Station;  1850,  Louisiana;  1851, 
Hannibal;  1852,  Shelbyville; 
1853-4,  Glasgow;  1855,  Rich- 
mond; 1856-9,  Brunswick  Dis- 
trict; 1860-61,  St.  Joseph  Sta- 
tion. During  the  war  he  labored 
in  St.  Louis  by  permission  of  his 
Conference,  1863-4.  In  1865  he 
went  to  Plattsburg;  1866-68,  St. 
Joseph  District;  1869  to  1873  he 
was  agent  for  Central  College; 
1874-75,  Fayette  Circuit;  1876- 
79,  Fayette  District — thus  for 
eleven  yeais  he  spent  himself  for 
Central  College  and  the  interests  closest  allied  with  education.  In  1880  affliction 
kept  him  in  the  supernumerary  relation;  1881-82,  Rocheport;  1883,  Hannibal  Dis- 
trict; 1884,  supernumerary,  and  in  1885  supernumerated.  He  died  at  his  home  in 
Booneville,  Mo.,  June  12,  1886.  His  first  wife  was  Miss  Olivia,  daughter  of  the  late 
Hon.  James  H.  Birch,  of  Clinton,  County,  Missouri;  his  second  wife  was  Mrs.  Nelson 
of  Booneville.  Bishop  Hendrix  preached  the  funeral  sermon,  and  the  remains  were 
buried  in   Plattsburg,   Missouri. 

Mr.  Rush  was  considered  the  greatest  debater  in  the  Missouri  Conference.  He  had 
a  striking  personality,  solid  as  a  rock,  and  a  mind  that  thought  along  logical  lines. 
In  the  confusion  of  detiates  by  all  classes  of  speakers,  it  was  a  relief  to  have  a  master 
of  argument  to  take  the  floor  and  clear  up  the  fallacies  and  misconceptions  in  the 
discussion.  Five  times  he  went  to  the  General  Conference,  four  times  as  leader  of 
his  delegation,  and  received  a  number  of  votes  for  the  Episcopacy.  He  was  hon- 
ored with  the  degree  of  Doctor  of  Divinity,  and  was  for  many  years  a  Curator  of 
Central  College.  He  excelled  in  the  elements  of  personal  Christian  character;  was 
kind,  true,  exemplary  in  the  relations  of  husband,  father,  and  friend;  a  strong 
preacher,  an  able  writer,  as  his  little  volume  on  Baptism  well  attests,  when  he 
demolished  the  arguments  of  his  opponent,  an  able  defender  of  the  faith  as  taught 
by  the  Methodist  Church.  During  his  years  as  pastor,  Presiding  Elder  and  Agent  for 
the  College  at  Fayette,  he  visited  the  rooms  of  the  students,  and  brightened  their 
lives,  and  helped  the  homesick,  and  encouraged  the  boys  struggling  for  an  education. 
His  rare  gifts  were  used  for  the  glory  of  the  Lord. 


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107 


REV.  WILLIAM  GOFF  CAPLES. 


For  contemplation  he  and  valor  formed. — Milton. 


By  Rev.  Chas.  B.  Duncan,  A.  M. 
Few  men,  if  any,  have  made 
a  larger  place  for  themselves  in 
the  history  of  Missouri  Meth- 
odism than  W.  G.  Caples.  He 
was  born  at  Jeromeville,  Ohio, 
April  23,  1819;  was  the  son  of 
Robert  F.  and  Charlotte  Caples; 
was  converted  and  joined  the 
Church  in  1835;  studied  law 
for  two  years;  was  appointed 
class  leader  in  1836;  the  fol- 
lowing year  was  licensed  an  ex- 
horter;  and  two  years  later,  hav- 
ing moved  to  Westport,  Missouri, 
was  received  on  trial  into  the 
Missouri  Conference.  For  a 
quarter  of  a  century,  save  for 
two  short  periods  when  he  had 
located  on  account  of  debt  and 
while  he  was  chaplain  in  the 
Confederate  army,  he  belonged 
to  the  itinerant  ranks  of  that 
body. 

His  appointments  were  as  fol- 
lows: Plattsburg  Circuit,  one 
year;  Weston  Ci]'cuit,  one  year; 
Keytesville  Circuit,  two  years; 
Huntsville  Circuit,  two  years; 
Glasgow  Station,  two  years; 
Brunswick  Station,  two  years; 
Hannibal  Station,  two  years; 
Weston  District,  four  years; 
Weston  Station  and  High  School, 
one  year;  Agent  for  Central  Col- 
lege, two  years ;  Fayette  District, 
one  year;  Brunswick  District, 
three    years;     Glasgow    Station,  one  year. 

Early  in  life  he  was  married  to  Miss  Charlotte  Gist,  daughter  of  General  George 
W.  Gist,  of  Maryland.  She  died  in  1848  and  he  was  afterward  married  to  Mrs. 
Bayley,  of  Bi-unswick,  Missouri. 

He  was  a  man  of  high  social  qualities,  communicative,  entertaining  and  instruc- 
tive. He  was  likewise  a  man  of  rare  force  of  character,  intellectual  power,  and  purity 
of  heart.  On  the  Conference  floor  and  in  the  deliberations  of  the  body  he  was  a 
leading  spirit.  To  all  the  great  interests  of  the  church  he  was  keenly  alive,  entertain- 
ing broad  ideas  of  her  work  and  enlarged  views  of  the  plans  and  means  of  her  suc- 
cess. The  esteem  in  which  he  was  held  by  his  brethren  is  shown  by  his  election,  in 
the  absence  of  the  Bishop,  to  preside  over  the  Conference  of  1861.  He  was  a  strong 
advocate  of  Christian  Education.  While  on  the  Weston  District  he  established  a 
High  School  at  Weston  and  another  at  Plattsburg.  He  planned  and  pleaded  for  a 
system  of  schools  co-extensive  with  the  State.  His  plan  embraced  one  College  to 
become  in  time,  as  our  resources  developed,  a  university,  and  a  secondary  school  for 
each  Presiding  Elder's  District  to  be  a  feeder  for  the  great  Central  College,  but 
he  saw  the  passing  away  of  his  own  secondary  schools.  Two  years  of  his  life  were 
spent  in  raising  an  endowment  for  Central  College  at  Fayette,  Missouri.  His  work 
for  Central  College  is  for  all  time. 

In  the  pulpit  he  had  scarcely  an  equal,  and  no  superior,  in  the  State.  As  a 
preacher  he  was  earnest,  his  doctrine  was  sound,  his  illustrations  striking,  his  argu- 
ments strong  and  convincing.  His  power  over  an  audience  was  marvelous  and  often 
the  slain   of  the  Lord  were  many. 

At  Glasgow,  Missouri,  October  18,  1864,  at  the  zenith  of  his  power  he  was  mor- 
tally wounded  by  a  shell  from  a  Confederate  battery.  Four  days  later  he  uttered 
his  final  words  of  victory  on  earth:  "O !  what  am  I  gaining,  gaining,  gaining,"  and 
fell  on  asleep.     He  is  buried  at  Brunswick,  Missouri. 

One  of  his  sons,  Hon.  R.  B.  Caples,  a  lawyer  of  ability  and  integrity,  lives  in 
Glasgow,    Missouri. 


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CENTENNIAL    VOLUME    OF    MISSOURI    METHODISM. 


REV.  SAMUEL  H.  C.  BURGIN. 


Go,    speed    the    stars    of    Thought    on    to    their    shining    goals.- 
Etnerson. 


Rev.  Samuel  H.  C.  Burgin,  son  of  Henry  S.  Burgin,  was  born  September  7th, 
1871,  at  Lorraine,  Harrison  County,  Missouri.  Both  parents  were  members  of  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  South.  He  was  converted  January  10th,  1882,  at  Lor- 
raine, Missouri,  under  the  ministi-y  of  Rev.  S.  S.  Hardin,  and  joined  the  church  at 
the  same  time,  when  only  six  years  old.  His  conversion  was  very  clear  and  satisfac- 
tory. He  was  licensed  to  preach  iMay  28,  1897,  by  the  Kansas  City  District,  South- 
west Missouri  Conference;  Rev.  C.  M.  Hawkins,  D.  D.,  preacher  in  charge,  and  Rev. 
W.  T.  McClure,  Presiding  Elder.  The  Central  Church,  Kansas  City,  Quarterly  Con- 
ference recommended  him  to  the  Kansas  City  District  Conference  by  which  lie  was 
recommended  to  the  Southwest  Missouri  Annual  Conference,  May  2Sth,  1897;  and  he 
was  received  into  the  Annual  Conference  on  trial  in  1897;  Rev.  W.  T.  McClure,  Pre- 
siding Elder,  and  Bishop  O.  P.  Fitzgerald,  presiding.  He  was  ordained  Deacon  by 
Bishop  John  C.  Granbery,  September  24th,  1899,  at  Neosho,  Missouri;  ordained  Elder 
by  Bishop  E.  R.  Hendrix,  September  18th,  1904,  at  Springfield,  Missouri.  Appomt- 
ments  filled  are:  Kansas  City,  Campbell  St.  and  Garland  Avenue,  one  year;  Camp- 
bell Street,  Kansas  City,  Missouri,  two  years;  Butte,  Montana,  St.  Paul  Church,  two 
years;  Windsor,  Missouri,  two  years;  Fayette,  Missouri,  Centenary  Chapel,  now  serv- 
ing his  third  year.  During  his  ministry  eight  hundred  and  forty  members  have  been 
added  to  the  church.  His  education  was  obtained  at  Woodland  College  at  Independence, 
Missouri,  and  at  Central  College  at  Fayette,  Missouri.  He  was  married  to  Miss 
Lora  E.  Miller,  October  18th,  1899,  and  has  one  child,  Herschel  Steele  Burgin.  When 
engaged  in  business  in  Kansas  City,  Missouri,  he  was  called  from  above  to  preach 
the  Gospel,  but  hesitated  for  more  than  three  years  before  making  the  decision  that 
placed  him  in  the  ministry;  this  he  considers  the  most  important  crisis  in  his  life. 
Shakespeare's  works.  Pilgrim's  Progress,  and  Imitation  of  Christ  are  some  of  the 
books  which  have  helped  him  most.  In  his  estimation  the  importance  of  the  Christian 
College  cannot  be  over-estimated.  Brother  Burgin  is  a  Christian  gentleman,  a  good 
pastor,  and  a  fine  preacher. 


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109 


MR.  ARTHUR  FERDINAND  DAVIS. 


As  from  the  darkening  gloom  a  silver  dove 
Upsoars,  and  darts  into  the  eastern  light, 
On  pinions  that  nought  moves  but  pure  delight, 
So  fled  thy  soul  into  the  realms  above. — Keats. 


By  Prof.  Wm.  A.  Webb,  A.  M. 

Arthur  Ferdinand  Davis 
was  born  in  Ralls  County, 
Missouri,  March  29,  1842,  and 
died  in  Fayette,  Missouri, 
January  4,  1907.  He  grew 
to  manhood  among  the  whole- 
some influences  of  a  Christ- 
ian home;  his  parents,  Tem- 
ple Harold  Davis  and  Frances 
Hendren,  being  members  of 
the  Methodist  Episcopal 
Church,  South.  Entering 
Central  College  in  18.58,  ho 
applied  himself  diligently 
and  successfully  to  his  studies 
and  became  a  leader  among 
his  companions  in  all  things 
that  pertained  to  the  literary 
and  social  advancement  of  the 
student  body.  It  was  during 
this  period  that  in  company 
with  his  classmate  and  future 
brother-in-law,  Eugene  R. 
Hendrix,  he  united  with  the 
church. 

At  the  close  of  the  second 
year  he  was  compelled  to 
leave  college  on  account  of 
ill  health,  and  entered  upon 
the  active  business  career 
which  he  followed  until  his 
death.  In  1869,  he  was  mar- 
ried to  Miss  Sallie  Cockran. 
She  died,  however,  within  a 
year,  and  in  order  to  shake 
off  the  gloom  of  this  bereave- 
ment and  to  gratify  his  ta.ste 
for  study  and  travel  he  spent 
the  next  year  in  an  exten- 
sive tour  around  the  world. 
Prom  this  trip  he  brought 
back  not  only  a  portfolio  filled 
with  reproductions  of  tiic 
most  famous  pictures  of  che 
ol -'-world  galleries,  but  a 
mind  stored  with  charming- 
reminiscences  and  delightful 
memories.  Fortunate  indeed 
was  the  guest  or  friend  who 
was  permitted  to  enjoy  an  evening  of  conversation  in  his  company. 

He  was  married  on  June  22nd,  1875,  to  Miss  Mary  Belle  Hendrix,  of  Fayette, 
Missouri.  The  following  year  he  removed  to  Fayette,  and  from  that  time  on  his 
life  was  intimately  identified  with  the  intellectual,  social,  and  religious  life  of  this 
community.  To  this  union  were  born  two  children,  Arthur  Forman  and  Murray 
Hendrix.  The  death  of  his  son  .Arthur  at  the  age  of  five  years  profoun;lly  aff'ected 
his  life  by  deepening  and  intensifying  his  religious  nature.  As  a  memorial  of  this 
son  he  established  in  Central  College  a  few  years  later  "The  Arthur  Davis  Loan 
Fund"  of  $5,000.00  to  be  used  in  helping  worthy  young  men  of  limited  means  in 
securing  a  college  education.  This  benefaction  was  of  a  piece  with  many  noble 
contributions  both  of  time  and  money  to  the  College  of  which  he  was  Curator  and 
Treasurer  for  almost  a  quarter  of  a  century. 


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MISSOURI    CONFERENCE— FAYETTE    DISTRICT. 


Ill 


REV.  CHARLES  McTYEIRE   BISHOP,  D.  D. 


Mist    may   rest   upon    the    surrounding    landscape,    but   our    own 
Path  is  visible  from  hour  to  hour,  from  day  to  day. 

—  William  E.   Gladstone. 


By  Rev.  George  M.  Gibson,  A.  M. 

On  Februaiy  2nd,  1862,  in 
Ash  County,  North  Carolina, 
there  was  born  to  the  Rev.  E. 
W.  S.  Bishop  and  his  wife,  Julia, 
their  first  son,  whom  they  named 
Charles  McTyeire.  The  father 
was  a  highly  cultivated  and  most 
useful  man,  for  thirty-five 
years  a  member  of  Holston  Con- 
ference, Methodist  Episcopal 
Church,  South.  The  grand- 
father was  also  a  Methodist 
preacher,  teacher  and  college 
president.  Thus  the  subject  of 
this  sketch  began  life  with  "a 
goodly  heritage." 

Converted  in  early  childhood, 
he  joined  the  Church  in  1873, 
under  the  ministry  of  Dr.  D.  W. 
Carter,  now  of  Mexico. 

In  1884  he  graduated  from 
Emory  and  Henry  College,  in 
which  institution  he  was  adjunct 
professor  of  Latin  and  Greek 
during  1886-1887.  In  1887  he 
joined  Holston  Conference  and 
was  sent  to  Ashville,  North 
Carolina,  where  he  remained 
two  years.  On  June  3rd,  1889, 
he  was  married  to  Miss  Phoebe 
Eleanor  Jones  of  Ashville,  a 
woman  whose  culture  and  beau- 
tiful character  pre-eminently 
fitted  her  for  being  the  help- 
meet of  such  a  man  as  Bishop. 

In  1889  he  was  transferred  to 
the  Southwest  Missouri  Confer- 
ence   and    stationed    at    Melrose 

Church,  Kansas  City,  where  he  remained  four  years.  From  here  he  went  to  Lexing- 
ton for  two  years;  Brooklyn  avenue,  Kansas  City,  one  year;  Melrose  again,  for  two 
years;  Nevada,  three  years.  In  1901  he  was  transferred  to  the  Missouri  Conference 
and  stationed  at  Francis  Street  Church,  St.  Joseph,  where  he  remained  four  years. 
From  St.  Joseph  he  went  to  Columbia,  where  he  is  still  pastor. 

While  in  St.  Joseph  Dr.  Bishop  visited  the  principal  cities  of  the  Eastern  States, 
studying  modern  church  buildings,  and  as  a  result  suggested  to  the  architect  all  the 
main  features  of  the  splendid  new  Francis  Street  Church,  St.  Joseph,  Missouri.  In 
the  summer  of  1900  he  traveled  in  Europe. 

The  honors  that  have  been  conferred  on  Dr.  Bishop  by  his  Church  indicate  the 
strength  of  the  man  as  well  as  the  esteem  of  his  brethren.  The  honorary  degree  of 
D.D.  was  conferred  by  Central  College  in  1899;  he  was  a  member  of  the  Inter-church 
Conference  on  Federation,  New  York,  in  1905 ;  member  of  the  General  Conference  in 
1906,  by  which  body  he  was  made  a  member  of  the  General  Board  of  Missions,  and 
also  a  member  of  the  Commission  on  Unification  of  Women's  Missionary  Societies; 
he  has  been  president  of  the  Preachers'  Institute  of  the  Missouri  and  Southwest  Mis- 
souri Conference  from  its  beginning;  has  been  lecturer  on  the  Poetical  Books  of  the 
Bible  at  the  Scarritt  Bible  and  Training  School,  at  the  Missionary  Training  Institute 
of  Nashville,  Tennessee,  and  at  the  Summer  School  of  Theology  at  the  Southwestern 
University  of  Texas.  He  is  at  present  writer  of  the  "Senior''  and  "Intermediate  Quar- 
terlies" of  the  Sunday  School  literature  of  our  Church. 

Dr.  Bishop  is  a  man  of  scholarly  attainments,  with  splendidly  disciplined  mind. 
On  the  platform  and  in  the  pulpit  he  is  a  man  of  superior  effectiveness.  His  preaching 
is  characterized  by  spiritual  insight,  incissive  utterance,  luminous  presentation  of 
truth,  and  over  it  all  there  is  the  glow  of  a  refined  imagination  which  charms  while 
it  impresses. 


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CENTENNIAL    VOLUME    OF    MISSOURI    METHODISM. 


REV.  WILLIAM  HENRY  LEWIS,  D.D. 


The  distinction   of  the  patli  of  the  just   is  that   iiioie  and  more 
Light  shines  upon  it. — Dr.  Joseph  Parker. 


By  Rev.  A.  B.  Culbertson,  A.M. 

Rev.  William  Henry  Lewis, 
now  one  of  our  oldest  and  hon- 
ored superannuates,  i.s  in  his 
ninety-third  year,  having  been 
born  in  the  state  of  Virginia, 
idarch,  1815.  Pious  parentage 
was  his  inheritance.  His  father 
and  mother  knew  their  sins  for- 
given. For  more  than  three- 
quarters  of  a  century  the  son 
has  been  able  to  say,  "I  know 
Lhat  my  Redeemer  liveth."  His 
conviction  for  sin  was  pungent, 
his  conversion  clear,  and  his 
soul  was  made  unspeakably 
happy.  He  believes  in  full  and 
complete  salvation,  and  has  en- 
joyed it  at  times  through  his 
long  Christian  life.  During  the 
war  his  license  and  ordination 
papers  were  destroyed,  hence 
data  concerning  them  has  not 
been  furnished.  His  appoint- 
ments, beginning  with  the  fall 
of  1843,  have  been  Keytsville, 
one  year;  Jefferson  City,  two 
years.  During  these  years  at 
Jefferson  City  a  revival  of 
marked  power  was  held.  The 
entire  city  and  surrounding 
country  came  under  its  influence 
and  felt  its  power.  Three  hun- 
dred and  fifty  persons  profes.sed 
faith  in  Christ,  among  the  num- 
ber were  iwenty-one  members 
of  the  Missouri  Legislature.  A 
prominent  business  man,  after 
his  conversion  in  this  meeting, 
rolled  out  and  emptied  into  the  streets  seven  barrels  of  whisky  and  brandy,  exclaiming, 
as  he  did  so,  "I  am  done  with  this  traffic."  He  has  held  many  other  meetings  of  great 
power  on  his  own  charges  and  assisting  his  brethren  of  the  ministry.  From  Jefferson 
City  he  went  to  St.  Louis  for  four  years;  Boonville,  two  years;  Independence,  two 
years;  taught  there  twelve  years;  was  in  charge  of  Howard-Payne  College  during  the 
Civil  War,  afterwards  teaching  at  Weston  and  other  places.  After  going  back  into 
the  regular  ministry  he  was  at  Plattsburg,  one  year;  Richmond,  two  years;  Carroll- 
ton,  three  years;  Mexico,  two  years;  Columbia,  three  years;  Louisiana,  one  year; 
Montgomery  City,  four  years,  where  he  had  most  marked  success;  then  at  St.  Charles, 
four  years  (he  had  served  this  charge  two  years  once  before)  ;  O'Fallon  and  Wentz- 
ville,  three  years.  By  this  time  the  shadows  were  lengthening  so  that  he  deemed  it  his 
duty  to  seek  a  superannuated  relation  to  his  conference.  A  parsonage  was  built  dur- 
ing this,  his  last  appointment.  His  education,  received  at  Randolph-Macon  College, 
helped  to  lay  the  foundation  for  this  long  and  useful  career.  Thrice  he  has  suffered 
the  loss  of  his  bosom  companion.  His  first  wife  was  Miss  Christian  Byrd,  to  whom 
he  was  married,  June  29th.  18.36.  The  names  of  the  children  of  this  wife  are:  Henry 
B.,  Lucy  B.,  C.  T.,  A.  B.,  W.  H.,  L.  H.,  L.  B.,  M.  E.,  Sallie  and  I.  B.  He  was  married 
the  second  time  to  Miss  Annie  E.  Worthington,  April  18th,  1869.  E.  H.  and  Everett 
are  his  children  by  this  wife.  On  the  9th  of  November.  1881,  he  was  married  to  Mrs. 
Susan  Savage.  Let  this  sketch  close  with  the  words  ofone  who  has  had  such  a  wide 
and  useful  career.  To  the  thoughtful  they  will  mean  much.  "The  Bible  neglected  or 
ignored  by  either  church  or  state,  is  a  menace  to  the  interests  and  safety  of  the 
people,  and  I  would  leave  a  parting  word  of  counsel  to  our  Methodism  of  Missouri. 
Maintain  and  strengthen  the  Christian  College,  where  the  word  of  God  is  taught  and 
reverenced." 


MISSOURI    CONFERENCE— FAYETTE    DISTRICT. 


113 


REV.  WILLIAM   FRANKLIN   BELL. 


To  be  pure  in  heart  is  the  true  glory  of  intelligent  life. — Bishop 
Marvin. 


By  Rev.  A.  B.  Culbertson,  A.M. 


Rev.  William  Franklin  Bell, 
the  son  of  .John  W.  and  Eliza- 
beth C.  Bell,  who  were  both 
members  of  the  Methodist  Epis- 
copal Church,  South,  was  born 
February  16th,  I80I,  in  Old 
Franklin,  Howard  County.  He 
was  converted  at  a  camp  meet- 
ing held  near  Old  Bloomington 
by  Rev.  Reuben  Aldridfie  and 
Rev.  Jesse  Green.  From  a  child 
he  felt  a  call  to  the  holy  minis- 
try, and  fifty  years  of  faiihful 
response  to  that  call  has  been 
the  joy  of  his  life.  The  Bloim- 
ington  Quarterly  Conference  li- 
censed him  to  preach  in  1850, 
and  recommended  him  to  the 
Missouri  Annual  Conference  for 
admission  on  trial,  September, 
1851,  and  during  the  same 
month  by  the  Annual  Conference 
in  session  at  Fayette,  with  Wil- 
liam Capers  as  Bishop,  he  was 
admitted.  He  received  his  Dea- 
con's orders  in  1853,  and  Elder's 
orders  in  1855. 

He  has  served  the  following 
charges:  Fulton  Circuit,  Mary- 
ville  Circuit,  Oregon  Circuit, 
Chillicothe  Circuit,  Carrollton 
Circuit,  Athens  Circuit,  Savan- 
nah Circuit,  Lancaster  Circuit, 
New  Franklin  Circuit,  Columbia 
Circuit,  Bucklin  Circuit,  Paris 
Circuit,  Fayette  Circuit,  Sharps- 
burg  Circuit,  Paris  Circuit,  Shel- 
bina  Circuit,  Bloomington  Cir- 
cuit, Kirksville  Circuit,  Sue  City  Circuit,  New  Florence  Circuit,  Roanoak,  New  Frank- 
lin, St.  Charles  District,  Keytsville  and  Salisbury  Circuit,  Fayette,  Paris,  Franklin 
and  Higbee  Stations.  Two  good  church  houses  were  built  under  his  pastorates.  He 
has  been  married  twice.  First,  August  2nd,  1854,  to  Miss  Martha  L.  Kenyon.  Second, 
to  Miss  Sarah  D.  Ridgeway.  The  names  of  his  children  are:  John  B.,  Anna  Belle 
Stapleton,  William  Caples,  Marvin  Payne  and  Ada. 

He  has  been  in  the  conference  the  longest  of  any  living  member  except  Rev.  W. 
H.  Lewis,  D.D.  This  long  ministry  has  been  richly  blessed  both  in  the  salvation  of 
the  unsaved  and  building  u-p  -of  the  believers.  Probably  as  many  as  fifteen  hundred 
souls  have  professed  faith  in  Christ  under  his  preaching.  He  knows  the  Methodist 
doctrines,  believes  in  them  with  all  his  soul,  and  preaches  them  with  clearness  and 
power.  His  wise  and  conse'-vative  counsel  is  highly  nrized  and  sought  by  his  brethren. 
Hear  his  word  on  the  Christian  College:  "It  is  all  important  to  church  and  state, 
if  we  desire  them  to  carry  out  the  mission  God  ordained  them  to  accomplish  in  the' 
salvation   of  the  world." 


114  CENTENNIAL    VOLUME    Of    MISSOURI    METHODISM. 


REV.  HIRAM  D.  GROVES,  D.D. 


MISSOURI    CONFERENCE— FAYETTE    DISTRICT.  115 


NOT  DEAD-NOT  LOST    NOT  FAR. 


The  following  was  written  by  T.  Berry  Smith  in  memory 

of  the   late   Dr.    Hiram   D.   Groves,   President   of 

Howard-Payne  College,  in   Fayette. 

Not  dead! 

No!  no!  not  dead,  just  laid  away  from  sight 

To  slumber  undisturbed  through  one  long  night 

Instead  of  many  brief  ones  such  as  fall 

In  swift  recurrence  o'er  us  one  and  all. 

If  thou  ai-t  glad  to  lay  thy  weary  head 

Upon  the  pillow  of  thy  nightly  bed, 

And  lose  thyself  in  slumber,  wherefore  weep 

When  loved  ones  rest  in  nature's  dreamless  sleep? 

Since  now  we  wake  when  night  has  passed  away 

In  the  old  likeness  of  the  former  day, 

May  we  not  hope  to  see  them  face  to  face 

Who  in  the  churchyard  have  their  I'esting  place? 

Believe  the  Master,  o'er  and  o'er  He  said — 

"Why  weepest  thou?     Only  asleep — 

Not  dead — not  dead!" 

Not  lost! 

No!  no!  not  lost,  just  parted  for  a  day 
While  we  make  journej'  on  the  homeward  way. 
When  shades  of  evening  fall  and  with  desire 
We  seek  our  own  at  every  friendly  fire 
And  find  them  not,  then  'neath  night's  diadem 
Turning  our  faces  toward  Jerusalem 
And  thither  coming,  by  and  by  we'll  find 
The  ones  whom  yesterday  we  left  behind — 
Not  on  the  streets  by  passing  scenes  beguiled 
Where  Mary,  mourning,  sought  her  missing  child, 
But  in  the  Father's  house  and  His  employ 
Where  Mary  found  at  last  her  precious  boy. 
There  in  the  midst  of  God's  sanhedral  host 
We'll  hear:     "Why  sought  ye  me?    I  was 
Not  lost— not  lost!" 

Not  far! 

No!  no!  not  far,  just  hidden  from  our  eyes 
Which  wide  would  open  with  a  glad  surprise 
Could  we  but  for  one  moment  have  the  power 
Elisha's  servant  had  on  Dothan's  tower, 
To  see  how  near  us  are  the  hosts  unseen 
Guarding  our  lives,  whose  bucklers  held  between 
Serve  day  and  night  to  foil  the  quivering  daits 
A  wanton  world  flings  at  our  aching  hearts. 
Our  eyes  are  holden  and  we  cannot  see 
How  near  our  loved  ones  in  the  shadows  be; 
Thro'  cloudless  days  and  days  without  a  star 
Close  by  our  sides  like  sentinels  they  stand 
Keeping  the  promise  of  the  last  command : 
"Lo!  I  am  with  you  always" — near — 

Not  far — not  far. 
Fayette,  Mo.  1906. 


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REV.    HENRY   ELBERT    STOUT,   A.M. 


Science  and  Faith  must  ever  be  united;  they  are  the  two  wings 
Whereby  alone  we  can  soar  to  the  knowledge  of  God. — Canon 
Farrar. 


Rev.  Henry  Elbert  Stout  was  born  in  Carroll  County,  Missouri,  near  Bosworth, 
November  12th,  1873.  His  father  was  a  member  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church, 
South,  and  his  mother  was  a  Scotch  Presbyterian,  but  for  a  number  of  years  she  had 
been  a  member  of  the  Methodist  Church,  and  died  in  that  faith.  He  was  converted 
when  about  twelve  years  old  in  Northern  Nebraska,  and  jointed  the  Church  in  June, 
1890,  under  the  ministry  of  Rev.  H.  L.  Davis.  His  was  a  conversion  in  childhood; 
having  had  a  mother  who  knew  God,  he  became  acquainted  with  Him  early  in  life,  and 
hence  the  transition  was  not  great.  From  a  child  he  felt  the  call  to  preach  the  un- 
searchable riches  of  Christ,  so  he  obeyed  and  found  the  "hidden  gold."  He  was  licensed 
to  preach  by  the  Fayette  District  Conference  in  the  spring  of  1898;  Dr.  T.  E.  Sharp, 
preacher  in  charge,  and  Rev.  J.  R.  A.  Vaughan,  Presiding  Elder.  He  was  recom- 
mended to  the  Annual  Conference  for  admission  on  trial  by  the  Macon  District  Con- 
ference held  at  Paris,  Missouri,  April  19th,  1901;  received  into  the  Annual  Conference 
on  trial  at  St.  Joseph.  Missouri,  in  1901;  Rev.  J.  A.  Mumpower,  Presiding  Elder,  and 
Bishop  Candler,  presiding.  Ordained  Deacon  by  Bishop  Galloway  at  Mexico,  Missouri, 
September  6th,  1903.  He  has  served  the  following  charges.  Clark  Circuit,  Mexico 
District,  1901-1902;  Centralia  Station,  1902-1908;  President  of  Howard-Payne  College, 
1906.  About  two  hundred  persons  have  been  received  into  the  Church  under  his 
ministry.  He  attended  High  School  in  Northern  NebraskT,  and  Central  College, 
Fayette,  Missouri,  from  which  he  was  graduated  in  1901.  He  was  married  to  Miss 
Genelle  Cunningham,  November  •5th,  1902,  and  they  have  one  boy,  Sidney  Elbert 
Stout.  He  thinks  the  time  when  God  spoke  to  him  through  His  spirit,  saying:  "Follow 
me,"  and  immediately  after  his  graduation  when  he  was  tempted  to  turn  his  back  upon 
his  chosen  life  work,  were  the  greatest  c-'ises  of  his  life,  but  with  God"s  help  victory 
was  his.  Besides  the  Bible,  he  has  been  greatly  helped  by  the  reading  of  McLaren's 
books,  "In  An  Upper  Room,"  Henry  Van  Dyke's  short  stories,  and  his  Gospel  for  a 
World  of  Sin,  and  the  biographies  of  our  great  men,  Luther,  Wesley,  Knox,  Carey,  etc. 


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REV.  MOSES  UPSHARD  PAYNE. 


For    Love   hath    no    measure   in    his    magnanimities. — Sir   Edwin 
Arnold. 


Rev.    Moses    Upshard    Payne 
was   born    in    Woodford    County, 
Kentuclvy,  near  Versaille.-;,  Octo- 
ber 2.5th,  1807,  and  died  at  his 
home,  near  Payne,  Iowa,  August 
9th,    1895.      In    his    boyhood    he 
was  intimately   acquainted   with 
Thomas    F.    Mar.shall   and   John 
J.     Crittenden,    natives    of    the 
same  neighborhood  and  boys  to- 
gether.   Mr.  Payne  early  learned 
the  trade  of  cotton  spinning,  and 
followed  the  occupation  for  some 
years   in  his  native   county  and 
later     at     Maysville,     Kentucky. 
He  spent  a  considei-able  part  of 
his  middle  life  in  New  Orleans, 
where,  by  industry  and  economy, 
he  became  a  prosperous  and  in- 
fluential   factor    in     the    cotton 
business   of  the    South.     In    the 
midst  of  his  New  Orleans  busi- 
ness  he   foresaw  the  Civil   War 
impending,  and  before  the  crisis 
came,  he  disposed  of  most  of  his 
property  there,  and   invested  in 
unimproved    land    in    the    great 
Northwest.        Mr.     Payne     was 
twice    married.     His   first   mar- 
riage   was    to     Miss    Mary    D. 
White.     t)f  this  marriage  three 
children  were  born.     One,  Jacob 
A.  Payne,  is  still  living.     In  Sep- 
tember, 1867,  he  was  marrrled  to 
Miss  Sarah  H.  Patton,  of  How- 
ard County,  Missouri.      Of  this 
marriage     two     children     were 
born,  both  living.     The  elder  is 
Sarah  Martha,  who  is  the  wife  of  Rev.  S.  P.  Cresap,  of  the  Missouri  Conference.     The 
other  is  Moses  Miller  Payne,  a  successful  farmer  and  business  man,  living  near  Payne, 
Iowa.     Mr.  Payne  was  considered  by  all  who  knew  him  as  an  extraordinary  man.     Of 
strong   personality,  large   mental   endowments,   great   capacity   for   work   and   splendid 
business    instinct,    he   was    at    the    same    time    a    man    of    invariable    integrity,    large- 
hearted    benevolence,    and    a    Christian    gentleman.      He    was    converted    at    seventeen 
and  joined  the  Methodist  Church.     At  twenty-one  he  was  licensed  to  preach.     He  had 
great   insight    into   the  truths   of   the   Bible.     He   was    practical,    sincere   and   earnest 
in  his  pi'eaching.     His  words  carried  peculiar  force  with  them,  because  back  of  them 
was  a  life  of  faith  and  consistent  living.     He  gave  without  stint  and  cheerfully,  when 
convinced  of  a  need.     He  listened  with  patience  and  interest  to  eveiy  appeal;  he  was 
anxious    to   know   needs;    he    sought    opportunities    where    he    could    place    his    money 
wisely.     He   aided    very   materially   in   laying   the   foundation   of   Methodism   all    over 
North   Missouri,    Southwest   Iowa,    Eastern    Nebraska    and   the   great   Northwest.      He 
purchased   Howard-Payne   College   and   gave   it   to   the   Missouri    Conference.     Central 
College  was  also  the  recipient  of  large  gifts.     He  gave  Paine  Institute  $25,000  and  a 
like   amount  to   the   Church    Extension    Board.     He   sympathized   with   all    bodies    and 
parties  having  as  their  definite  purpose  the  destruction  and  prohibition  of  the  liquor 
traffic.     He  frequently  contributed  to  their  funds.     All   in  all,  Moses  U.  Payne's  long 
life   was   eminently   useful   and   certainly   successful.      Drawing   near   the    end   of   this 
life's  scenes  there  was  perfect  composure  and  beautiful  peace.     No  clouds  begloomed; 
no  remorse  disturbed.     The  close  was  like  the  setting  of  the  sun.     He  left  the  darkness 
here;  the  light  of  the  Eternal   Morning  was  upon  his  face;   gladly  he  went  out  with 
his  Pilot  into  the  unending  day. 


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REV.  BENJAMIN  FRANKLIN  JOHNSON,  M.  D. 


To  that  Jerusalem  above  with  singing  I  repair. — Charles  Wesley. 


By  Rev.  John  Anderson,  D.D. 

Rev.  Benjamin  Franklin  John- 
son, M.D.,  son  of  William  and 
Nancy  Johnson,  was  born  in 
Norfolk,  Virginia,  February 
14th,  1822.  At  the  age  of  eight 
years  he  came  with  his  family 
to  Missouri.  When  he  was  fif- 
teen he  made  a  profession  of  re- 
ligion, and  was  an  earnest,  ex- 
emplary Christian  and  exerted  a 
wide  influence  for  good  during 
his  early  manhood.  He  attend- 
ed the  Academy  at  Danville, 
Missouri,  and  was  graduated 
from  the  Missouri  Medical  Col- 
lege, St.  Louis,  in  1848.  Dr. 
Johnson  felt  the  call  to  preach 
the  gospel,  but  shrank  from  the 
great  work,  feeling  he  was  not 
equal  to  it,  and  that  he  might 
be  useful  and  happy  and  do 
great  good  in  the  practice  of 
medicine.  He  realized  in  later 
life  that  he  had  erred  and  that 
he  should  have  responded  to  the 
call  to  preach  instead  of  study- 
ing medicine. 

In  May,  1847,  he  and  Miss 
Catherine  Wheeler  were  married 
at  Danville,  Missouri.  -  During 
the  six  years  following  he  at- 
tained to  a  large  and  remunera- 
tive practice,  and  no  man  ever 
had  fairer  prospects  for  distinc- 
tion in  his  profession,  and  the 
accumulation  of  wealth  than  Dr. 
Johnson  gave  up  when,  in  Feb- 
ruary, 1854,  he  applied  for  li- 
cense to  preach  at  the  Quarterly  Conference  of  Warrenton  Circuit,  at  Marthasville, 
Rev.  E.  M.  Marvin,  Presiding  Elder.  He  was  admitted  on  trial  into  the  Missouri 
Conference  in  18.55.  His  ministry  was  disting-uished  by  its  simplicity  and  earnest- 
ness, and  he  was  successful  in  winning  many  to  the  Christian  life.  He  made  no 
pretension  to  learned  or  ornate  sermonizing,  nor  did  he  boast  of  what  he  had  given 
up  to  preach  the  gospel,  but  as  a  wise  masterbuilder  he  labored  diligently  to  establish 
the  Kingdom  of  his  Lord.  His  strong  common  sense  and  sound  business  methods 
enabled  him  to  render  a  notable  service  to  the  Church  in  getting  the  colleges  under 
way  just  after  the  war.  He  was  the  chief  instrument  in  raising  the  money,  $1,500 
(a  large  sum  for  that  time),  to  put  what  is  now  the  old  academy  building,  occupied 
by  Federal  troops  during  the  war,  in  repair  so  that  school  might  begin  in  1866.  And 
later,  when  Howard  College  had  been  sold  and  was  entirely  out  of  the  hands  of 
the  Church,  a  debt  which  was  upon  the  property  at  the  beginning  of  the  war  being 
the  cause  of  the  alienation  of  this  valuable  property  from  the  church;  Dr.  Johnson 
went  to  Rev.  M.  U.  Payne,  of  Rocheport,  and  presented  the  matter  to  him,  and 
returned,  after  the  two  had  considered  its  importance  together  and  prayed  during  the 
night  for  guidance,  with  Brother  Payne's  check  for  about  $9,000,  the  amount  required 
to  satisfy  the  claims  of  those  who  then  held  title  to  the  property. 

He  was  a  member  of  the  Board  of  Curators  of  Howai-d  Payne  College  for  about 
twenty  years,  and  was  the  chairman  of  the  Board  for  several  years  of  that  time,  and 
served  also  as  financial  agent  for  both  Howard-Pajme  and  Central  Colleges.  In  1890  he 
was  granted  the  superannuated  relation  at  his  own  request,  and  September  14th,  1894, 
he  entered  into  rest,  passing  away  at  his  beautiful  home  at  Fayette. 

•John  Anderson. 


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CENTENNIAL    VOLUME    OF    MISSOURI    METHODISM. 


REV.  EZRA  BRECKENRIDGE  CROOKS,  A.  M. 
MRS.  MARY  E.  GROVES  CROOKS,  A.M. 


But  all  that  is,  and  ha:^  been,  and  shall  be,  is  just  completing 
Our  character,  adding-  finishing  touches  to  our  symmetry. — Dr. 
F.  B.  Meyer.  

The  above  came  of  Methodist  stock  of  several  generations  standing  and  were  both 
born  in  the  homes  of  Methodist  itinerants. 

Ezra  B.  Crooks  entered  life  in  Hickman  County,  Kentucky,  October  6th,  1874.  At 
thirteen  he  was  converted  in  an  old-fashioned  camp  meeting  and  entered  our  Church 
in  Waverly,  Illinois.  In  1894  he  entered  Central  Academy,  and  in  1899  Central  College 
honored  him  with  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Arts.  He  was  licensed  to  preach  by  the 
Rushville  District  Conference,  June  17th,  1897,  Rev.  0.  T.  Rogers  being  his  pastor, 
and  his  father  Presiding  Elder  of  the  district.  He  was  admitted  on  trial  the  following 
fall  into  the  Illinois  Annual  Conference.  He  was  ordained  Deacon  by  Bishop  Oscar  P. 
Fitzgerald,  in  1899,  and  entered  the  Theological  Department  of  Vanderbilt  University. 
He  was  graduated  as  Master  of  Arts  from  that  University  in  1901;  was  transferred  to 
the  St.  Louis  Conference  and  appointed  to  the  Manchester  and  Fenton  Circuit.  Before 
the  succeeding  Annual  Conference  he  was  accepted  by  the  Board  of  Foreign  Missions 
and  appointed  to  work  in  Granbery  College,  Juiz  de  Fora,  Brazil.  After  eight  months' 
study  of  the  language,  he  was  admitted  into  full  connection  in  the  Brazil  Mission 
Conference  and  ordained  Elder  by  Bishop  Alpheus  W.  Wilson,  and  appointed  pastor 
of  the  Piracicaba  and  the  Capivary  Circuits;  next  year  he  was  made  Presiding  Elder 
of  the  Sao  Paulo  District,  which  he  served  for  two  years,  until  his  return  to  America, 
in  September,  1906. 

Mary  E.  G.  Crooks,  daughter  of  Rev.  Hiram  D.  Groves  and  Mrs.  Anna  Bratton 
Groves,  was  born  September  26th,  1876.  Hers  was  a  jovous  and  protected  girlhood, 
passed  principally  within  the  precincts  of  Howard-Payne  College.  By  this  noble  insti- 
tution she  was  repeatedly  honored,  being  graduated  from  the  School  of  Art  in  1895; 
from  the  School  of  Vocal  Music  in  1897;  and  given  the  degree  of  Mistress  of  Arts  in 
1900.  She  joined  the  Church  when  five  years  of  age.  September  10th,  1902,  she 
accepted  the  life  and  work  of  Rev.  E.  B.  Crooks  and  went  as  a  Missionary  to  Brazil. 
She  was  greatly  beloved  in  the  Mission  and  especially  so  by  the  Brazilian  converts. 
If  her  heart  ever  grew  faint  with  longing  for  home  and  native  land,  this  was  never 
expressed  either  by  word  or  look  to  her  husband.  The  hardships  and  loneliness  of  the 
little  home  were  all  hers,  yet  others  knew  not  of  her  burdens.  On  May  5th,  1906,  she 
quietly  left  this  life  after  a  few  hours  of  illness,  during  which  there  was  no  return 
to  consciousness  and  no  farewells  said.  She  left  a  little  girl  and  a  baby  boy  to  the 
bewildered  care  of  their  father,  and  now  her  body  sleeps  in  the  Protestant  burying 
ground  in  Sao  Paulo,  Brazil. 


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REV.  WILLIAM  A.  DAVIS,  A.B. 


Obedience  brings  light,  and  the  light  of  God  discloses  new  spheres 
Of  obedience. — Dr.  O.  E.  Brown. 


Rev.  William  A.  Davis  was  born  July  8th,  1865,  in  Warren  County,  Missouri. 
His  parents,  James  Bryan  Davis,  and  Permelia  Davis,  were  both  members  of  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  South.  His  mother  is  still  living.  He  was  converted 
in  1881,  at  his  home  near  Boles,  Franklin  County,  Missouri,  under  the  ministry  of 
Rev.  A.  T.  Tidwell,  and  joined  the  Church  at  Fayette,  Missouri,  under  the  ministry 
of  Rev.  Wm.  Penn,  October  12th,  1881.  He  had  been  a  penitent  for  about  a  month, 
but  cannot  tell  when  the  precious  peace  crept  into  his  heart.  One  day  he  found  him- 
self trusting  and  enjoying  great  peace.  He  had  a  clear  call  to  the  ministry  soon  after 
his  conversion,  which  he  resisted  until  he  was  in  an  entirely  backslidden  state.  He 
was  brought  to  a  sense  of  his  condition  while  listening  to  Brother  J.  H.  Ledbetter 
preach.  He  sought  again  the  favor  of  the  Lord  and  found  it.  He  had  meditated 
much  on  the  subject  of  perfect  love  and  gi'oaned  after  that  blessing.  On  his  way  to 
his  next  Circuit,  as  he  rode  along  through  the  woods  in  Livingston  County,  he  received 
in  answer  to  a  prayer  of  faith  the  power  to  love  Him  with  the  whole  heart,  and  his 
neighbor  as  himself.  He  rejoiced  evermore  in  this  fulness  of  love.  He  was  licensed  to 
preach  by  the  Fayette  Quarterly  Conference  October  20th,  1884;  the  same  Quarterly 
Conference  recommended  him  to  the  Annual  Conference  for  admission  on  trial  August 
4th,  1886,  and  he  was  received  on  trial  that  same  year;  Rev.  J.  H.  Ledbetter,  Presiding 
Elder,  and  Bishop  H.  N.  MeTyeire  presiding.  He  was  ordained  Deacon  by  Bishop  E.  R. 
Hendrix,  September  9th,  1888.  He  served  Renick  Circuit,  Prairie  Hill  Circuit,  Jameson 
Circuit,  Albany  Circuit,  and  is  now  Missionary  to  Japan.  Under  his  pastorates  one 
church  was  begun,  one  finished  and  one  built.  He  attended  the  public  schools  and 
Central  College,  Favette,  Missouri,  from  which  institution  he  was  graduated.  He  was 
married  to  Miss  Ada  Steva  Fovster,  March  6th,  1889. 


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REV.  EDWARD  LEE  RUTLEDGE. 


Ours  is  the  humble,  modest,  detailed  action  of  trying  to  convert 
Sons,    daughters,    neighbors,    and    friends. — Dr.    Joseph    Parker. 

B.  Anderson,  D.D. 

"The  arrows  come  so 
thick,"  said  a  Greek  to 
Leonidas  at  Thermopo- 
lye,  "that  they  darken 
the  sun."  "Then  we 
shall  fight  in  the 
shade."  Here  is  a  man 
armored;  he  fights  as 
courageously  in  the 
shade  as  in  the  sun- 
light. Superior  numbers 
and  splendid  equip- 
ment have  no  power 
over  him.  Give  him  a 
place  to  stand,  an  op- 
portunity to  pray,  men 
to  whom  he  can  preach, 
and  the  slain  will  be 
many.  "He  knows 
whom  he  has  believed," 
and  knows  that  the 
word  he  preaches  "shall 
not  return  unto  Him 
void." 

First — Physically,  he 
is  in  perfect  health; 
has  a  closely  knitted 
frame,  with  bone  and 
muscle  perfect.  The 
contour  of  his  face  in- 
dicates purpose,  kindli- 
n  e  s  s  ,  forcefulness. 
What  he  plans,  he  exe- 
cutes; and  whether  he 
succeeds  or  fails,  there 
is  neither  boastfulness, 
nor  ruefulness.  H  e 
never  cries  over  spilt 
milk.  He  does  his  be.st, 
and  no  man  can  do 
more. 

Second — Mentally,  he 
thinks  on  straight  lines. 
The  millennium,  the 
"immediate  coming  of 
our  Lord,"  the  gift  of  healing,  etc.,  find  no  place  in  his  theology.  He  believes  that  there 
shall  be  a  "reign  of  righteousness,"  but  does  not  give  us  the  day  it  will  begin.  He  be- 
lieves in  the  Advent,  but  the  "day  and  hour"  he  knows  not.  As  to  healing,  the  Lord 
can  do  it,  but  when  and  how,  he  will  not  say.  He  dwells  upon  central  truths — convic- 
tions, repentance,  faith,  new  birth,  witness  of  the  spirit  and  the  glorious  experience  of 
"perfect  love." 

Third — As  a  pulpiteer,  he  gains  steadily;  and  those  who  hear  him  are  more  and 
more  convinced  that   he  is  endowed   with   utterance.     He  gives  no 
The  trembling  "if"  or  "perhaps,"  or  "maybe  so,"  find  no  place  in 
dogmatic,  or  rather  doctrinal. 

Fourth — His  educational  advantages  have  been  fair;  not  a 
training  had  was  thorough.  After  all  the  Universities  can  only  give  the  student  an 
opportunity;  everything  depends  upon  him  whether  he  will  make  it  of  sei-vice.  Any 
pastor  can  turn  his  study  into  a  university;  five  hours  daily  with  the  best  authors,  and 
an  hour  with  Greek  or  Latin,  will  make  him  a  scholar  of  no  small  ability.  There  are 
twelve  hours  in  a  day;  seven  are  enough  to  spend  in  pastoi-a!  visiting  and  attending  to 
home  duties.     Rutledge  reads  to  purpose;  speaks  accurately;  thinks  correctly. 

Fifth — He  is  deeply  fraternal — a  brother  beloved.     Frank,  honest  and    irenic  are 
characteristics  known  and  read  of  all. 


"uncertain   sound.' 
his  pulpit.     He   is 

graduate,    but    the 


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MR.  JOHN  WESLEY  BELL. 


Men  can  be  to  other  men  as  the  Shadow  of  a  Great  Rock  in  a 
Thirsty  land. — Dntmmond. 


John  Wesley  Bell,  son  of  George  W.  Bell  and  Mariah  A.  Bell,  was  born  September 
19th,  18.50,  in  Warren  County,  Virginia.  Both  parents  were  members  of  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  Church,  South.  He  was  converted  in  1868,  in  Asbury  Chapel,  Warren 
County,  Virginia,  under  the  ministry  of  Rev.  James  March,  and  joined  the  Church 
at  the  same  time.  He  was  converted  at  the  old-fashioned  Methodist  mourner's  bench, 
and  still  has  a  firm  belief  in  the  old-time  religion  of  our  fathers.  He  has  gained  relig- 
iously as  the  years  have  gone  by,  has  a  stronger  faith  and  a  more  abiding  trust  in 
the  will  and  word  of  God,  and  finds  more  things  for  which  to  offer  praise  to  the  bouti- 
ful  giver  of  life,  and  more  to  admire  and  less  to  condemn  in  his  fellowmen.  His  educa- 
tion was  received  at  private  schools  of  Virginia.  Brother  Bell  has  been  a  great  help 
to  Methodism  in  Rochepoi-t,  and  in  Boone  County,  as  many  pastors  and  presiding  elders 
can  truly  testify.  The  Lord  bless  him  and  his  family.  He  has  been  twice  married, 
first  to  Miss  Cornelia  Potts,  March  19th,  1874,  of  which  union  three  children  were 
born,  to-wit :  Carrie  Rush,  George  B.  and  Beulah  W.  Bell.  Married  the  second  time 
to  Miss  Osie  J.  Potts,  June  18th,  1884,  and  of  this  union  seven  children  were  bom — 
Anna  C,  Osie  Marvin,  Ethel  Gray,  John  W.,  Jerome  P.,  Sarah  Whitmer  and  Eunice  E. 
Bell.  Some  of  the  books  that  have  proven  beneficial  to  him.  aside  from  the  Bible, 
have  been  Bunyan's  Pilgrims'  Progress,  Marvin's  Life  of  Christ,  and  The  Future  Life, 
by  Dr.  D.  R.  McAnally.  He  came  to  Missouri  in  1871,  and  moved  to  his  present  home 
in  the  fall  of  1874.  He  has  served  as  class  leader  and  Sunday  School  Superintendent 
for  fifteen  years,  trustee  of  church  property  thirty  years,  and  steward  for  twenty-five 
years,  and  always  ready  to  make  full  repox'ts  at  the  Fourth  Quarterly  Conference. 


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CENTENNIAL    VOLUME    OF    MISSOURI    METHODISM. 


REV.  ALBERT  BEAUREGARD  CULBERTSON,  A.M. 


To    Reason,   and   on    reason    build    resolve,   that    column    of   true 
Majesty  in  man. —  Young. 

Albert  Beauregard  Culbertson, 
son  of  James  A.  G.  Culbertson 
and  Sarah  (Selby)  Culbertson, 
was  born  in  Callaway  County, 
Missouri,  near  Prairie  Chapel 
Methodist  Church,  January  3rd, 
1881.  The  father  was  an  earn- 
est Presbyterian  and  the  mother 
as  earnest  a  Methodist.  There 
was  common  sense  religion  in 
the  home,  for  the  son  was  con- 
verted at  the  family  altar  at  the 
age  of  thirteen,  "through  the  in- 
fluence of  both  father  and  moth- 
er." At  the  first  opportunity 
the  young  convert  was  received 
into  the  membership  of  the  Prai- 
rie Chapel  Church.  The  death 
of  a  grandfather,  that  prince  of 
Callaway  Methodist  stewards, 
Wm.  Selby,  gave  the  boy  of 
eleven  years  serious  thoughts,  in 
which  he  could  hear  the  voice  of 
the  departed  patriarch  singing; 
a  testimony  of  his  father  in 
class  meeting;  and  a  sermon  in 
a  revival  by  Dr.  Lacey,  a  Pres- 
byterian minister,  these  are  the 
circumstances  that  called  for 
and  produced  immediate  sur- 
render to  Christ. 

The  first  joy  after  conversion 
came  in  the  gift  of  one  dollar — 
his  all — to  Missions  at  the  pas- 
tor's call.  Hours  of  greatest  tri- 
umph have  been  when  alone, 
reading  God's  Word,  and  in 
prayer.  While  being  ordained 
Deacon  earnest  prayer  for  full  surrender  and  entire  consecration  to  the  work  of  the 
ministry  a  marked  evidence  of  answer  came.  "A  careful  study  of  Job,  Isaiah,  Luke, 
John,  Romans  and  Gallatians  have  transcended  all  else  in  enriching  my  life  and 
revealing  to  me  the  wonders  of  His  wisdom  and  grace." 

Dates:  Licensed  to  preach  by  Fulton  Station  Quarterly  Conference,  1886,  M.  L. 
Gray,  P.C.,  and  W.  W.  McMurry.  P.E.  Recommended  for  admission  to  traveling  con- 
nection by  Centenary  Charge,  St.  Joseph,  while  sei-ving  the  charge  as  supply.  Re- 
ceived on  trial  in  the  Missouri  Conference,  September,  1890,  R.  H.  Cooper,  P.E.,  and 
Joseph  S.  Key,  bishop.  Ordained  Deacon  at  Palmyra,  Missouii,  September  l.it*».  1889, 
by  Bishop  John  C.  Granbery;  ordained  Elder  by  Bishop  E.  R.  Hendrix,  September 
9th,  1894,  at  Carrollton,  Missouri.  Appointments  filled:  Centenary,  St.  Joseph,  two 
years;  Vandalia,  two  years;  Shelbina  Station,  two  years;  Palmyra,  four  years,  also 
President  of  Centenary  Academy  the  latter  part  of  term;  Glasgow,  four  years;  Fulton 
Station,  one  year,  and  Huntsville  since  1904  to  date,  1906.  In  these  pastorates  five 
hundred  and  "thirty-five  have  been  received  into  the  Church.  During  the  term  at 
Glasgow  the  Church  was  repaired  at  a  cost  of  $600,  and  at  Huntsvilh  the  parsonage 
has  been   built  over  at  a  cost  of  $1,300. 

School  opportunities  have  been  the  public  and  private  schools,  and  the  classical 
course  at  Central  College,  from  which  institution  was  received  the  degree  of  Master 
of  Arts,  June,  1888,  after  taking  post  graduate  work  in  "Histo:-y  of  Philosophy," 
Biology  and  English.  Albert  B.  Culbertson  and  Miss  Ann  Elizabeth  Harrison,  of 
Callaway  County,  Missouri,  were  married  March  18th,  1891.  Four  sons  and  two 
daughters  have  "come  to  bless  the  home,  James  Beraard,  Dulcenia,  Harrison  Pajme, 
Sarah  Selby,  Albert  Bledsoe  and  William  Terrill.  The  law  office  and  the  school  work 
have  been  in  full  view  more  than  once  calling  the  subject  of  this  sketch  aside.  The 
call  to  the  ministry  has  been  too  clear  to  permit  of  wavering. 

Bowman  D.  Sipple. 


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REV.   HENRY   HORWOOD   JOHNSON. 


Omni  robore  coi-roborati. 

Strengthened  with  all  might. — St.  Paul. 


Rev.  Henry  Horwood  Johnson,  son  of  Henry 
and  Mary  Johnson,  both  members  of  the  Wes- 
leyan  ^Methodist  Church  of  Bristol,  England, 
was  born  July  2nd,  1866,  in  the  City  of  Bristol, 
England.  He  was  converted  at  the  Cotham 
Wesleyan  Church,  at  the  close  of  the  Sunday 
School,  at  the  earnest  solicitation  of  his  Sun- 
day School  teacher,  Charles  Phillips,  but  he 
believes  the  chief  factor  was  the  godly  life  and 
teaching  of  his  mother.  It  was  during  family 
prayers  conducted  by  his  mother  that  both  his 
father  and  himself  were  brought  under  convic- 
tion. It  has  been  the  constant  aim  cf  his  life 
to  grow  in  grace,  and  God  has  blessed  him 
with  a  clearer  revelation  of  Hii  will,  and  he 
has  earnestly  endeavored  to  pursue  the  path 
He  points  out.  He  loves  God  anU  his  fellow- 
men.  He  was  licensed  to  preach  by  the  Local 
Preachers'  Meeting  of  the  King  Street  Wes- 
leyan Circuit,  Bristol  District,  English  Confer- 
ence. Rev.  George  Latham  was  chairman  of 
the  District  and  Superintendent  of  the  Circuit. 
He  was  fully  accredited  as  a  local  preacher 
June  4th,  1888;  was  recommended  to  the  Mis- 
souri .\nnual  Conference,  July  22nd,  1893,  by 
the  Quarterly  Conference  of  Marceline  and 
Bi-ookfield,  Macon  District;  and  was  received 
into  the  Missouri  Conference  on  trial  at  Mon- 
roe City;  Rev.  C.  Grimes,  Presiding  Elder,  and 
Bishop  .\tticus  G.  Haygood  presiding.  Or- 
dained Deacon  by  Bishop  A.  G.  Haygood,  September  17th,  1893.  at  Monroe  City; 
ordained  Elder  by  Bishop  John  C.  Granbery,  September  3rd,  1899,  at  Fayette,  Mis- 
souri. Appointments  served:  Jlarceline  and  Brookfield  (supply),  1892;  New  London 
Circuit,  1893;  Huntsville,  1896;  Me.niphis,  1900;  Monroe  City,  1901;  Albany,  1902; 
Salisbury  and  Asbury,  1904.  About  tv/o  hundred  and  sixty-four  persons  have  been 
received  into  the  Church  on  p"ofession  of  faith  under  his  ministry.  The  Huntsville 
Church  and  the  parsonage  at  Salisbury  were  built  during  his  pastorates.  He  was 
educated  at  the  Grammar  School,  Bristol,  England.  This  school  articulated  with 
Oxford  University;  he  spent  five  years  there,  but  did  not  finish  the  course.  He  was 
married  to  Miss  Kaj'te  E.  Morgan,  of  Clifton,  England,  and  they  have  one  child, 
Leslie  Morgan.  The  hour  he  promised  God  that  he  would  never  refuse  to  do  any- 
thing he  was  called  on  to  do  in  His  service,  but  would  make  an  effort  to  accomnlish 
it  in  His  name  and  leave  results  with  Him,  was  possibly  the  most  important  crisis  in 
his  life.  Pilgrim's  Progress,  Baxter's  "Saint's  Rest,"  "Tongue  of  Fire,''  "Spirit  Filled 
Life,"  "The  Mind  of  the  Master,"  and  "The  Upper  Room"  have  been  som.e  ui  the 
books  that  have  proven  vei-y  helpful  and  beneficial,  aside  from  the  Bible,  in  his  Chris- 
tian life.     He  believes  that  all  higher  education  should  be  under  Church  auspice.:. 


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CENTENNIAL    VOLUME    OF    MISSOURI    METHODISM. 


REV.  S.  WESLEY  ATTERBERY. 


Is  not  the  pilfriim's  toil  o'er  paid 
By  the  clair  rill  and  palmy  shade? 
And  see  we  not,  up  Earth's  dark  glade, 
The  gate  of  Heaven  unclose? — Keble. 


By  Rev.  A.  B.  Culbertson,  A.M. 

Asbury  and  Eliza  Atterbery 
were  livinR  on  a  farm  near  Fay- 
ette, Missouri,  when  the  subject 
of  this  sketch.  Squire  Wesley 
Atterbery,  was  born,  November 
16th,  1841.  The  names  of  the 
father  and  son  suggest  Meth- 
odist love.  Rev.  S.  W.  Atter- 
bery's  conversion,  when  seven- 
teen years  old,  was  clear  and 
definite.  God  then  and  there 
Rave  him  such  witness  of  the 
Spirit  that  he  has  ever  been 
able  to  look  back  to  his  conver- 
sion with  assui'ance  and  grati- 
tude. 

The  call  God  gave  him  to  the 
ministry  was  like  his  conversion, 
distinct,  and  he  heard  it  with  a 
glad  heart  and  willing  mind. 
His  opportunity  for  education 
was  in  the  public  schools  and 
about  sixteen  months  at  Central 
College.  Among  religious  works 
that  have  inspired  and  helped 
him  are  "Ralston's  Elements  of 
Divinity,"  Bledsoe's  Works,  and 
the  books  in  the  Conference 
Course.  Several  church  houses 
have  been  built  by  him,  and  he 
has  led  scores  of  souls  to  light 
and  salvation.  He  was  married 
to  Mrs.  Mary  B.  Cochran  (nee 
Holt),  March  25th,  ISTS. 

His  license  to  preach  was 
granted  by  the  Fayette  Quar- 
terly Conference,  September, 
186.3,  and  the  Quarterly  ConfeB 
ence  of  the  Flint  Hill  Circuit  recommended  him  to  the  Missouri  Annual  Conference  for 
admission  on  trial,  August,  1868,  and  the  following  September  in  Mexico,  Mo.,  he  was 
admitted,  at  which  time  Bishop  H.  H.  Kavanaugh  ordained  him  Deacon.  In  September, 
1872,  he  was  ordained  Elder  by  Bishop  George  F.  Pierce.  His  appointments  have  all 
been  in  the  Missouri  Conference,  as  follows:  Rocheport  Circuit,  one  year;  Forest  City, 
one  year;  Savannah,  one  year;  St.  Joe,  Tenth  street,  two  years;  Presiding  Elder  of  the 
Gallatin  District,  four  years;  of  the  Plattsburg  District,  three  years,  then  at  Jameson, 
two  years;  Gallatin  Mission,  two  years;  Huntsville  Circuit,  two  years;  Paris,  two  years; 
Clarence,  one  year;  Prairie  Hill,  one  year;  Renick,  one  year.  At  the  conference  of 
1891,  he  took  a  superannuated  relation  and  is  today  on  that  honored  roll  of  our  Confer- 
ence. As  was  said  of  Barnabas,  he  is  a  good  man,  full  of  faith  and  the  Holy  Ghost. 
At  his  home  in  Huntsville  he  is  loved  and  honored  by  all  who  know  him,  and  his  godly 
influence  abides.  It  is  well  to  note  carefully  what  this  man  of  long  years  and  wide 
obsei-vation  has  to  say  concerning  schools :  "The  Christian  college  is  very  necessary 
in  all  its  work  for  both  church  and  state." 


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REV.  EDWARD  MELVIN  MANN. 


When  other  lights  go  out,  the   Gospel  kindles  a  brighter  and  a 
Diviner  light. — Bishop  Haygoud. 


By  Rev.  T.  H.  Swearingen. 

Rev.  Edward  Melvin  Mann, 
son  of  Alfred  Mann  and  Nan- 
nie Frances  Mann,  was  born  on 
a  farm  near  Keytesville,  Mis- 
souri, in  1847.  He  was  happily 
converted,  August  15th,  1867,  at 
a  meeting  held  near  Brother 
John  P.  Williams'  home,  thi'ee 
and  one-half  miles  west  of 
Keytesville,  Missouri.  Brother 
Mann  was  called  of  God  to 
preach,  and  was  so  impressed  b\ 
the  Holy  Spirit  that  he  felt 
"woe  is  me  if  I  preach  not  the 
Gospel."  He  was  licensed  to 
preach  by  the  Quarterly  Confer- 
ence of  Prairie  Chapel  on  the 
Keytesville  charge,  in  1870; 
Rev.  William  Penn,  Presiding 
Elder,  and  Rev.  J.  F.  Shores, 
preacher  in  charge.  Brother 
Mann  was  admitted  on  trial  into 
the  Missouri  Conference  at  Car- 
rollton,  in  1871;  Bishop  Kava- 
naugh  presiding.  He  had  served 
as  junior  preacher  under  Rev. 
John  F.  Shores  on  the  Keytes- 
ville Circuit  the  year  previous 
to  his  joining  the  Conference. 
He  was  ordained  Deacon  at 
Hannibal,  Missouri,  by  Bishop 
Pierce  in  the  fall  of  1872; 
Elder  by  the  same  Bishop  in 
Denver,  Colorado,  the  fall  of 
1874.  He  served  five  charges 
in  the  seven  years  he  was 
pastor:  Fillmore  Circuit,  Arch 
Street.    Hannibal,   Denver.   Mob- 

erly  and  Fayette.  He  was  compelled  to  give  up  his  work  at  Fayette  on  account 
of  failing  health.  He  was  so  ambitious  and  so  consecrated  to  his  work  that 
he  had  to  be  persuaded  much  before  he  would  consent  to  quit  his  much  loved 
employ.  He  died  in  peace  April  2d,  1877,  in  his  parents'  home  in  Keytesville,  Missouri. 
He  counted  it  a  God-given  privilege  to  be  cared  for  by  his  father,  mother,  brothers 
and  sioters,  who  did  all  that  loved  ones  could  do  for  him.  I  was  the  pastor  of  Keytes- 
ville Circuit  at  that  time,  and  was  with  him  often  before  he  died.  A  short  time  before 
he  passed  away,  he  asked  Dr.  Marquis,  pastor  of  the  Presbyterian  Church,  and  myself, 
to  go  pray  in  secret  for  him,  that  God  might  give  him  relief  in  His  own  way,  at  His 
own  time,  for  His  own  glory.  When  we  returned  from  prayer  his  face  lighted  up 
and  he  said,  "You  don't  know  how  full  my  poor  heart  is;  I  am  too  weak  to  tell 
you,  but  God  answers  prayer."  In  a  few  minutes  he  passed  away  in  his  sister's  arms. 
Thus  closed  the  good  man's  earthly  life.  I  preached  his  funeral  and  we  laid  him  to 
rest  until  God  calls  him  again.  Twenty-six  years  later  I  was  sent  back  as  pastor  for 
two  years  to  Keytesville,  and  during  my  last  pastorate  I  was  called  to  preach  the 
funeral  of  his  aged  mother.  Oh,  that  God,  the  Father,  may  bring  all  the  family 
to  Heaven  at  last. 


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CENTENNIAL    VOLUME    OF    MISSOURI    METHODISM. 


MRS.  ADAM  HENDRIX. 


Calvary  is  a  love-token  given  to  the  whole  Universe. 

—  Bishop  Marvin. 


Mrs.  Adam  Hendrix,  so 
long  President  ■■(  the 
Women's  Foreig-n  Mission- 
ary Society  of  the  Missouri 
Conference,  and  a  Life 
Manager  of  :he  Woman's 
Board  of  Missions  of 
the  Methodist  Episcopal 
Church,  South,  interested 
in  every  good  work,  espe- 
cially in  education  and 
missions,  deserves  a  place 
in  the  .mnals  of  the  fiist 
hundred  years  of  Method- 
ism in  Jlissouri.  She  has 
sr  wived  for  more  than 
llurty  years  her  devoted 
husband,  Adam  Hendrix, 
who  was  so  long  Curator 
.uui  Treasurer  of  Central 
College,  and  one  of  its 
most  liberal  benefactors, 
having  given  the  first 
$r3,000  *oward  the  .lilOOOOO 
fund  raised  .ifter  the  Civil 
War.  Mrs.  Hendrix  was 
I\liss  Isabel  Jane  Murray 
and  was  born  in  Baltimore 
Countv,  Maryland,  De- 
cember 18th.  1820.  Her 
j-randfather,  Ji)hn  Murray, 
was  born  in  Scotland.  Her 
father,  John  E.  Murray, 
was  sheriff  of  Balti- 
•nore  County,  Maryland, 
It  the  time  of  his  mar- 
riage to  Sarah  Baseman, 
who  was  of  Welsh 
descent.  Mrs.  Hendrix 
was  the  eleventh  of  four- 
teen children,  all  of  whom 
lived  to  have  families,  save  one,  who  died  in  infancy.  She  joined  the  Methodist 
Church  in  Maryland  when  a  child  and  never  transferred  her  membership  but  once, 
and  that  was  from  her  home  to  Fayette,  Missouri,  where  she  had  lived  for  sixiy- 
three  years.  In  1844  she  married  Adam  Hendrix  and  removed  to  Howard  County, 
Missouri,  where  he  taught  school  for  some  years,  later  became  Treasurer  of  Howard 
County,  and  for  many  years  was  a  well-known  banker,  a  warm  friend  of  Mr.  Robert 
A.  Barnes  of  St.  Louis,  whose  large  benefactions  of  more  than  a  million  dollai's  to 
Ihe  Methodist  Church  were  in  part  inllucnced  by  that  friendship.  Mrs.  Hendrix  was 
the  mother  of  five  children,  three  of  whom  survive,  Bishop  E.  R.  Hendrix,  Mrs.  A. 
P.  Davis  and  Wilbur  F.  Hendrix.  The  cherished  wish  of  their  parents  was  to  give 
them  the  best  possible  equipment  for  life.  The  eldest.  Lieutenant  F.  M.  Hendrix, 
graduated  at  the  United  States  Naval  Academy  and  the  late  Joseph  C.  Hendrix,  a 
member  of  Congress  and  a  prominent  banker  in  New  York  city,  took  his  course 
at  Cornell  University.  Mrs.  Hendrix,  or  "Mother  Hendrix,"  as  the  Central  and 
Howard-Payne  students  love  to  call  her,  has  always  taken  the  deepest  interest  in 
y:Ming  life, "and  despite  her  fourscore  and  seven  yeirs,  is  mentally  alert,  sympathetic 
with  all  that  is  good,  possessed  of  most  excellent  judgment,  a  wise  counsellor,  a  cheer- 
ful, iovous  believer.  The  "Isabel  Hendrix  School,"  in  Bello  Horizonte,  Brazil,  is  named 
for  this  lover  of  missions. 


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129 


MRS.  WILLIE   LOCKE   COOPER. 


Sow  sunbeams  on  the  rock  and  moor, 

And  find  a  harvest  home  of  light! — Horalius  Bonar. 


Mrs.  Willie  Locke  Cooper, 
wife  of  Rev.  Rice  H.  Cooper, 
was  born  in  Chariton  County, 
Missouri,  July  6th,  185L  In 
early  life  she  became  a  member 
of  the  Methodist  Church,  and 
ever  afterward  endeavored  to 
live  up  to  the  high  standard  of 
her  Church.  In  the  winter  of 
1877,  January  10th,  at  Bruns- 
wick, Mo.,  she  entered  into 
wedded  life,  and  to  plighted 
vows  was  ever  true.  Nine  chil- 
dren were  born  to  bless  her  love. 
Harry  Merchant  and  Maybird 
died  in  infancy.  Mr.  Samuel 
Cooper  is  one  of  the  substantial 
business  men  of  Fayette.  Miss 
Leutie  Locke  Cooper  is  a  young 
woman  of  education  and  refine- 
ment. Robert  Cooper  and  Paul 
Cooper  are  coming  into  young 
manhood.  Miss  Byrd  Cooper  is 
an  accomplished  young  lady. 
Mark  Cooper  is  tlie  youngest  son 
and  Miss  Constance  is  the 
youngest  of  the  family. 

It  fell  to  the  lot  of  Rev.  R.  H. 
Cooper  and  his  wife  to  live  eight 
years  in  St.  Joseph,  Mo.  There 
they  owned  a  city  home,  and  to 
that  dear  home  the  weary  itiner- 
ant returned  all  those  years  to 
enjoy  the  fellowship  of  that 
happy  fireside.  It  was  here  that 
this  writer  first  became  ac- 
quainted with  Brother  and  Sis- 
ter Cooper.     It  was  here   I  first 

felt  the  charm  of  the  truly  unselfish  life  of  Sister  Cooper.  She  had  many  domestic 
and  social  duties,  but  she  was  never  too  busy  to  come  into  the  study  and  greet  with  a 
cordial  welcome  the  visiting  minister,  no  matter  what  his  place  in  the  Conference  might 
be.  Her  gentleness  endeared  her  to  her  husband's  friends.  In  tlie  city,  with  its  many 
allurments  and  temptations,  she  stood  for  truth  and  integrity.  In  her  Church,  she 
advocated  the  things  which  make  for  progress  and  advancement.  Wlien  the  time  came 
for  her  to  leave  St.  Joseph,  she  left  en.shrined  in  the  love  many  dear  friends.  It  was 
her  joy  to  help  in  planning  their  last  home.  Sunny  Side,  Fayette,  Mo.  She  entered 
gracefully  into  the  Christian  and  classic  life  of  Fayette.  Her  ample  new  home  even 
enlarged  her  love  for  entertaining.  She  sat  as  a  queen  at  the  head  of  her  table,  dis- 
pensing hospitality  to  her  guests.  When  the  shadows  of  suffering  fell  across  her 
spirit,  this  home  to  her  was  all  the  sweeter.  The  ro.ses  at  the  doorway  were  planted 
by  her  own  hands.  She  was  a  lover  of  beauty  and  of  God.  When  the  angels  of  God 
came  they  received  her  spirit  into  a  mansion  in  the  skies.  The  dear  home  and  the 
sweet  roses  of  Heaven  are  hers  forever. 


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CENTENNIAL    VOLUME    OF    MISSOURI    METHODISM. 


REV.  ALONZO   V.  BAYLEY. 


As  the  embodiment  of  love  the  human  spirit  finds  in  Christ  the  climate 
And  the  conditions  exactly  adapted  to  its  own  realization. 

—Dr.  J.  W.  Lee. 


Rev.  Alonzo  V.  Bayley,  whose 
father  was  a  prosperous  mer- 
chant of  Brunswick,  Missouri, 
was  born  March  20th,  184G. 
His  mother  was  a  daughter  of 
Dr.  Mace  C.  Spencer,  who 
moved  from  Virginia  to  Bruns- 
wick about  18.35.  She  married 
Rev.  W.  G.  Caples  and  died  in 
1865,  in  St.  Louis,  Mo.  Bro. 
Bayley  was  converted  and 
joined  the  church  under  the 
ministry  of  his  step-father  at 
the  age  of  fifteen.  He  attended 
the  home  schools,  good  ones,  till 
they  were  closed  by  the  Civil 
War,  then  entered  Washington 
University,  of   St.    Louis. 

On  account  of  the  death  of  Mr. 
Caples  he  at  once  left  school  to 
go  to  the  relief  of  his  mother 
and  younger  brothers  and  sis- 
ters, the  older  brothers  being 
absent  in  the  Confederate 
Army. 

He  took  a  course  in  commer- 
cial college  and  was  employed 
in  a  commission  office  in  St. 
Louis;  then  as  secretary  by 
Rev.  Jas.  O.  Swinney,  of  Glas- 
gow; then  read  law  for  a  short 
time  under  Judge  Thos.  Shack- 
leford  til!  convinced  he  ought  to 
preach.  He  was  recommended 
by  the  Brunswick  church,  Rev. 
Wm.  Perkins,  pastor,  and  was 
licensed,  signed  by  Horace 
Bi'own,  presiding  elder. 
He  was  recommended  for  admission  on  trial  by  the  Quarterly  Conference  of  Glas- 
gow, Rev.  Wm.  Penn,  pastor,  and  Rev.  Wm.  A.  Mayhew,  presiding  elder;  was  admit- 
ted to  the  Annual  Conference  on  trial  at  Weston,  1868.  He  was  ordained  deacon,  1870, 
at  Leavenworth  City,  by  Bishop  McTyeire,  and  elder  in  1872,  at  Nebraska  City,  by 
Bishop   Pierce. 

In  1884  he  married  Miss  Belle  M.  Clough,  a  noble  Christian,  of  Columbia,  Mis- 
souri, who  died  in  1900,  leaving  three  sons  and  two  daughters — Alphonso  V.  Bayley, 
Albert  C.  Bayley,  Ernest  R.  Bayley,  Minnie  B.  Bayley,  and  Julia  C.  Bayley. 

His  ministry  has  been  in  Kansas,  Nebraska  and"  Missouri,  attended  with  revivals 
at  Atchison,  Platsburg,  Dearborn,  Canton  and  Clarksville,  with  camp-meetings  at 
Paola  and  Shelbyville  and  erecting  churches  at  Kirksville  and  Gallatin. 

For  twenty-five  years  he  assisted  Brother  Vincil  at  the  Conference  Secretary's 
table. 

After  thirty-two  years  of  active  service,  impaired  health  required  superannuation. 
Though  his  mother  died  when  he  was  nineteen,  to  her  teaching  and  example  he 
is  more  indebted  than  any  other. 

From  early  childhood,  family  and  friends  have  been  partial,  the  Conference  kindly 
considerate. 

In  unspeakable  sorrow,  brotherly  sympathy  has  cheered  and  God's  grace  sus- 
tained. 


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131 


REV.  WILLIAM  PENN. 


But  ye  are   come   unto   Mount   Sion,  and  unto    the    city  of    the 
Living  God,  the  heavenly  Jerusalem. — St.  Paul. 


Rev.  William  Penn  was  born 
February  21st,  1836,  in  Warren 
County,  Kentucky.  He  was  a 
son  of  Rev.  James  Penn  and 
Mary  Penn,  both  of  whom  were 
members  of  the  Methodist 
Church  all  their  lives.  He  was 
a  brother  of  Rev.  John  Wesley 
Penn,  Rev.  George  W.  Penn, 
Rev.  Thomson  Penn,  Edward 
M.  Penn  and  James  W.  Penn. 
He  was  converted  September 
1st,  18.50,  in  Green  County, 
Kentucky,  and  was  received 
into  the  church  the  evening  of 
his  conversion.  His  growth  in 
grace  steadily  increased  for 
thirty-five  years,  or  during  his 
ministry.  Much  depended  upon 
system  and  punctuality  in  the 
use  of  the  means  of  religious 
growth.  He  was  for  a  time  a 
licensed  exhorter  under  Rev. 
James  M.  Green,  pastor  of  the 
Montecello  Circuit;  his  father. 
Rev.  James  Penn,  being  the 
assistant  preacher  under  Rev. 
Horace  Brown,  Presiding  Elder, 
who  employed  him.  He  was  rec- 
ommended for  license  to  preach 
by  the  church  at  LaGrange,  at 
which  place  he  was  attending 
school ;  the  Quarterly  Confer- 
ence of  Hydesburg,  Hannibal 
District,  recommended  him  to 
the  Annual  Conference,  and  he 
was  received  into  the  Annual 
Conference  in  1853;  Rev. 
Andi'ew       Monroe,        Presiding 

Elder,  and  Bishop  James  O.  Andrew  presiding.  He  was  ordained  Deacon  by  Bishop 
Early  at  Richmond,  Missouri ;  ordained  Elder  by  Bishop  J.  O.  Andrew  at  Glasgow, 
Missouri.  Brother  Penn  served  our  Circuits  and  Statfons  acceptably.  His  greatest 
work  was  as  Presiding  Elder.  He  was  one  of  our  best  Presiding  Elders.  Many  souls 
were  converted  in  the  time  of  his  ministry,  and  it  was  his  pleasure  to  minister  to 
their  edification  in  the  faith.  He  attended  Rev.  Mr.  Whipple's  Academy  at  LaGrange, 
Missouri.  He  was  a  student  all  his  days,  and  became  a  master  in  his  line.  He  was 
Curator  of  Howard  Female  College  for  about  ten  years  of  his  itinerant  life,  and 
took  great  interest  in  Christian  education.  He  was  married  three  times,  first  to  Miss 
Maria  E.  Earnest,  in  January,  1854;  then  to  Miss  Orion  E.  Stephenson  in  December, 
1867;  and  to  Miss  Susan  M.  Matheny,  March  loth,  1882.  His  children  are  Earnest 
E.  Penn,  Mary  E.  Penn,  Laura  B.  Penn,  Henry  C.  Penn,  Florence  \.  Penn,  Thomson 
J.  Penn,  and  Edwin  M.  Penn.  "The  church  has  been  my  first  and  strongest  love,"  he 
wrote.  Brother  Penn  sent  his  sons  to  Central  College  and  gave  them  the  best  possible 
education.     He  died  at  Woodlandville,  Boone  County,  Missouri. 


132  CENTENNIAL    VOLUME    OF    MISSOURI    METHODISM. 


REV.  HENRY  EDGAR  DRAPER,  A.  B. 


As  God  created  Man,  so  God's  Son  created  Manliness. 

— Dr.  William  A.  Quayle. 


Rev.  Henry  E.  Draper,  the  subject  of  this  slietch,  was  bom  in  Smith  County, 
Tennessee,  January  the  13th,  187.3.  His  parents,  Brice  R.  and  Mary  Coward  Draper, 
were  members  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  South,  and  brought  up  their  children 
fn  the  faith. 

Beins  thrown  on  his  own  resources  at  the  age  of  twenty,  he  set  out  to  obtain 
an  education  at  all  cost,  and  for  ten  years  struggled  to  this  end.  First  he  attended 
the  country  and  village  schools,  taught  four  years  in  his  native  state,  and  afterwards 
came  West,  attended  the  Missouri  State  University,  and  graduated  from  that  institu- 
tion with  the  A.  B.  degree,  1903. 

June  the  1st,  1891,  under  the  preaching  of  that  rare  evangelist,  Rev.  Sam  P.  Jones, 
he  was  converted  and  afterwards  joined  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  South,  in 
South  CarroUton,  Kentucky,  receiving  the  ordinances  of  baptism  from  his  uncle,  the 
Rev.  S.  L.  C.  Coward,  of  the  Louisville  Conference.  His  license  to  preach  was 
granted  by  the  Lebanon,  Tennessee,  District  Conference,  June  28th,  1895. 

His  marriage  to  Miss  Ova  JI.  Perkins  in  1898  has  been  a  happy  one.  Mrs.  Draper 
is  gifted  especially  in  working  with  the  Juniors  of  the  church.  In  the  year  1898 
they  came  to  Jlissouri.  His  first  work  in  Missouri  as  a  preacher  was  on  the  Columbia 
Circuit,  which  he  oiganized  and  where  he  preached  as  a  supply  for  five  years.  The 
Fair  View  church  on  this  Circuit  was  built  during  his  pastorate.  He  joined  the  Mis- 
souri Conference  at  Mexico,  Missouri,  September,  1903,  and  was  ordained  Deacon  by 
Bishop  Hendrix  two  years  later  at  Palmyra,  Missouri.  He  considers  that  the  way  was 
opened  to  him  to  complete  his  University  course  in  answer  to  pi'ayer.  Thrice  blessed 
the  man  who  can  point  to  some  season  and  say  "I  know  God  then  heard  and  answered 
my  prayer."  God's  answer  to  one  prayer  is  the  pledge  and  assurance  of  other  and 
greater  answers. 

It  is  no  wonder  that  this  man  has  been  abundant  in  labors  and  that  scores  of 
souls  have  been  led  to  Christ  under  his  ministry,  since  he  counts  it  his  highest  privilege 
to  serve  God  in  the  capacity  of  a  minister  of  the  Gospel,  and  prays  only  for  efficiency 
and  qualification  as  God  sees  best.  This  coming  September,  1907,  he  will  close  a 
very  successful  four  years'  pastorate  at  Armstrong. 


MISSOURI    CONFERENCE— PAYETTE    DISTRICT. 


1.33 


REV.  ROBERT  MORRIS  HARDAWAY. 


May  all  that  is  noble  in  our  thought  embody  itself  in  all  that  is 
Generous  in  Action. — Dr.  Joseph  Parker. 


Rev.  Robert  Morris  Hardaway,  son  of  Benjamin  Aker  Hardaway,  was  born  in 
Breckenridge  County,  Kentucky,  October  18th,  1854.  He  was  educated  under  Dr.  D. 
C.  Clarkson,  a  graduate  of  Ohio  Wesleyan  University.  In  187.5  he  entered  Vanderbilt 
University,  this  being  the  first  year  in  the  history  of  this  noble  institution,  and  in 
1878  finished  his  coui-se,  one  among  her  first  graduates.  On  September  18th,  1879,  he 
was  married  to  Miss  Mary  Emma  Cox,  also  a  pupil  of  Dr.  D.  C.  Clarkson,  and  later 
a  graduate  of  Logan  Female  College,  Russellville,  Kentucky.  Four  children  were 
born  of  this  marriage,  Maiy  Elstone  Hardaway,  John  Benjamin  Hardaway,  Robert 
Morris  Hardaway  and  Wallace  Duncan  Hardaway.  In  the  same  month  of  his  wed- 
ding, September,  1879,  he  was  received  into  the  Louisville  Conference  at  Madisonville, 
Kentucky,  and  was  appointed  to  Shepherdsville,  Kentucky.  He  served  twelve  years 
in  this  Conference,  his  last  charge  being  Brandenbui-g.  By  a  transfer  of  territory  he 
was  led  to  join  the  Illinois  Conference  in  1890,  and  served  seven  years  as  Presiding 
Elder  of  Pana  District,  preacher  in  charge  of  Kinmundy,  Nashville  and  Marion 
Churches.  In  the  year  1897  he  joined  the  Missouri  Conference,  in  which  he  has 
served  Osborn,  Millville,  Hai'din,  St.  Charles  and  Glasgow.  Brother  Hardaway  is  a 
good  preacher  and  a  fine  pastor.  His  wife  is  one  of  the  noble  women  of  Methodism. 
His  sons  are  men  of  promise.  He  preaches  a  thoughtful  gospel  and  attends  to  all  the 
details  of  a  Methodist  preacher's  work.  He  can  be  depended  upon  to  bring  up  his 
collections,  and  all  this  work  is  done  by  wholesome  methods. 


134  CENTENNIAL    VOLUME    OF    MISSOURI    METHODISM. 


REV.  JAMES  HENRY  HAGER. 


Man's   religious,   moral,   and    intellectual   activities   are   evermore 
And    everywhere    the    Spirit's   field.  — Bislwp   Hendrix. 


Rev.  James  Henry  Hajjer  was  born  in  Cabol  County,  Virginia,  near  the  City  of 
Huntington,  August  13th,  1846.  When  about  three  years  old  his  father  moved  to 
Kentucky  where  he  was  reared.  His  father  was  Harmon  Daniel  Hager,  and  his  moth- 
er's name  was  Letitia  Brown  Hager.  Both  parents  were  members  of  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  Church,  South,  from  the  time  he  was  a  small  boy.  Their  home  was  the 
preacher's  stopping  place  during  the  life-time  of  his  mother.  He  was  converted  in 
1868,  in  Jackson,  Kentucky,  when  alone,  a  little  after  nightfall.  He  had  been  a 
seeker  for  two  years.  He  had  joined  the  church  when  ten  years  old  under  the  minis- 
try of  Rev.  W.  VV.  Chamberlain,  of  the  Kentucky  Conference.  He  was  religiously  in- 
clined fi-om  his  youth  up.  He  was  licensed  to  preach  by  the  West  Liberty  District 
of  the  Kentucky  Conference,  Rev.  Elkanah  Johnson,  Presiding  Elder,  October  31st, 
1868;  the  same  Quarterly  Conference  recommended  him  to  the  Annual  Conference  in 
1871,  and  he  was  received  into  the  Annual  Conference  that  same  year;  Bishop  Wight- 
man,  presiding.  He  was  ordained  Deacon  by  Bishop  Wightman  in  1874,  at  Mt.  Sterl- 
ing, Kentucky;  ordained  Elder  by  Bishop  Kavanaugh,  at  Charleston,  West  Virginia,  in 
1876.  He  served  a  number  of  charges  in  Kentucky  and  West  Virginia  before  being 
transferred  to  the  Missouri  Conference  in  1886.  He  now  lives  in  Oklahoma.  He  has 
received  about  four  hundred  and  seventy-eight  persons  into  the  church,  with  perhaps 
nearly  as  many  more  who  have  been  converted  in  the  meetings  in  which  he  has  labored. 
He  received  his  education  in  the  common  schools  of  Kentucky,  and  also  received  private 
instruction  under  Rev.  N.  G.  Robinson  and  Rev.  Lewis  Mays,  both  of  whom  were  good 
scholars  and  gave  him  great  help  in  carrying  on  his  studies.  He  was  first  married 
to  Miss  Elmira  Combs,  July  13th,  1868,  and  again  married  to  Miss  Ruann  L.  Walsh, 
August  18th,  1872.  The  following  named  children  were  born  to  him:  Samuel  Eugene 
Hager  and  Warren  Stewart  Hager  (children  of  his  first  wife),  and  Lulu  Bell  Hager, 
Letitia  Alia  Hager,  May  Grace  Hager,  Sally  Hager,  James  H.  Hager,  Annie  Lillian 
Hager  (children  of  the  second  marriage).  His  oldest  son  was  licensed  to  preach  by 
the  Millersburg  Quarterly  Conference,  Kentucky.  Rev.  James  H.  Hager,  his  son,  is 
a  missionary  to  Japan,  and  a  man  of  high  standing. 


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MISSOURI    CONFERENCE— FAYETTE    DISTRICT.  135 


HON.  THOMAS  SHACKELFORD. 


And  as  those  nightly  tapers  disappear  when  day's  bright  lord 
Ascends  our  hemisphere,  so  pale  grows  Reason  at  Religion's 
Sight. — Dryden. 


Thomas  Shackelford,  layman,  is  the  son  of  Mr.  Thomas  Shackelford  and  Mrs. 
Eliza  Chieves  Shackelford.  His  father  was  a  native  of  Virginia  and  his  mother  was 
a  native  of  North  Carolina,  of  Huguenot  stock.  His  father  was  not  a  professor  of 
religion.  He  had  imbibed  the  sentiments  of  Tom  Paine  and  was  a  constant  reader  of 
Paine's  "Age  of  Reason."  His  mother  was  reared  in  the  Baptist  faith  and  was 
converted  under  the  ministry  of  Rev.  A.  P.  Williams.  She  attended  a  three-weeks 
debate  between  Rev.  A.  P.  Williams  and  Rev.  Jesse  Greene.  As  a  result  of  that 
debate  she  united  with  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church. 

Thomas  Shackelford  was  born  in  Saline  County  in  the  state  of  Missouri  on  the 
6th  of  February,  1822.  He  was  converted  at  Glasgow,  Missouri,  in  September,  1847, 
under  the  ministry  of  the  Rev.  W.  G.  Caples,  and  joined  the  church  then  and  was 
baptized  by  Rev.  Andrew  Monroe,  Presiding  Elder.  He  says  he  made  the  mistake  of 
his  life  prior  to  his  conversion  by  judging  Christianity  by  the  walk  of  the  worst 
rather  than  the  best  members.  The  beautiful  walk  of  his  mother,  elder  sister,  and 
brother-in-law,  made  such  an  impression  upon  him  that  he  was  convinced  that  some- 
thing more  was  wanted  to  secure  human  happiness  than  a  moral  life,  that  true  virtue 
was  "temptation  resisted."  Joy  and  Peace  came  while  reading  in  the  silence  of  his 
own  room  the  fifth  chapter  of  Romans,  the  first  verse  beginning:  "Therefore,  being 
justified  by  faith  we  have  Peace  with  God  through  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ."  But 
Doubts  came  and  he  never  felt  assured  until  he  resolved  to  work  in  the  service  of  the 
Master  in  every  way  he  could.  He  was  appointed  leader  in  a  class  composed  of  old 
members  of  the  Church.  He  now  looks  back  with  pleasure  and  gratitude  to  the 
many  uplifting  scenes  in  that  classroom.  The  next  step  was  to  attend  faithfully  to 
all  the  means  of  grace.  The  work  in  the  Sabbath  School  was  a  delight.  He  was 
thus  impressed  with  the  conviction  that  in  order  to  maintain  Spiritual  and  Physical 
health  that  a  faithful  attendance  on  the  means  of  grace  would  break  the  monotony 
of  business  life  and  while  good  for  the  Spiritual  man  would  also  insure  bodily  health 
and  thus  give  joy  and  peace  in  life's  pilgrimage.  He  early  refused  the  use  of 
tobacco  in  any  form.  When  a  small  boy  leaning  on  his  mother's  lap  she  asked  him 
to  promise  her  that  he  would  never  enter  the  doors  of  a  saloon.  It  is  a  sweet  remem- 
brance of  this  mother  when  he  can  say  in  truth  he  never  violated  that  promise.  He 
was  the  author  of  the  legislation  on  the  subject  of  Temperance  put  in  Discipline 
at  the  Memphis  General  Conference. 

Let  me  close  this  sketch  in  the  language  of  David  Starr  Jordan:  "My  message 
shall  appeal  to  enthusiasm  in  things  of  life.  A  call  to  do  things  because  we  love 
them,  to  love  things  because  we  do  them,  to  keep  the  eyes  open,  the  heart  warm  and 
the  pulse  swift  as  we  move  across  the  field  of  life." 


136  CENTENNIAL    VOLUME    OF    MISSOURI    METHODISM. 


REV.  JOHN  ANDREW  HUGHES. 


Let  not  my  baik  in  calm  abide,  but  win  her  fearless  way  against 
The  chafing  tide. — Keble. 


By  Rev.  A.  B.  Culbertson,  A.  M. 

Rev.  John  Andrew  Hughes  is  the  son  of  Kentucky  Methodists,  Henry  and  Hero 
Hughes.  He  was  born  in  Owen  County  of  that  state,  August  20th,  1871.  His  "Second 
Birth"  was  given  him  around  the  fireside  in  the  County  of  Callaway,  Missouri,  during 
the  autumn  of  1886.  He  did  not  join  the  church  till  1888.  His  growth  in  grace 
has  been  constant  and  gradual,  and  his  love  for  God  and  sympathy  with  his  fellow- 
men  develops  from  day  to  day.  He  was  granted  license  to  preach  by  the  Mexico 
District  Conference,  March  the  20th,  1902,  Rev.  John  Anderson,  D.  D.,  presiding, 
and  one  year  later  he  was  recommended  by  the  St.  Charles  District  Conference  to 
the  Missouri  Annual  Conference  for  admission  on  trial.  The  Annual  Conference 
met  in  Mexico,  Missouri,  September,  1903,  and  he  was  received  on  trial.  Bishop 
Charles  B.  Galloway  presiding.  His  first  appointment  was  Silex  Circuit,  St.  Charles 
District.  He  served  this  charge  three  years,  and  last  conference  (September,  1905). 
Bishop  E.  R.  Hendrix  appointed  him  to  the  Dalton  Circuit  in  the  Fayette  District. 
Twenty-five  persons  have  been  added  to  the  church  under  his  ministry.  He  attended 
school  at  Westminster  College  for  some  time,  but  did  not  complete  the  course. 

He  was  married  to   Miss  Jennie  Norvell,  September  24th,   1903. 

He  is  fond  of  history  and  considers  that  "Redford's  History  of  Methodism  in 
Kentucky"  has  exercised  a  great  influence  over  him.  His  words  for  the  Christian 
College  are:  "It  supplies  a  deep  felt  need  to  which  the  merely  secular  schools  do 
not  minister.'' 


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DR.  CHARLES  W.  WATTS. 


Beholding   shall   confess   that   he:e  on  earth   God  hath  dispensed 
His  bounties  as  in  Heaven. — Miltjn. 


Dr.  Charles  W.  Watts  was  born  in  Huntsville,  Missouri,  Aug'ust  24th,  1844.  He 
was  dedicated  to  the  service  of  God  by  Holy  baptism  in  infancy  by  the  Rev.  Jesse 
Green,  of  precious  memory,  in  1844.  He  was  called  to  preach,  and  preached  his 
first  sermon  in  1849,  to  a  congregation  of  children  in  his  father's  yard,  the  occasion 
being  the  funeral  of  a  canary  bird.  They  buried  little  Dick  in  a  match  box  in  the 
garden,  and  many  were  the  heart  aches  and  tears  that  were  shed  from  pure  sorrow 
and  grief.  The  sermon  was  preached  at  tlie  request  of  his  sister  who  went  to  Jesus 
in  186.5.  A  lady  is  still  living  in  Huntsville,  Missouri,  who  heard  that  sermon  and 
was  converted.  He  was  licensed  to  preach  in  1872,  by  Rev.  B.  H.  Spencer.  In  1874 
he  was  received  on  trial  into  the  Annual  Conference  at  St.  Joseph,  Missouri;  Bishops 
Keener  and  Marvin  presiding  at  that  Confei'ence.  Dr.  Watts  served  the  following 
charges:  Gosneyville,  Kearney,  Haynesville,  Rushville,  New  Market,  Weston,  St. 
Joseph,  Missouri,  at  Frederick  Avenue  Church,  Auxvasse,  Norborne,  Farber.  He 
located  in  Mexico,  Missouri,  in  1886,  and  since  then  has  helped  in  various  fields  of 
labor  in  Tennessee,  Arkansas  and  Missouri  as  an  evangelist.  He  was  ordained  Deacon 
by  Bishop  McTyeire  in  1876,  at  Hannibal,  Missouri,  and  ordained  Elder  by  Bishop 
Wig-htman  a  few  years  later  at  Louisiana.  Missouri.  A  great  many  people  have  been 
received  into  the  church  under  his  ministry,  and  he  has  baptized  many  infants.  He 
says  that  whatever  he  has  accomplished  in  the  ministry  has  been  done  by  God's  help 
only,  his  motto  being  "Jesus  and  the  Resurrection." 

This  sketch  should  not  come  to  a  close  without  a  tribute  to  the  father  and 
mother  of  Dr.  Watts.  These  were  devout  and  influential  psople  in  Fayette,  Missouri. 
They  were  choice  spirits. 


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MRS.  SUSAN  ANN  ROBERTS  RICH. 


The    Bible   was   intended   to   enlighten    Man    upon    those   matters 
Which  appertain  to  his  own  condition,  duty  and  destiny. 

— Bishop   Marvin. 


Susan  Ann  Roberts,  the 
daughter  of  James  Roberts  and 
his  wife,  Clarissa,  was  born  in 
Garrard  County,  Kentucky, 
September  28th,  1828.  At  an 
early  age  she  moved  with  her 
father  and  his  family  to  Boone 
County,  Missouri,  and  they  set- 
tled on  a  farm  on  a  portion  of 
which  is  located  a  part  of  the 
town  of  Ashland.  While  yet 
quite  young  she  was  converted 
and  joined  Salem  Baptist 
Church,  near  Ashland,  under  the 
ministry  of  Dr.  Noah  Doyle,  but 
afterward,  her  father  having 
been  converted  and  having 
been  largely  instrumental  in 
erecting  a  church  building  on 
his  farm  and  having  assumed 
church  relations  with  the  Meth- 
odists, Susan  also  united  with 
the  Methodists.  In  1849  her 
mother  died  and  the  duties  of 
housekeeper  for  a  large  family 
of  children  and  servants  de- 
volved largely  on  Susan.  On 
September  26th,  1854,  she  was 
united  in  marriage  with  the 
Rev.  George  W.  Rich,  the  then 
preacher  in  charge  of  .Ashland 
Circuit,  the  Rev.  Enoch  M.  Mar- 
vin performing  the  marriage 
ceremony.  Mr.  Rich  was  a 
Northern-born  man  and  because 
of  that  fact  her  Kentucky 
father  expressed  very  emphatic 
disapproval  of  the  marriage 
when  the  proposition  was  first 
submitted  to  him,  but  afterward  became  thoroughly  reconciled  and  was  heard  to 
say:  "When  you  do  strike  a  good  Yankee  he  is  a  very  acceptable  man."  Mrs.  Rich 
accompanied  her  husband  to  the  various  Circuits  which  he  traveled  as  a  Methodist 
preacher  until  her  condition  of  health  rendered  her  unable  longer  to  do  so.  During 
the  war  between  the  States  she  was  thrown  from  a  horse,  the  back  of  her  head 
striking  against  some  hard  substance  causing  injury  to  the  nerves  that  produced  a 
palsied  condition  which  continually  grew  worse  till  her  death.  Her  school  oppor- 
tunities were  not  good,  but  she  was  by  nature  well  endowed  mentally,  shrewd,  and, 
though  somewhat  reserved,  possessed  of  a  fine  sense  of  humor;  before  the  hardships 
of  life  began  to  make  inroads  on  her  physical  system  she  was  a  beautiful  woman, 
tall,  active,  with  black  hair  and  eyes.  Her  reading  was  confined,  for  the  most  part, 
to  the  Bible,  books  of  sermons  of  which  Marvin's  was  her  favorite,  and  the  St. 
Louis  Advocate.  Three  of  her  children,  Samuel,  Charles  and  Ida,  died  in  infancy. 
One  brother,  William  M.  Roberts,  Ashland,  Missouri,  one  sister,  Mrs.  Julia  A.  Britt, 
Rockville,  Missouri,  three  children,  John  A.  Rich,  Slater,  Missouri,  Mrs.  Lula  Warren, 
Lexington,  Missouri,  and  James  B.  Rich,  Fayette,  Missouri,  sui-vive  her.  She  died 
at  the  home  of  her  son-in-law.  Prof.  Alfred  P.  Warren,  at  Fayette,  May  1st,  1899, 
and  her  body  was  deposited  beside  that  of  her  husband's,  in  the  old  cemetery  there.- 
The  surviving  children  fully  expect  that  the  family  will  be  reunited  in  Heaven. 


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REV.  GEORGE  WHEELOCK  RICH. 


Heaven    gives    us    friends    to    bless    the    present    scene;    resumes 
Them,  to  prepare  us  for  the  next. — Younc). 

Rev.    George    Wheelock    Rich 

was  born  in  Chittenden  County, 

Vermont,    November   21st,    1818. 

His  father  was  Samuel  Rich,  of 

English     descent;     his     motlier, 

before     her      marriage,      Sarah 

Wheelock;      they     were     devout 

Congregationalists;      both     died 

before     George    was     ten     years 

old,   though   he  continued   under 

the  care  of    religious  people  till 

he    reached    his    majority.      His 

guardian        carefully     prepared 

him  to  enter  College  but,  seized 

with  the  "Western     Fever,"    as 

soon  as  he  became  possessed  of 

his     small     patrimony     he     left 

Vermont  in  1840  and  never  re- 
turned.      For     two     years       he 

taught        school        in     Jackson 

County,  Michigan,  then  went  to 

Fort       Leavenworth,       Kansas, 

where  lived    his   brother,  Hiram 

Rich,   a   merchant.     In    1843   he 

went  to  Santa  Fe,  returning  the 

following   August.     For   several 

years    he    was    a     very   efficient 

district  school  teacher  in  How- 
ard County,  Missouri,  and  in 
18-51     (quoting     his     language), 

"at  a  camp-meeting  held  at 
Bethel,  between  Fayette  and 
Glasgow,     resulting       in     many 

conversions,  I  was  most  power- 
fully converted;  this  work  was 
of  God."  At  once  he  began  to 
respond  to  the  call  to  preach,  of 

which  he  entertained    no    doubt, 

exhorting  and  conducting  religious  services  at  the  request  of  Rev.  Andrew  Monroe, 
Presiding  Elder.  Licensed  to  preach  in  the  Spring  of  18.52,  he  was  assigned  work 
on  the  Huntsville  Circuit  as  junior  under  Rev.  Martin  L.  Eads,  preacher  in  charge. 
Pursuing  the  usual  course  of  study  he  was  ordained  Deacon  by  Bishop  Kavanaugh, 
1854;  Elder  by  Bishop  Pierce,  1856.  He  was  over  six  feet  tall,  very  strong  physically. 
Dr.  Joseph  H.  Pritchett  says  of  him:  "He  had  naturally  a  good  mind  and  average 
education  for  his  day.  His  early  ministry  was  remarkably  efficient.  His  thoughts 
were  clear,  his  feelings  profound."  He  was  known  among  his  brethren  as  "the 
weeping  prophet."  I  have  no  doubt  that  he  injured  himself,  physically,  by  over-ex- 
ertion in  preaching,  prompted  by  the  impulses  of  his  strong,  emotional  nature.  Because 
of  "over-exertion  in  preaching"  his  throat  gave  out,  compelling  him  to  locate  in  1858; 
teaching  one  year  at  Rocheport,  one  in  Howard  High  School;  in  1860  he  purchased 
and  moved  to  a  farm  in  Howard  County.  Of  great  energy  and  endurance  he  worked 
with  the  hired  hands  in  the  field,  "always  lifting  the  big  end  of  the  log."  He  taught 
school  in  the  winter  and  preached  nearly  every  Sunday  till  silenced  by  the  authorities 
for  refusing  to  take  a  certain  oath  prescribed  for  preachers;  being  lodged  in  jail  he 
was  released  through  the  importunities  of  friends.  He  would  have  succeeded  well  as  a 
money-maker  had  he  devoted  his  efforts  thereto.  Readmitted  in  1868,  in  1870  super- 
numerary, effective  in  1875  and  so  continuing  till  superannuation  in  1887,  though 
thereafter  he  continued  to  preach  till  stricken  with  his  last  illness.  After  conference 
superannuation  he  was  instrumental  in  erecting  a  new  church  building  in  Saline 
County  which  bears  the  name,  "Rich  Chapel."  Saturday,  December  23d,  1889,  against 
the  protest  of  family  and  physician,  he  rode  from  his  home  in  Slater,  Missouri,  ten 
miles,  to  Walnut  Grove,  preached  and  administered  the  Lord's  Supper  the  next  day, 
returned  home  Mondav  and  took  to  his  bed,  where  he  remained  till  he  died  March  5th, 
1890.     Shortly  before  his  death  he  testified  to  his  faith  in  God. 


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REV.    DR.   WILLIAM   B.   WATTS. 


Then    farewell    Night!    of    darkness,   now,   no   more;   joy  breaks, 
Shines,   triumphs;    'tis   eternal  day. — Young. 


Rev.  Dr.  William  B.  Watts 
was  born  in  Madison  County, 
Virginia,  October  4th,  1804.  He 
died  in  Chariton  County,  Mis- 
souri, December  12th,  1?78.  He 
was  twice  married,  first  to  Miss 
Sarah  Blakey,  and  during  her 
life  they  were  converted,  they 
being  young  people  fond  of 
worldly  pleasures.  While  at- 
tending a  camp-meeting  near 
Ruckersville,  Virginia,  she  was 
convicted  of  sin  and  went  to  the 
altar  for  prayer;  he,  thinking 
that  if  she  became  a  Christian, 
it  would  spoil  all  their  nleasure, 
went  to  the  altar  and  led  her 
to  a  tent.  The  minister  seeing 
it,  called  on  the  congregation  to 
get  on  their  knees  and  pray  for 
that  young  man.  They  joined 
in  prayer  as  one  voice,  the  min- 
ister leading;  it  was  not  many 
moments  until  he  was  power- 
fully convicted,  and  his  cries 
for  mercy  were  heard  at  the 
altar;  then  went  to  the  tent 
from  the  altar  and  he  and  his 
wife  were  happily  converted  be- 
fore they  left  their  knees. 
From  that  time  on  his  life  was 
one  of  a  consistent  Christian. 
His  second  marriage  was  to 
Miss  Elizabeth  Burton,  his  first 
wife  dying  in  early  life.  His 
second  wife  was  always  a  help 
to  him  in  his  Christian  life.  In 
1835  he  moved  to  Missouri  with 
his  family.  Soon  after  he  was  converted  he  felt  the  call  to  preach  the  Gospel,  which 
he  did  and  was  ordained  Deacon  by  Bishop  Jlorris  in  Fayette,  Missouri,  in  18.39; 
ordained  Elder  by  Bishop  Paine  in  St.  Joseph,  Missouri,  in  1850,  when  he  took  work 
as  an  itinerant,  but  owing  to  his  family  being  too  cumbersome  he  only  sustained  this 
relation  to  the  Conference  a  year  or  two.  After  that  he  had  regular  appointments 
as  a  local  preacher,  until  stricken  with  paralysis  in  1867.  From  that  time  up  to 
the  time  of  his  death  he  preached  whenever  he  was  able.  He  was  also  a  great  Tem- 
perance worker  and  did  much  good  in  that  work.  He  helped  a  great  deal  in  pro- 
tracted meetings  and  was  the  means  of  bringing  many  souls  to  Christ.  Though  gone 
to  his  reward  there  is  yet  fruit  of  his  labors  left  to  carry  on  the  work.  One  who 
knew  him  for  forty  years  says  that  his  life  was  one  of  constant  piety  and  that  he 
had  a  constant  desire  for  the  salvation  of  souls.  This  sketch  is  signed  by  Mrs.  T. 
E.  Gilliam,  Mrs.  P.  S.  Williams,  daughters,  and  Mrs.  M.  M.  Pitts,  a  sister. 


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REV.  JOSEPH  Y.  BLAKEY. 


The  spider's   most  attenuated  thread   is  cord,  is   cable,  to  man's 
Tender  tie  on  earthly  bliss;    it  breaks  at  every  breeze. — Young. 


By  Rev.  Bowman  D.  Sipple. 
Rev.  Joseph  Y.  Blakey  was 
born  in  Howard  County,  Mis- 
souri, November  20,  1836;  united 
with  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
Church,  South,  as  a  seeker  of 
religion  in  August,  185.^,  under 
the  niinisti'y  of  Rev.  M.  R. 
Jones  at  Haynesville  Missouri; 
was  converted  at  Antioch 
Church,  near  Hainesville,  in  a 
meeting  held  by  the  "O'Kelley- 
ite"  Methodists,  now  "Christian 
Union";  was  married  to  Miss 
Ella  Arnold  in  Clay  County,  in 
1861;  was  licensed  to  exhort  by 
the  Greenville  Society,  Haynes- 
ville, now  Kearney  and  Lathrop 
Circuit,  Weston,  now  Platts- 
burg  District,  May,  18C2,  Rev. 
W.  A.  Tarwater,  Presidinu' 
Elder;  was  licensed  to  preach, 
August,  1862,  Rev.  M.  R.  Jones, 
Presiding  Elder;  supplied  the 
Liberty  Circuit,  186C-7;  Rev. 
William  M.  Rush,  Presiding 
Elder;  was  received  on  trial  at 
Macon,  September  5,  1867,  and 
ordained  Deacon  by  Bishop 
Marvin;  ordained  Rider  in  1871, 
by  Bishop  Doggett,  and  contin- 
ued to  preach  the  Gospel,  thac 
had  done  him  so  much  good,  as 
long  as  strength  would  permit. 
The  pastoral  charges  sn-votl 
were  in  the  following  order: 
Camden,  Gallatin,  Spring  Hill, 
Brunswick  and  Keytesville,  Lin- 
neus,  Platte    City    and    Weston, 

Montgomery  City,  Jonesburg,  Pleasant  Grove,  Fulton  Station,  St.  Charles  Station, 
Chillicothe  Station,  Albany  Station,  Lawson  and  Lathrop,  Cameron  Station,  Bruns- 
wick Station,  Triplett,  Hardin,  New  Franklin  and  Clark,  Armstrong,  Cedar  City, 
Madison,  and  Glasgow  Circuit.  For  one  year  he  was  a  superannuate,  the  result  of 
many  years  of  suffering  in  the  midst  of  toil.  More  than  twenty  years  before  his 
death  the  writer  of  this  sketch  first  knew  him,  and  he  was  then  a  great  sufferer. 
Yet  he  did  his  work  faithfully.  Brother  Blakey  was  a  strong  preacher  of  the  Word, 
ready  in  debate,  possessed  of  a  kind  heart,  well  suited  to  the  pastoral  work  which  he 
kept  up  faithfully.  Many  boys  were  inspired  to  a  better  life  by  his  talks  about  the  fire- 
side in  the  country  home  as  he  spent  the  night;  many  homes  were  bles.sed  lay  his 
earnest  prayers  at  the  family  altar;  strong  friendships  were  formed  with  the  best 
people  in  humble  life  as  well  as  in  wealthy  homes.  His  mission  was  to  all  classes. 
He  had  access  to  the  young  people.  As  he  grew  older  it  was  his  delight  to  have 
young  preachers  to  help  him  in  revivals.  No  jealousy  was  in  his  heart.  The  strongest 
words  of  commendation  would  be  given  in  public  and  private  for  the  services  of 
such  young  men.  The  list  of  appointments  indicates  a  successful  ministry.  In  the 
midst  of  his  labors  in  one  of  the  last  charges  he  served  the  writer  found  him  as 
eager  to  save  souls  as  in  his  earlier  years.  His  last  year  was  spent  with  the 
knowledge  of  the  approaching  end.  The  preparation  did  not  bring  gloom  and  despaiiv 
to  him.  "On  the  contrary,  it  was  a  happy  year,  a  year  of  deepening  humility  and 
broadening  love."  For  thirty-one  years  he  had  not  missed  a  conference.  "  The 
Missouri  Conference  met  in  Memphis,  August  31,  1898.  Joseph  Y.  Blakey  did  not 
answer  to  his  name  at  roll-call,  for  he  was  within  seven  hours  of  the  roll-call  above. 
He  died  in  Fayette,  Missouri,  in  the  county  of  his  birth,  where  he  was  loved  and 
appreciated  most. 


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REV.  DAVID  FRANCIS  BONE. 


To  take   the  Cross  and   follow   Thee,   where   love  and  duty   lead, 
Shall  be  my  portion  and  my  praise. — MaduDie  Giiyon. 


By  Rev.  A.  B.  Culbertson,  A.  M. 

Rev.  D.  F.  Bone,  the  son  of  Levi  and  Catherine 
Jane  (Burros)  Bone,  who  came  from  Kentucky 
and  settled  near  Carrollton,  Missouri,  in  18.39,  was 
born  on  a  farm  near  that  town,  January  5th,  1843. 
His  mother  was  a  niece  of  Rev.  Ruben  Burrow, 
who  helped  to  found  the  Cumberland  Presbyterian 
Church.  When  only  four  years  old  his  father 
died,  but  his  mother  kept  the  rire  burniuK  on  the 
home  altar.  At  the  age  of  seven,  while  his  mother 
was  singing,  "Home,  Sweet  Home,"  his  heart  was 
touched  and  conversation  togethev  soon  bi  ought 
to  him  sweet  peace  of  soul.  Being  left  with  the 
early  care  of  his  mother,  and  having  joined  the 
Confederate  army  when  only  seventeen  years  old, 
deprived  him  of  much  early  s^'hool  advantages.  In 
the  army  under  the  preaching  of  Bishop  Enoch 
M.  Marvin  he  was  led  to  see  that  he  had  gone 
far  away  from  his  God  and,  after  a  whole  night 
of  struggle  in  prayer,  he  could  truly  say  "The 
Lord  has  restored  unto  me  the  joys  of  His 
Salvation."  He  considers  this  night  of  prayer  the 
crisis  in  his  Christian  career.  Though  a  member 
of  the  Cumberland  Presbyterian  Church,  the 
church  of  his  mother  in  his  boyhood  days,  he 
placed  his  certificate  of  membership  from  the 
army  church  with  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church, 
South,  at  Carrollton,  Missouri.  In  1868,  this 
Quarterly  Conference  gave  him  license  to  pre.ach 
and  recommended  him  fo.'  the  traveling  coimec- 
tion.  In  the  fall  of  1868,  he  was  admitted  on  trial  into  the  Missouri  Annual  Confer- 
ence, which  met  at  Weston,  Missouri.  He  received  his  Deacon  Orders  in  1879,  and 
Elders  Orders  in  1873 — sickness  having  prevented  his  being  present  at  the  conference 
of  1872.  He  has  been  an  active  itinerant  for  thirty-six  years  iti  the  Missouri  Con- 
ference and  has  served  the  following  charges  in  the  order  named:  Camden,  two  years; 
Norborne,  one;  Mandeville,  one;  Liberty  and  Missouri  City,  one;  Osborn,  two;  Platte 
City,  two;  Davis  Chapel  and  Mount  Moriah,  two;  St.  Joseph  Circuit,  three;  Hundley 
Chapel,  one;  Tenth  Street,  one;  Savannah,  two;  Maryville,  one;  Mound  City,  two; 
Hoagland  Chapel,  one;  Fayette  Circuit,  two;  Centenary — St.  Joseph,  one;  Dearborn 
Circuit,  four;  Lineville,  one;  Gallatin  District,  four;  Monroe  City,  two,  and  now  in  his 
third  year  as  pastor  of  Higbee  Circuit.  He  has  married  twice.  First  to  Miss  Ella 
M.  Devlin.  Their  children  are  Rev.  Joseph  Marvin,  Charles  Spencer,  Fannie  Laura, 
Frank  Lee,  and  Anna  Ella.  September  .3rd,  1885,  he  was  married  to  Miss  Nannie 
V.  Paulette.  Their  children  are  Mary,  Catherine,  Paulette  and  Mildred  Virginia. 
"Pilgrim's  Progress,"  "Saints  Rest,"  "Man  of  Gallilee,"  "Fletcher's  Checks,"  "The 
Mind  of  the  Master,"  and  "Skilled  Labor  for  the  Master"  are  books  he  has  read  with 
great  profit. 

Of  the  Church  School  he  says:  "The  church  must  endow,  equip  and  maintain 
far  better  colleges  and  universities,  if  she  would  train  the  young  men  and  women, 
save  the  church,  the  state,  the  nation,  and  the  world:  and  this  is  her  only  business 
in  the  world.'' 

He  has  been  especially  gifted  with  evangelistic  powers,  and  those  who  have  pro- 
fessed faith  in  Jesus  under  his  preaching  are  numbered  by  the  thousand.  Many  of 
the  preachers  in  the  Missouri  Conference  whom  he  has  assisted  in  meetings  will  tes- 
tify to  his  gifts  in  this  direction.  Six  church  houses  and  three  parsonages  have  been 
built  under  his  pastorate. 


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REV.  THOMAS  HOWARD  SWEARINGEN. 


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Sed    recipietis    virtuem   Spiritus   Sancti,   postquam    supervenerit 
in  vos. — Jesus. 

But  ye  shall   receive  power,  after  that  the  Holy   Ghost   is  come 
Upon  you. 

Rev.  Thomas  Howard  Swear- 
ingen  was  born  March  9th, 
1852_,  in  Platte  County,  Mis- 
souri. His  father,  John  Swear- 
ingen,  and  mother,  Milia  Jane 
Swearingen,  were  both  mem- 
bers of  the  Missionary  Baptist 
Church.  He  was  very  marvel- 
ously  converted  at  a  campmeet- 
ing  held  by  local  preachers  at 
Morrov.''s  campground  not  far 
fi'om  Perrin,  Missouri,  Septem- 
ber loth,  1870.  He  joined  the 
church  the  19th  of  September, 
at  the  said  camp  ground.  He 
has  never  to  this  day  doubted 
the  great  work  God  did  for 
him  at  that  time,  but  his 
growth  in  grace,  on  account  of 
his  unfaithfulness,  as  he  :erms 
it,  was  much  slower  than  it 
should  have  been.  After  preach- 
ing for  a  number  of  years,  the 
Holy  Spirit  convinced  him, 
through  the  Word  as  he  studied 
it,  that  he  could  l-e  sanctified 
and  be  made  perfect  in  love, 
so  as  he  had  taken  vows  upon 
him  to  go  mto  perfection,  (per- 
fect love  in  this  life),  he  began 
earnestly  and  prayerfully  to 
seek  it,  and  continued  seeking  it, 
more  or  less,  for  years,  and 
God,  true  to  His  promises, 
sanctified  his  soul  June  22nd» 
1896.  He  was  licensed  to  preach 
by  the  Quarterly  Conference  of 
Osborn  Circuit,  Plattsburg  Dis- 
trict, held  at  Stewartsville,  Missouri,  September  12th,  1874;  Rev.  D.  F.  Bone  preacher 
in  charge  and  Rev.  W.  E.  Dockery,  Presiding  Elder.  He  was  received  into  the 
Missouri  Annual  Conference  on  trial  at  St.  Joseph,  Missouri,  September  15th,  1874; 
Rev.  W.  E.  Dockery,  Presiding  Elder,  and  Bishop  John  C.  Keener,  presiding.  He  was 
ordained  Deacon  at  Hannibal,  Missouri,  September  17th,  1876,  by  Bishop  Holland  N. 
McTyeire,  and  was  ordained  Elder  by  Bishop  David  S.  Doggett  at  Macon  City,  Mis- 
sorui,  September  15th,  1878.  Appointments  filled,  commencing  in  1874:  Polo  Charge, 
1874-1876;  Keytesville,  1876-1877;  Beckenridge,  1877-1878;  transferred  to  Western 
Conference  and  was  stationed  at  Wyandotte,  Kansas,  from  1878  to  1880;  Atchison, 
Kansas,  1880-1881;  transferred  back  to  Missouri  Conference  and  served  at  Platte 
City  from  1881  to  1882;  Lathrop  and  Lawson,  1882  to  1884;  went  to  Colorado,  and' 
when  Brother  Lee  died,  he  was  appointed  to  fill  out  his  time  at  Morrison  Chapel,, 
Denver,  Colorado,  in  1885;  then  at  Millville,  Missouri,  from  1885  to  1889;  Platts- 
burg, 1889-1891;  St.  Joseph  Circuit,  1891-1895;  Savannah  Circuit,  1895-1898;  Stur- 
geon, 1898-1900;  Keytesville  and  .\sbury  Chapel,  1900-1902;  Armstrong,  1902-1903; 
supernumerary  1903-1904;  Hallsville  Charge,  1904-1906;  supernumerary  at  present, 
1906-1907,  and  possibly  longer.  He  has  received  into  the  church  about  fifteen  hundred^ 
built  two  churches  while  on  Polo  work;  finished  up  one  at  Holt;  built  one  on  St.  Joseph 
Circuit;  bought  the  lot  at  Savannah;  built  the  parsonage  at  Wyandotte,  Kansas;  fin- 
ished one  at  Atchison;  built  a  new  one  at  Savannah;  bought  the  parsonage  at  Mill- 
ville; paid  for  one  at  Keytesville,  and  built  one  at  Armstrong.  His  education  was  re- 
ceived at  public  schools,  with  two  terms  at  Central  College,  Fayette,  Missouri.  He 
was  married  March  20th,  1879,  to  Miss  Isabelle  N.  Bryan. 


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REV.  FRED  EARNEST  MOSLEY. 


Life   is   given   for   Culture;    Culture   is   bestowed   for    fruit. — Dr. 

Joseph  Parker.  

By  Rev.  A.  B.  Culbertso.m,  A.  M. 

Rev.  Fred  Earnest  Mosley  first  saw  the  light  of  day  in  Clinton  County,  Missouri, 
June  5th,  1877.  He  is  the  son  of  Henry  C.  and  Catherine  Mosley,  both  members 
of  the  Missionary  Baptist  Church. 

He  was  "Born  Again"  at  Kearney,  Missouri,  December,  1897,  after  being  brought 
under  deep  conviction  for  sin  by  the  preaching  of  evangelist  Weaver  of  the  Presby- 
terian persuasion,  and  earnestly  seeking  pardon  for  two  days  and  nights.  As  soon 
as  God  gave  peace  to  his  soul  he  applied  for  admission  into  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
Church,  South,  at  Kearney,  Missouri.  Rev.  L.  N.  Wagoner,  pastor.  With  his  con- 
version came  a  distinct  call  to  preach  the  gospel.  This  call  was,  for  a  time,  resisted, 
even  to  the  spiritual  hurt  of  his  soul.  But  finally,  in  the  Providence  of  God,  he  gav» 
himself  wholly  to  this  call,  and  has  since  had  joy  in  His  service  and  clear  evidence 
of  divine  approval. 

He  received  his  license  to  preach  from  the  Fayette  District  Conference,  May 
the  10th,  1900,  Rev.  John  Anderson,  D.  D.,  Presiding  Elder,  and  Rev.  G.  M.  Gibson 
was  his  pastor. 

For  his  school  life  he  spent  three  years  in  Central  College  and  one  year  in  the 
Missouri   State  University. 

At  the  Fayette  District  Conference,  March  29th,  190.5,  he  was  recommended  to 
the  Missouri  Annual  Conference  for  admission  on  trial,  and  was  received  in  the  fol- 
lowing September,  Bishop  E.  R.  Hendrix  presiding,  and  ordaining  him  Deacon  at  the 
session  of  this  Conference. 

He  served,  as  a  supply,  the  Columbia  Circuit  from  December  1904  to  the  close  of 
that  Conference  year,  and  was  appointed  by  Bishop  Hendrix  to  the  Columbia  Circuit 
September,   1905." 

He  has  taken  twenty-seven  members  into  the  church.  "The  Cure  of  Souls"  by 
Ian  McLaren  has  impressed  him,  and  he  believes  the  Christian  College  is  of  value 
both  to  church  and  state,  inasmuch  as  such  a  college  develops  Christian  manhood 
and  womanhood. 


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REV.   LUTHER  CARLISLE   MAGGART. 


I   would   the  great  world  grew  like  thee, 
Who  grewest  not  alone  in  power 
And  knowledge,  but  by  year  and  hour 

In  reverence  and  in  charity. — Tennyson. 


Rev.  Luther  Carlisle  Maggart  wa.s  born,  August  8th,  1869,  at  Milan,  Sullivan 
County,  Missouri.  He  is  the  son  of  the  Rev.  W.  C.  Maggart  and  Sarah  Elizabeth 
Blaggart,  both  of  whom  were  members  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  South. 
He  was  converted  in  November,  1890,  at  St.  Charles,  Missouri,  in  a  meeting  con- 
ducted by  the  Rev.  W.  H.  Lewis,  D.  D.,  and  it  was  his  personal  appeal  that  led 
Brother  Maggart  to  Christ.  He  was  licensed  to  preach,  August  22nd,  1892,  by  the 
Quarterly  Conference  of  the  St.  Charles  District;  Rev.  W.  C.  Maggart,  preacher  in 
charge,  and  Rev.  Geo.  W.  Penn,  Presiding  Elder.  He  was  recommended  to  the  Annual 
Conference  by  the  same  Quarterly  Conference  at  the  same  time,  and  was  received  into 
the  Annual  Conference  in  September,  1892,  at  Montgomery  City,  Missouri;  Rev.  Geo. 
W.  Penn,  Presiding  Elder,  and  Bishop  Charles  B.  Galloway,  presiding.  He  was 
ordained  Deacon  by  Bishop  W.  W.  Duncan,  September  loth,  189.5,  at  Macon  City, 
Missouri;  ordained  Elder  by  Bishop  Warren  A.  Candler,  September  4th,  1898,  at 
Memphis,  Missouri.  He  has  served  the  following  appointments:  Saverton  Circuit, 
1892-189-3;  Glasgow  Circuit,  189.3-1894;  Memphis  Circuit,  1894-189.5;  Brashear  Cir- 
cuit, 1895-1896;  Atlanta  Circuit,  1896-1899;  LaPlata.  1899-1900;  Queen  City  Circuit, 
1900-1902;  Clark.sville  Circuit,  1902-1905;  New  Franklin  Circuit.  1905-1907.  He  has 
received  about  six  hundred  persons  into  the  church  under  his  ministry.  He  built  a 
beautiful  church  on  the  Glasgow  Circuit,  began  one  at  Elmwood,  and  purchased  a 
parsonage  at  Atlanta,  i\Iissouri,  and  repaired  a  parsonage  or  church  house  on  each 
charge  he  has  served.  He  buflt  the  new  brick  church  at  Eolia,  Missouri.  His  educa- 
tion was  received  at  Breckenridge,  Chiliicothe,  and  St.  Charles  College.  He  was 
married  to  Miss  Esther  C.  Zumwalt,  October  12th,  1893.  Brother  Maggart,  himself 
the  son  of  a  Methodist  preacher,  has  grown  in  his  love  of  Methodist  doctrine  and 
usage.  He  is  loyal  to  the  church  committed  to  his  care,  and  labors  zealously  to  pro- 
mote the  interests  of  all  the  organized  boards  of  the  church.  He  is  a  reader  of  good 
books  and  keeps  abreast  with  the  best  things  in  literature.  He  is  ready  for  the 
educational  campaign  which  is  to  mark  the  Methodism  of  Missouri  in  1907. 


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CENTENNIAL    VOLUME    OF    MISSOURI    METHODISM. 


REV.  NICHOLAS  FRANKLIN  MATHEWS. 


I    seek   two    things    in    this    world,    Truth    and    Love;    whosoever 
Assists  me   in  this   seaixh   is  a   friend   indeed. — John   Wesley. 


Rev.  Nicholas  Franklin  Math- 
ews was  born  October  3rd,  1862, 
near  Chillicothe,  Livingston 
County,  Missouri.  He  is  a  son 
of  Stephen  B.  Mathews  and 
Mary  H.  Mathews.  His  father 
is  a  member  of  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  Church,  South,  and 
his  mother  belong's  to  the  Chris- 
tian Chui'ch.  He  was  converted 
in  .lanuary,  188.5,  in  Zion  Bap- 
tist Church  near  his  old  home 
in  Livingston  County,  under 
the  ministry  of  Rev.  Bane.  He 
was  convicted  of  sin  about  1875, 
under  the  preaching  of  Rev.  M. 
N.  Allen,  but  did  not  fully  sur- 
render and  confess  Christ  until 
188.5.  Year  by  year  his  path- 
way grows  brighter,  his  heart 
is  fixed  and  he  knows  in  whom 
he  has  believed.  He  loves  every- 
body and  desires  their  good,  and 
loves  God  supremely.  He  was 
first  licensed  to  preach  by  the 
Missionary  Baptists,  April  15th, 
1890.  In  May,  1893,  he  was 
received  into  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  Church,  South,  at 
Central  Chapel,  on  the  Spring 
Hill  Cii'cuit,  Gallatin  District; 
Rev.  W.  C.  Rice,  pastor,  and 
Rev.  W.  A.  Hanna,  Presiding 
Elder.  He  was  recommended  to 
the  Annual  Conference  for  ad- 
mission on  trial  by  the  Quar- 
terly Conference  of  Chillicothe 
in  August,  1894,  and  was  re- 
ceived into  the  Annual  Conference  on  trial  in  September,  1894,  at  Carrollton,  Missouri; 
Rev.  S.  H.  Milam,  Presiding  Elder,  and  Bishop  Eugene  R.  Hendrix,  presiding.  He 
was  ordained  Deacon  by  Bishop  O.  P.  Fitzgerald  September  5th,  1897,  at  Albany,  Mis- 
souri; ordained  Elder  by  Bishop  Alpheus  W.  Wilson  September  7th,  1902,  at  Chilli- 
cothe, Missouri.  He  has  served  the  following  appointments:  Green  Castle,  one 
year;  Braymer,  two  years;  Excello,  one  year;  Memphis  Circuit,  one  year;  Atlanta, 
one  year;  Downing,  two  years;  Brashear,  three  years;  Queen  City,  one  year;  his 
present  work  is  Clark  and  Cooper.  Between  two  hundred  and  fifty  and  three  hundred 
persons  have  united  with  the  church  under  his  ministry.  Under  his  pastorates  the 
parsonage  at  Green  Castle  was  built,  and  a  church  enterprise  started,  and  a  one-half 
interest  held  by  the  Baptists  in  a  church  at  Downing,  Missouri,  was  also  bought.  He 
received  his  education  in  the  public  schools  and  at  Avalon  College.  He  was  married 
to  Miss  Isa  Dora  Gann  September  25th,  1888,  and  their  children  are,  Le  Etta  Math- 
ews, Paul  Mathews,  Wesley  Mathews,  Cramer  Mathews,  Mae  Mathews,  Fae  Mathews, 
Madge  Mathews,  Fern  Mathews  and  Vern  Mathews.  He  says  that  possibly  the  most 
important  crisis  in  his  life  was  when  he  decided  to  follow  the  dictates  of  the  Holy 
Spirit  calling  him  to  the  ministry.  Some  of  the  books,  aside  from  the  Bible,  which 
have  helped  him  most,  are  Watson's  Institutes,  "In  His  Steps,"  "Kept  for  the  Mas- 
ter's Use,"  and  "Pilgrim's  Progress."  Brother  Mathews  says  the  Christian  College 
sends  out  better  citizens  than  any  other  school,  and  the  progress  of  the  nation, 
as  well  as  the  church,  depends  largely  on  the  wise  management  of  our  Christian 
Colleges. 


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REV.    SAMUEL    MARVIN   WILLIAMS. 


Man's  responsiveness  to  God  is  the  true  glory  of  his  being. 

— Bishop    Hemlrix. 


Rev.  Samuel  Marvin  Williams  was  born  April  27th,  1868,  in  Pike  County,  Mis- 
souri. He  is  a  son  of  Jacob  Williams  and  Susan  M.  Williams,  both  of  whom  were 
members  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  South.  He  was  converted  in  November, 
1890,  and  joined  the  church  at  New  Harmony,  Missouri.  He  was  converted  under 
the  ministry  of  Dr.  T.  E.  Sharp,  during  a  revival  in  which  he  was  assisted  by  Rev. 
O.  B.  Holliday.  His  conversion  took  place  in  his  room.  Deeply  penitent  he  took  up 
his  Bible  and  opened  it  at  the  twenty-seventh  Psalm,  and  while  reading  this  precious 
Psalm  his  heart  was  suddenly  filled  with  gladness  and  his  sorrow  turned  to  joy.  His 
growth  in  grace  has  come  gradually  and  his  strength  has  increased  with  service. 
He  has  a  deeper  love  and  a  stronger  determination  to  do  God's  will,  and  His  pres- 
ence is  ever  precious  to  him.  He  was  licensed  to  preach  in  April,  1903,  by  the  St. 
Charles  District  Conference  at  Troy,  Missouri;  Rev.  M.  F.  Crowe,  pastor,  and  Rev. 
Willis  Carlisle,  Presiding  Elder.  He  was  recommended  to  the  Annual  Conference 
by  the  same  District  Conference  that  granted  him  license  to  preach;  and  was  re- 
ceived into  the  Annual  Conference  in  1903,  at  Mexico,  Missouri;  Rev.  Willis  Carlisle, 
Presiding  Elder,  and  Bishop  Galloway  presiding.  His  first  work  was  the  Asbury 
church  in  Chariton  County  during  the  conference  year  of  1903-1904.  Since  that  time 
he  has  served  no  charge,  but  devoted  all  his  time  to  his  studies  in  school,  until  this 
last  year  he  served  the  Fayette  Circuit  in  connection  with  his  school  work.  He  is 
now  finishing  his  junior  year  at  Central  College,  taking  the  classical  course.  He  was 
married  to  Miss  Nannie  Lewis  in  1892.  Brother  Williams  is  a  reader  of  the  best 
authors,  and  he  makes  good  use  of  his  reading.  He  is  studious  in  his  habits,  careful 
in  preparation  for  the  pulpit,  and  pleasing  in  his  delivery  of  the  sermon.  Withal 
he  is  a  student  of  human  nature,  and  excels  in  administration. 


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REV.  WILLIAM  SHORES. 


It    is    conceded    that,    of    all    the    springs    of    conduct,    the    most 
Powerful   and  enduring  is   Example. — Dr.  D.  R.  McAnaUij. 


By  Mr.  James  B.  Shores. 

Rev.  William  Shores,  a  pio- 
neer minister  of  the  Gospel,  was 
born  in  Georgia,  June,  1796. 
When  he  was  six  years  old,  his 
parents  moved  to  Tennessee, 
and  settled  near  Nashville.  He 
was  left  an  orphan  when  only 
a  lad,  and  was  apprenticed  to 
learn  a  trade.  His  foster-par- 
ents treated  him  badly,  assign- 
ing him  to  tasks,  and  imposing 
burdens  that  were  too  great  for 
one  of  his  age.  These,  with 
many  unkindnesses  shown  him, 
tended  however  to  bring  out  and 
develop  those  essential  qualities 
so  necessary  to  true  moral  and 
physical  manhood.  In  early 
life  he  was  converted  and  jomed 
the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church 
and  soon  thereafter  was  licensed 
to  preach.  He  was  an  active 
minister  of  the  Missouri  Annual 
Conference  when  it  embraced 
all  of  Missouri  and  parts  of 
Iowa,  Illinois,  and  Arkansas. 
Some  of  the  circuits  he  trav- 
eled covered  more  territory  than 
many  districts  do  at  the  present 
time.  Devout,  consecrated,  and 
with  a  burning  desire  for  the 
salvation  of  souls  and  the  suc- 
cess of  his  Master's  Kingdom, 
he  climbed  mountains,  crossed 
prairies,  swam  rivers,  suffered 
privations,  endured  hardships 
and  overcame  difficulties  that  he 
might  be  God's  servant  in  lead- 
ing the  people  to  Christ.  While  preaching  in  Arkansas,  he  swam  his  horse  three 
times  in  one  day  in  getting  to  an  appointment,  then  preached  to  the  people  while 
the  water  dripped  from  his  clothing,  having  no  change  of  raiment.  Religious  services 
were  held  in  private  houses,  which  were  usually  built  of  rough,  unhewn  logs.  These 
houses  were  few  and  far  apart.  The  settlements  were  often  thirty  miles  apart,  and 
nothing  but  blazes  on  the  trees  to  indicate  the  way,  there  being  no  roads.  On  one 
occasion,  when  the  day  was  dark  and  dreary  on  account  of  continuous  rain,  he  lost 
his  way  and  was  compelled  to  spend  the  night  in  the  wilderness,  while  bears  growled, 
wolves  howled  and  panthers  screamed  around  him.  Bold,  fearless,  gifted  in  prayer 
and  full  of  faith  and  the  Holy  Ghost,  no  wonder  he  succeeded.  At  the  Conference 
held  at  the  Fayette  Campground  in  Howard  County,  in  1828,  he  was  granted  a 
location  at  his  own  request,  his  means  being  exhausted  and  his  health  beginning  to 
fail.  In  September,  1829,  he  was  married  to  Miss  Susan  R.  Johnson.  Eight  child- 
ren were  the  fruit  of  this  union.  Rev.  J.  F.  Shores,  a  sketch  of  whose  life  appears 
elsewhere  in  this  volume,  being  one  of  them.  Brother  Shores  settled  on  a  farm  near 
Fayette,  and  did  much  good  for  his  Master  as  a  local  preacher.  He  died  in  his 
seventy-sixth  year,  honored,  respected  and  loved  by  his  family  and  a  host  of  friends, 
and   went   home   to   be   with   his   Lord. 


"Servant  of  God  well  done. 

The  battle's  fought,  the   victory  won." 


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REV.   JOHN   FLETCHER   SHORES. 


Christian    workers    shall    never    quit    their    thrones;    they    shall 
Reign  forever  and  ever. — Dr.  Tahnage. 


Rev.  John  Fletcher  Shores 
was  born  September  4th,  1833, 
in  Howard  County,  Missouri. 
He  is  a  son  of  Rev.  William 
Shores  and  Susan  Rice  Shores. 
Both  parents  were  members  of 
the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church, 
South.  He  was  converted  in 
Howard  County,  Missouri,  at 
Bethel  Camp  Ground  in  18.50, 
under  the  ministry  of  Rev.  A. 
Monroe,  and  others.  He  had 
joined  the  church  a  year  previ- 
ous to  this  time,  however,  under 
the  ministry  of  Rev.  B.  H.  Spen- 
cer. After  having  been  an  ear- 
nest seeker  for  religion  for  one 
whole  year,  his  conversion  was 
sudden.  The  influence  of  his 
father,  mother  and  oldest  sister 
was  instrumental  in  his  conver- 
sion. He  had  a  license  to  exhort 
about  seven  months  before  he  was 
licensed  to  preach,  but  never 
tried  to  exhort  but  twice.  He 
was  licensed  to  preach  by  the 
Rocheport  Quarterly  Conference, 
Rev.  Tyson  Dines,  Presiding  El- 
der; this  same  Quarterly  Con- 
ference recommended  him  to  the 
Annual  Conference,  September 
2nd,  1858,  and  he  was  received 
into  the  Annual  Conference  in 
1858;  Rev.  Tyson  Dines,  Presid- 
ing Elder,  and  Bishop  John 
Early,  presiding.  He  was  or- 
dained Deacon  by  Bishop  H.  H. 
Kavanaugh,  September  16th, 
1860,  at  St.  Charles,  Missouri;  was  ordained  Elder  by  Bishop  H.  H.  Kavanaugh, 
August  20th,  1865,  at  Hannibal,  Missouri.  He  served  the  following  appointments: 
Green  Castle  Circuit.  Memphis  Circuit,  Junior  preacher  on  Shelbjwille  Circuit,  Albany 
Circuit,  New  Franklin  Circuit;  appointed  to  Gallatin  Circuit,  "but  did  not  go  to  it 
on  account  of  war  excitement;  Mexico  Circuit,  Gallatin  Circuit,  Nebraska  City  Station, 
Savannah  District,  Keytesville  Circuit,  Norborne  Circuit,  Brunswick  Station,  Stur- 
geon Circuit,  Clarksvilie  Circuit,  Montgomery  City  Circuit,  Liberty  Circuit,  Keytes- 
ville Circuit,  Salisbury  Circuit,  Ashland  Circuit,  Prairie  Hill  Circuit,  Chillicothe  Dis- 
trict. He  received  about  five  hundred  and  twenty-five  persons  into  the  church.  Under 
his  pastorate  eight  churches  were  built,  and  he  assisted  in  purchasing  and  paying  for 
several  parsonages.  He  attended  Howard  High  School,  the  Rev.  William  T.  Luckey  and 
Dr.  Carr  W.  Pritchett  being  two  of  his  instructors.  He  was  married  to  Mrs.  Alice  Lar- 
icelere,  October  20th,  1868,  and  they  had  one  child,  Frank  V.  Shores,  who  died  in 
infancy.  Brother  Shores  entered  into  rest,  February  6th,  1905,  and  is  buried  at 
Brunswick,   Missouri. 


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MR.  G.  G.  bTD/UKI. 


Mr.  Sudzuki   was    educated   at   Central    College,  Fayette,  Missouri,  and    is   one    of 
our  brightest   graduates. 


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MR.  CLAUD  MARION  RICHMOND. 


Walking  in  the  light,  we  shall  receive  increase  of  illumination; 
Thankful  for  the  morning  dawn,  we  shall  see  the  noontide  splen- 
dor.— Dr.  Joseph  Parker. 


Mr.  Claud  Marion  Richmond  was  born  in  Moundville,  Vernon  County,  Missouri, 
August  29th,  1876.  At  the  age  of  five  his  parents  moved  to  Western  Texas  and  at 
the  age  of  nine  he  entered  one  of  the  grammar  schools  of  Abilene,  Texas.  In  June, 
1886,  in  company  with  his  mother  and  sister,  he  returned  to  Moundville,  Missouri,  where 
the  family  remained  awhile  in  town  and  later  moved  on  a  farm  for  a  year  near 
Schell  City,  Missouri,  and  then  came  back  to  a  farm  adjoining  Moundville.  Mr.  Rich- 
mond in  September,  1894,  left  home  for  Morrisville  College  where  he  spent  two  years 
in  study.  The  year  '96-'97  he  spent  on  the  farm  and  part  time  in  his  father's  store. 
Having  decided  to  go  into  business,  September  29th,  1897,  he  left  to  enter  Spalding's 
Commercial  College,  Kansas  City.  In  August,  the  following  year,  he  returned  home 
for  a  short  time.  In  February,'  1899,  he  was  called  to  accept  a  position  as  stenogra- 
pher for  a  large  dry  goods  wholesale  house  in  St.  Joseph,  Missouri.  He  remained  here 
until  August,  when  feeling  the  call  to  go  into  Christian  woi-k,  he  decided  to  finish 
his  college  work  at  Morrisville,  but  September,  1900,  he  decided  to  enter  Central 
College,  where  he  remained  three  years,  lacking  a  half  year's  work  finishing  the  A.  B. 
course.  Mr.  Richmond  was  an  enthusiastic  Aristotelian  and  Y.  M.  C.  A.  man.  He 
made  the  foot  ball  team  '00,  '01  and  '02.  Won  the  mile  run  in  '02  and  the  half-mile 
run  in  '01.  Mr.  Richmond  was  active  in  the  social  and  religious  life  of  the  college. 
In  December,  1901,  he  decided,  while  at  the  State  Convention  of  the  Young  Men's 
Christian  Association  at  Columbia,  to  go  into  Association  work  as  a  life  work.  Octo- 
ber 1st,  1903,  he  went  to  Chicago  to  enter  Y.  M.  C.  A.  Institute  and  Training  School 
and  finishing  his  course  at  the  summer  term  at  Lake  Geneva  in  July,  190-5,  he  re- 
turned to  South  McAlester,  I.  T.,  where  his  parents  had  moved. 

September  26th,  he  received  a  call  to  be  Social  Work  Director  of  the  San  Francisco 
Young  Men's  Christian  Association,  where  he  remained  until  he  was  called  as  Assistant 
Secretary  at  San  Jose.  Here  the  earthquake  changed  his  future  and  September  15th 
he  was  called  as  the  Boys'  Work  Director  of  the  Pasadena  (Cal.)  Young  Men's 
Christian  Association.  Mr.  Richmond  is  having  great  success  with  the  boys  of  Pasa- 
dena but  still  has  a  very  warm  place  in  his  heart  for  dear  old  Central,  and  his  class- 
mates who  are  scattered  from  gulf  to  lakes  and  coast  to  coast. 


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FAYETTE    DISTRICT    PARSONAGE,    MISSOURI    CONFERENCE. 


The  Missouri  Conference  stands  eighteenth  in  the  list  of  membership,  and  in  the 
number  of  Presiding  Elders,  sixteenth  in  traveling  preachers  and  value  of  parsonages, 
fourteenth  in  parsonages,  fifteenth  in  churches,  and  eleventh  in  value,  and  twelfth  in 
missions.  Of  the  forty-six  conferences,  the  Missouri  and  South  West  Missouri  are  the 
only  large  conferences  without  a  district  parsonage.  Such  institutions  do  not  seem  to 
grow  in  Missouri.  The  day  of  blanks  in  this  column  in  the  minutes  has  passed.  Two 
enterprises  are  now  on  the  way.  The  St.  Charles  District  has  such  an  enterprise  on 
the  way.  In  March,  1905,  the  Fayette  District  Conference  discussed  the  Presiding 
Elder's  home,  and  decided  to  secure  one.  W.  W.  Gray  undertook  the  work  of  securing 
enough  money  to  make  a  start.  He  raised  a  subscription  of  $1,200  in  Fayette,  and 
the  remaining  $1,800  was  apportioned  to  the  various  charges  in  the  district.  The  prop- 
erty was  contracted  for  in  September,  1906,  and  the  deed  passed  into  the  hands  of  the 
trustees  May  9,  1907,  when  .?2,000  was  paid  on  the  property.  The  remaining  $1,000 
is  being  collected  in  and  the  property  will  be  kept  in  excellent  condition.  The  location 
is  one  block  from  Centenary  Chapel  and  Central  College,  and  two  blocks  from  Howard- 
Payne.  The  building  and  grounds  are  large,  well  arranged,  with  fruit  and  outbuild- 
ings. It  will  be  a  relief  to  the  man  appointed  to  the  Fayette  District  the  first  of 
September  to  know  that  a  home  is  waiting  for  him  even  though  he  is  going  to  a  school 
town  where  rent  is  high  and  houses,  at  that  season  of  the  year,  extremely  scarce.  It 
is  difficult  to  understand  why  the  church  in  Missouri  has  been  totally  unconcerned  in 
all  the  past  about  homes  for  the  nine  inen  who  have  traveled  her  districts.  They  have 
labored  for  the  full  payment  of  preachers'  salaries  and  the  benevolences,  and  for  par- 
sonages and  churches.  So  many  interests  have  been  involved  that  the  Presiding  Elders 
themselves  have  hesitated  to  make  an  appeal  for  homes  for  themselves.  The  present 
time  is  so  full  of  possibility  that  every  district  should  see  that  a  district  parsonage 
is  begun. 

The  first  Board  of  Trustees  for  the  property  is  composed  of  the  following  men : 
A.  F.  Davis  (since  deceased,  and  succeeded  by  his  son,  Murray  F.  Davis),  W.  W.  Gray 
G.  "W.  Dimmitt  and  E.  W.  Rucker  of  Fayette  and  L.  S.  Harlan  of  Clifton  Hill,  John 
J.  Walkup  of  Armstrong,  and  J.  A.  Stewart  of  Columbia. 

The  property  will  be  kept  in  repair  by  assessing  an  additional  one  hundred  dollars 
per  annum  on  the  Presiding  Elder's  salary  and  collected  along  with  that  fund  and  paid 
into  the  bank  by  him.  The  entire  district  will  thus  be  interested  directly  in  the  main- 
tenance of    the  property. 


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REV.   HIRAM    D.    GROVES. 

Rev.  Hiram  D.  Groves  was  born  in  Andrew  County,  Missouri,  November  19th, 
184.5 ;  died  in  the  hospital  in  Kansas  City,  Mo.,  November  16th,  190-5.  His  i-emains 
were  taken  to  Fayette,  Mo.,  where  he  was  buried  November  19th,  his  sixtieth  birthday. 
He  was  converted  and  called  to  the  ministry  in  early  life.  He  was  a  very  useful 
man  in  the  itinerancy;  diligent,  earnest,  painstaking,  he  was  ever  successful  in  his 
Master's  work.  Gracious  results  followed  inevitably  the  efforts  of  such  a  man.  He 
entered  Central  College  in  April,  1868,  in  order  to  prepare  himself  for  his  work;  here 
he  remained  for  over  three  years  pursuing  the  Classical  Course.  He  joined  the  Mis- 
soui  Conference  in  1871,  of  which  he  remained  an  honored  member  to  the  end  of 
his  life. 

He  was  married  September  10th,  1872,  to  Miss  Anna  Bratton,  who  was  a  help- 
meet indeed,  and  she  joyously  shared  with  him  all  the  burdens  and  triumphs  of  his 
laborious  and  useful  life. 

In  1888,  Dr.  H.  K.  Hinde,  having  resigned  the  presidency  of  Howard  Female 
College,  Brother  Groves  was  chosen  by  the  Board  of  Curators  as  his  successor. 

While  devoted  to  the  itinerant  work,  he  consented  to  assume  this  new  responsibility, 
and  entered  with  hearty  zest  into  the  w^ork,  September,  1888.  For  nearly  eighteen 
years  he  gave  the  strength  of  his  manhood  to  the  great  work  of  Christian  education, 
and  eternity  alone  can  reveal  the  impression  for  good  he  made  upon  the  character 
and  life  of  the  young  women  of  our  land. 

During  his  administration  the  name  of  the  school  was  changed  to  Howard-Payne 
College,  and  he  was  instrumental  in  enlarging  and  extensively  improving  the  building. 
Success  crowned  his  efforts  in  this  work  of  education,  and  he  was  knowTi  far  and  wide 
for  his  woi'k's  sake. 

Central  Colelge  never  had  a  better  friend  than  in  Rev.  Hiram  D.  Groves.  His 
portrait  appears  on  page  114,  and  a  poem  concerning  his  death  on  page  115. 


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MISSOURI  CONFERENCE. 


WOODSON  INSTITUTE. 
Prof.  Willis  Marvin  Board,  B.  A...  PREsinENT. 


1 806— CENTENNIAL  APPOINTMENTS  - 1 906. 


PLATTSBURG    DISTRICT. 


Presiding  Elder M.   L.  Gray 

Plattsburp  Station H.  C.  McPherson 

Richmond  Station C.  B.  Duncan 

Osborn  Circuit A.   Snowden 

Kearney  and  Lathrop J.   M.   Bone 

Supernumerary J.  T.  Kimsey 

Edgerton  Circuit W.  M.  Baker 

Platte  City  and  Parkville.  .  .C.  K.  Shilling 

Weston  and  Waldron J.  D.  Hunt 

Millville  Circuit H.  I.   Cobb 


Hardin  Circuit E.G.  Swann 

Rayville  Circuit W.  L.  Myers 

Missouri  City  Circuit W.  W.  Wilson 

Excelsior  Springs  Station.. J.  H.  Hubbard 

Liberty  Station R.  E.  Dickenson 

Smithville  Circuit W.  P.  Owen 

Kingston  Circuit J.  R.  Hedges 

Lawson  Station F.  P.  Mapel 

Polo  Circuit J.  W.  Budd 

Cowgill  Circuit W.  N.  Giddens 


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155 


REV.  MARCUS  LEMON  GRAY. 


The  celestial  area  around  the  Throne  of  the  Redeemer,  for 
Spaces  wider  than  an  angel's  vision  can  sweep,  will  be  crowded 
With  the  purchase  of  His  blood. — Bishop  Marvin. 


By  Rev.  Ward  M.  Baker. 

Rev.  Marcus  L.  Gray,  son  of 
Emmanuel  Lemon  Gray  and 
Martha  Ellen  (Graham)  Gray, 
was  born  eight  miles  west  of 
ShellbyviUe,  Missouri,  October 
7th,  1857.  He  was  educated  in 
Shelbyville  High  School,  Cen- 
tral College,  and  Vanderbilt 
University;  he  became  a  student 
of  books,  a  strong  thinker,  and 
continues  in  the  paths  of  schol- 
arship. The  power  of  a  Christ- 
ian home  had  helped  to  direct 
his  life.  In  the  fall  of  1874, 
while  on  a  visit  to  his  uncle, 
J.  R.  Graham,  of  Clinton,  Ken- 
tucky, he  fell  under  deep  con- 
viction of  sin,  and  joined  the 
church;  finally  while  in  the  line 
of  duty,  as  Rev.  J.  M.  Flatt  was 
preaching,  light  from  the  glory- 
world  came  into  his  spirit.  Glory 
shone  round  about  on  that  .mem- 
orable day.  Life,  and  life  more 
abundant  expresses  his  progress. 
The  call  to  the  ministry  was 
unmistakably  clear.  He  re- 
ceived Deacon's  orders  in  1882, 
at  Plattsburg,  Missouri,  and 
Elder's  orders  in  September, 
1885,  at  Columbia,  Missouri; 
both  ordinations  by  Bishop 
Granbery.  His  appointments 
are  as  follows :  St.  Charles, 
Fulton,  Aux  Vasse,  Wellsville, 
Rocheport,  Salisbury,  Cameron, 
Lineville,  Gooding  Church,  St. 
Joseph,  Platte  City  and  Weston, 

Cowgill,  Chillicothe  District,  and  Plattsburg  District.  Earnest  and  faithful  work 
has  characterized  his  pastorates.  Revivals  in  each  class,  missionary  zeal,  grounded 
on  knowledge,  wise  and  wide  visitation,  a  clear  and  strong  gospel  from  the  pulpit, 
have  been  the  aims  of  his  ministry.  At  St.  Charles,  a  $1200.00  parsonage  debt  was 
paid;  $3300.00  was  expended  at  Fulton  remodeling  the  church;  a  new  parsonage  was 
built  at  Wellsville,  and  everywhere  improvement  and  care  of  the  property  placed  under 
his  pastorate.  His  admirable  system,  executive  power,  patience,  courage,  untiring 
energy  and  zeal  have  been  most  clearly  shown  in  the  Presiding  Eldership.  By  his 
initiation,  faith  and  perseverance,  various  building  enterprises  have  been  begun  or 
carried  to  completion.  Notably,  Chillicothe,  Milan,  Holt,  Excelsior  Springs  and  King- 
ston churches.  The  silver  bells  ring  in  the  happy  anniversary  of  his  marriage  to 
Miss  Margaret  Henton,  of  Louisville,  Missouri.  He  is  a  pure  man,  a  consecrated 
Christian,  a  diligent  and  sympathetic  pastor,  a  thoughtful  and  earnest  preacher,  a  wise 
executor,  and  an  untiring  worker.  May  this  volume,  of  which  he  is  the  able  editor, 
be  his  lasting  memorial. 


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REV.  CHARLES  BERNARD  DUNCAN,  A.  M. 


A    nobler  occupation   need   no   man   desire   than   to   be   a   fellow- 
Worker   with    God. — Dr.   Frederick    W.   Robertson. 


Rev.  Charle.s  Bernard  Dun- 
can, son  of  Judge  W.  H.  Dun- 
can and  Mary  J.  Duncan,  was 
born  February  16th,  1872,  near 
Shelbyville,  Shelby  County,  Mis- 
souri. He  was  converted  at 
Duncan  Chapel,  a  chuich  named 
for  his  g-randfather,  Mr.  Levan 
Duncan,  in  Shelby  County,  Mis- 
souri, January  2nd,  lS9.'i,  under 
the  ministry  of  Rev.  V.  J.  Millis. 
He  joined  the  church  at  the 
same  time  and  place,  and  on  the 
following  night.  He  was  brought 
up  under  the  most  wholesome 
influences.  His  grandfather  on 
his  mother's  side,  Mr.  William 
O.  Lowman,  was  one  of  the  well 
known  Sunday  School  Superin- 
tendents of  Shelby  County,  Mis- 
souri. Brother  Duncan's  conver- 
sion grew  out  of  these  blessed 
influences.  He  has  made  steady 
growth  in  his  knowledge  of  di- 
vine things.  He  was  licensed  to 
preach  in  April,  1890,  at  Hig- 
bee,  Missouri,  by  the  Fayette 
District  Conference;  Rev.  t.  E. 
Sharp,  D.  D.,  preacher  in  charge 
and  Rev.  J.  R.  A.  Vaughan, 
Presiding  Elder;  was  recommen- 
ded to  the  Tennessee  Annual 
Conference  by  the  Nashville  Dis- 
trict Conference;  was  received 
into  the  Missouri  Annual  Con- 
ference, at  St.  Joseph,  Missouri, 
in  September,  1901;  Rev.  C. 
Grimes,  Presiding-  Elder,  and 
Bishop  Warren  A.  Candler,  presiding.  He  was  ordained  Deacon  by  Bishop  Granbery, 
September  16th,  1900,  at  Fulton,  Missouri;  was  ordained  Elder  by  Bishop  E.  R.  Hen- 
drix,  September  .3rd,  1905,  at  Palmyra,  Missouri.  He  has  served  the  following  ap- 
pointments: Liberty  Station,  1901-1904.  He  is  serving  his  third  year  at  Richmond, 
Missouri.  He  has  received  two  hundred  and  seventy-nine  persons  into  the  church.  He 
obtained  his  education  in  the  country  schools  of  Shelby  County,  Shelbyville  Academy, 
Central  College,  from  which  he  graduated  in  June,  1898,  with  A.  B.  Degree,  and  Van- 
derbilt  University,  graduating  from  that  institution  in  June,  1901,  with  B.  D.  Degree. 
He  says  he  considers  his  conversion  and  the  decision  made  at  that  time  to  enter  the 
ministry  the  most  important  crisis  of  his  life.  Rev.  Charles  B.  Duncan  is  pleasant 
in  pulpit  address,  a  consecutive  thinker,  and  felicitous  in  expression.  His  auditors 
follow  him  with  pleasure.  He  reads  the  best  books  and  studies  them.  His  line  of 
sermonic  thought  is  of  high  order,  and  of  the  most  helpful  character.  As  a  pastor 
he  is  thoughtful  and  conscientious.  Naturally,  he  is  interested  in  the  great  educational 
work  of  the  church.  The  church  expects  much  of  Rev.  Charles  Benard  Duncan,  and 
in  this,  she  will  not  be  disappointed. 


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157 


MR.  HARRY  P.  WOODSON. 


One  of  the  Credentials  of  the  Christian  Religion  is  that  it  has  a 
Sane  bearing  on  our  human  lives  and  living. — Dr.  William  A. 
Quayle. 


By  Rev.  Chas.  B.  Duncan,  A.  M. 
Mr.  Harry  P.  Woodson,  son 
of  Thomas  D.  and  Sabina  L. 
(Hughes)  Woodson,  was  born 
at  Kingston,  Missouri,  March 
23,  1859.  In  early  childhood 
his  parents  removed  to  Rich- 
mond, Missouri,  where  practi- 
cally all  of  his  subsequent  life 
has  been  spent.  He  was  edu- 
cated in  the  Richmond  Public 
schools  and  the  Missouri  State 
University.  After  completing 
his  education  he  engaged  in  the 
mercantile  business  for  a  rhort 
time  in  CarroUton,  returning  to 
Richmond  he  formed  a  part- 
nership with  Mr.  W.  H.  Dar- 
neal  in  the  same  business  under 
the  firm  nf..me  of  Wood^^on  & 
Darneal.  In  the  spring  of  1905 
he  retired  from  the  firm.  He 
is  at  present  connected  with 
the  Ray  County  Savings  Bank, 
but  devotes  the  greater  part  of 
his  time  to  the  management  of 
the  large  financial  interests 
under  his  control.  Sound  and 
discriminatmg  in  judgment, 
honest  and  conscientious  in  all 
transactions,  active  and  keenly 
alert  toward  every  opportunity 
he  has  a  very  successful  busi- 
ness  career. 

He  was  converted  and  united 
with  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
Church,  South,  at  CarroUton  in 
November,  1879.  He  has  ren- 
dered    efficient     service    to     the 

church  in  almost  every  field  open  to  laymen.  For  a  number  of  years  he  has  been 
both  steward  and  trustee  of  the  local  church.  Eleven  years  of  faithful  service  have 
been  given  to  the  Sunday  School  as  Superintendent.  A  number  of  times  he  has  been 
a  delegate  to  both  District  and  Annual  Conference.  His  brethren  also  honored  him 
by  electing  him  delegate  to  the  last  General  Conference  which  met  at  Birmingham, 
Alabama,  in  May,  1906.  Church  Extension  and  Christian  Education,  those  interests 
of  the  church  which  were  so  ably  fostered  by  his  father,  the  late  T.  D.  Woodson,  have 
especially  appealed  to  the  son.  He  has  for  some  time  been  a  valued  member  of  the 
Conference  Board  of  Church  Extension,  while  the  success  of  Woodson  Institute  has 
been  due  in  no  small  measure  to  his  abiding  interest  and  wise  counsels.  While  busily 
engaged  with  the  present  day  work  of  the  church  he  has  his  face  toward  the  future. 
He  has  broad  and  comprehensive  views  of  the  mission  and  work  of  the  i^hurch  and 
is  a  close  student  of  the  great  movements  that  are  shaping  her  destiny. 

November  16,  1881,  he  was  married  to  Miss  Stella  H.  Galtney  of  Yazoo  City, 
Mississippi,  who  has  contributed  her  full  share  to  the  building  of  their  Christian 
home.  They  have  four  children,  Di-.  Thomas  D.  Woodson,  James  R.  Wood'^on,  Clara 
Galtney  Woodson  and  Hariy  P'.  Woodson,  Jr.  Few  parents  have  had  clearar  con- 
ceptions of  the  responsibilities  growing  out  of  the  relation  of  parent  to  child  and 
few  have  more  faithfully  and  conscientiously  tried  to  meet  these  obligations.  As  a 
reward  for  their  work  of  faith  and  labor  of  love  they  have  seen  all  their  children 
become   Christians   in   childhood. 

In  his  church  life  in  Richmond,  he  is  officially  associated  with  Brothers  Geo.  A. 
Hughes,  Prof.  G.  B.  Grumbine,  J.  K.  Joiner.  J.  J.  Rilev,  A.  B.  Conrow,  S.  L.  Bav, 
C.  W.  Dawson,  and  John  E.   Hill. 


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REV.  JOSEPH  THOMAS  DEVLIN. 


I   linve  fought  a  good  fight,  I   have  finished   my  course,   I   have 
Kept  the   Faith.— Sf.   Paul. 

Rev.  Joseph  Thomas  Dev- 
lin was  born  in  Sussex 
County,  Delaware,  in  1811, 
and  died  at  Lawson,  Mis- 
souri, October  ]lth,  1878,  ana  is> 
buried  at  Richmond,  .Mis?ou.i. 
His  father,  Patrick  Devlin,  was 
a  Catholic,  and  his  mother,  Mar- 
garet Devlin,  an  Episcopalian. 
He  was  converted  when  fourteen 
years  of  age  at  Wilmington, 
Delaware,  and  joined  the  church 
at  once.  He  always  connected 
the  recollection  of  his  awaken- 
ing and  conversion  with  that  of 
the  sickness  and  death  of  a  sis- 
ter three  years  younger  than 
himself,  and  regarded  that  mel- 
ancholy occurrence  as  being 
used  by  the  Father  of  all  for 
the  accomplishment  of  his  con- 
version. No  thought,  so  far  as 
man  could  discover,  ever  entered 
his  mind,  save  his  duty  to  his 
-Maker  and  his  fellow-mon.  We 
never  knew  so  good  u  man ; 
never  saw  one  who  seemed  so 
burdened  with  the  care  of  .^^ouls 
as  he,  and  never  saw  a  man 
whose  life  was  so  comiiletely 
devoted  to  the  cause  of  his  Mas- 
ter. His  Christian  character 
will  grow  brighter  ;nd  brighter 
through  the  cycles  of  time,  and 
will  be  perpetuated,  elevated  and 
glorified  in  eternity.  He  was 
licensed  as  a  local  preacher  near 
Kalamazoo,  Michigan,  in  18.37; 
Rev.  William  Mack,  being  the  Presiding  Elder;  he  was  recommended  to  the  Annual 
Conference  by  Rev.  Glanville  and  Rev.  Caples,  and  received  inro  the  ,A.nnual  Ccnfertnce 
at  Columbia,  Missouri,  October  7th,  1845.  He  was  ordained  Deacon  by  Bishop  Soule, 
at  Columbia,  Missouri,  October  7th,  1845;  ordained  Elder  by  Bishop  W.  Capers, 
at  Glasgow,  Missouri,  October  3rd,  1847.  He  served  the  following  appointments: 
Plattsburg  Circuit,  1845-1846;  Cravensville  Mission,  1847-1848;  Richmond  Circuit, 
1849-1850;  Carrollton  Circuit,  1851-1852;  Platte  Citv  Circuit,  1853-1854;  Savannah 
Circuit,  1855-1856;  Platt.sburg  Circuit,  1857-1858;  Richmond  Circuit,  1859-1860;  Mill- 
ville  Circuit,  1861-1862;  in  1863  he  was  supernumerary;  Spring  Hill  Circuit,  1864- 
1865;  Carrollton  Circuit,  1866-1868;  Platte  City  Circuit,  1869-1870;  Platt.sburg  Cir- 
cuit, 1871-1872;  Liberty  Circuit,  1873-1874;  New  Market  Circuit,  1875-1876;  Haynes- 
ville.  Circuit,  1877-1878.  His  preaching  was  not  in  the  words  of  man's  wisdom, 
but  in  the  power  and  demonstration  of  the  Holy  Spirit.  Scores,  hundreds,  and  may 
we  not  say,  thousands,  of  happy,  redeemed  souls  will  appear  in  Heaven  as  his  witnesses, 
and  will  be  shining  stars  in  his  crown  of  rejoicing  forever.  No  man  can  number  the 
souls  he  brought  into  the  fold,  nor  estimate  the  extent  of  his  labors.  The  following 
churches  were  built  under  his  pastorate:  Richmond,  Carrollton,  Todd's  Chapel  and 
Plattsburg.  He  received  his  education  in  the  public  schools  and  at  night  school  in 
Wilmington.  Delaware.  He  was  married  to  Miss  Sarah  Ann  Cable,  April  3rd,  1834, 
and  the  following  children  were  born  to  them:  Mary  Devlin,  Charles  Devlin,  Julia 
Devlin  (Mrs.  J.  W.  Shotwell),  Lucetta  Devlin,  Joseph  H.  Devlin,  Fannie  Devlin  (Mrs. 
F.  W.  Joy),  Ella  Devlin  (Mrs.  D.  F.  Bone),  Horace  G.  Devlin  and  Wakefield  Devlin. 
Only  three  of  these  children  are  now  living,  to-wit:  Mrs.  J.  W.  Shotwell,  Horace  G. 
Devlin  and  Joseph  H.  Devlin.  His  wife,  Mrs.  Sarah  A.  Devlin,  who  is  now  ninety-two 
years  old,  is  living  with  her  daughter,  Mrs.  J.  W.  Shotwell,  in  Richmond,  Missouri. 


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THOMAS  D.  WOODSON. 


But  he  to   Heaven   was  vowed  through   his  industrious  life,  and 
Christian  faith  calmed  in  his  soul  the  fear  of  change  and  death. 

— Wordsworth. 


By  Rev.  Chas.  B.  Duncan,  A.  M. 
Thomas  D.  Woodson,  son  of 
Robert  S.  and  Hulda  Ann 
(Young)  Woodson,  was  born  in 
Woodsonville,  Hart  County,  Ken- 
tucky, March  10th,  1828.  He 
grew  to  manhood  in  his  native 
state  and  received  a  common 
school  education.  He  was  mar- 
ried to  Miss  Sabina  L.  Hughes, 
a  native  of  Clark  County,  Ken- 
tucky, December  5th,  1854.  She 
departed  this  life,  April  11th, 
1871.  To  them  three  children 
were  born — Miss  Annie  Wood- 
son, Harry  P.  Woodson  and 
Virginia  Woodson,  wife  of  Dr. 
Robert  Sevier.  He  died  at 
Richmond,  Missouri,  August 
28th,  1902.  Volunteering  in 
1847  in  the  war  against  Mex- 
ico, he  served  in  the  Fourth 
Kentucky  Infantry  until  peace 
was  restored,  when  he  came  to 
Kingston,  Missouri,  and  en- 
gaged in  the  mercantile  busi- 
ness. After  a  trip  across  the 
plains  to  California  he  moved 
to  Richmond  in  186-3,  where  the 
remainder  of  his  life  was  speni. 
In  1868,  he  assisted  in  the  or- 
ganization of  the  Ray  County 
Savings  Bank,  served  as  its  vice 
president  for  a  number  of 
years,  and  was  afterwards  made 
president.  His  industry,  fru- 
gality, sound  judgment,  fore- 
sight and  integrity  secured  for 
him  the  confidence  of  his  asso- 
ciates in  business  and  made  him  an  unusually  successful  business  man.  As  a  citizen 
he  took  an  active  interest  in  public  affairs  and  could  always  be  relied  upon  to  do  his 
part  in  any  movement  which  had  for  its  object  the  social,  moral  or  religious  betterment 
of  the  community. 

He  was  converted  and  united  with  the  Church  in  the  year  1866.  At  that  time 
there  was  born  within  him  a  love  for,  and  intei'est  in  his  Church  and  her  ministry, 
which  was  one  of  the  notable  characteristics  of  his  after  life.  Though  an  active  man 
with  many  business  interests  he  was  never  too  busy  for  the  work  of  his  Church.  He 
had  been  abundantly  blessed  with  this  world's  goods  and  as  he  had  freely  received,  so 
he  freely  gave.  He  served  his  Church  faithfully  as  steward  for  a  number  of  years 
and  the  interests  of  the  preacher  were  always  safe  in  his  hands.  He  had  an  abiding 
interest  in  the  young  life  of  the  Church  and  for  a  long  time  was  Superintendent  of 
the  Sunday  School.  He  continuously  represented  his  district  as  delegate  to  the  Annual 
Conference  until  age  and  failing  health  compelled  him  to  ask  to  be  relieved  of  that 
duty.  When  the  Conference  Board  of  Trust  was  appointed  and  a  suitable  man  was 
required  to  manage  the  sacred  funds  of  the  Conference  claimants.  Brother  Woodson 
was  selected  for  that  important  position.  He  likewise  served  for  a  number  of  years 
as  treasurer  of  the  Conference  Board  of  Church  Extension.  These  funds  he  adminis- 
tered as  a  sacred  trust  and  it  was  his  invariable  rule  to  give  them  preference  over  his 
own,  many  times  even  at  a  financial  loss  to  himself. 

He  was  very  much  interested  in  Christian  education.  When  the  Plattsburg  District 
built  a  secondary  school  at  Richmond  he  was  the  most  liberal  contributor  and  the  school 
was  named  Woodson  Institute  in  his  honor. 


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REV.   WARD    McKIM   BAKER,  B.D. 


The  Church  still  blesses  him  who  for  her  service  cares. — Goethe. 


Rev.  Ward  McKim  Baker  was 
born  in  Callaway  County,  Mis- 
souri, May  4th,  1870,  on  a  farm. 
He  is  a  son  of  Dr.  John  Samuel 
Baker  and  Adela  N.  Baker.  His 
father  was  a  member  of  the 
Presbyterian  Church,  and  his 
mother  is  a  Methodist.  He  was 
converted  and  joined  the  Church 
at  Fulton,  Missouri,  under  the 
ministry  of  Rev.  John  A.  Bea- 
gle, in  April,  1886.  Always 
knowing  and  believing:  in  Christ 
Jesus,  he  had  given  no  close 
thought  to  the  matter  of  per- 
sonal acceptance  of  Christ  un- 
til one  Sunday  morning  Brother 
Monroe  a.sked  him  if  he  did  not 
think  he  should  be  saved.  The 
thought  found  lodgment  in  his 
heart  and  the  following  Tues- 
day evening  at  the  sacred  altar 
of  the  old  two-story  church  he 
found  personal  acceptance.  Re- 
newed assui'ance  and  the  witness 
of  the  Holy  Spirit  have  come  to 
him,  and  he  has  had  visions  of 
God  along  the  way.  Peace,  com- 
fort and  strength  and  more  are 
his  to-day.  Temptations  vei-y 
strong  have  beset  his  way,  but 
he  has  triumphed  thus  far.  He 
knows  in  whom  he  ha.s  believed. 
He  was  licensed  to  preach  De- 
cember 11th,  1888,  by  the  Quar- 
terly Conference  of  West  End 
Church,  Nashville,  Tennessee; 
Rev.  Walker  Lewis,  D.D., 
preacher  in  charge,  and  Rev.  Robert  A.  Young,  D.D.,  Presiding  Elder;  was  recom- 
mended to  the  Annual  Conference  by  the  Quarterly  Conference  of  the  Me.xico  District, 
August  7th,  1890,  and  was  received" into  the  Annual  Conference  that  year  at  Fayette, 
Missouri;  Rev.  John  A.  Mumpower,  Presiding  Elder,  and  Bishop  Key,  presiding. 
He  was  ordained  Deacon  by  Bishop  Charles  B.  Galloway,  in  1892,  at  Montgomery 
City,  Missouri;  ordained  Elder  by  Bishop  E.  R.  Hendrix,  in  1894,  at  CarroUton,  Mis- 
souri. He  has  served  the  following  charges:  Boone  County  Mission,  1890-1891; 
Excello  Circuit,  1891-1892;  Macon  Circuit,  1892-1893;  Marceline  and  Bucklin,  1893- 
189.5;  La  Plata,  189.5-1896;  Callao,  1896-1898;  Milan,  1898-1902;  De  Witt,  1892-1893; 
Brunswick,  1893-1895;  Edgerton,  1895-1?97.  He  has  received  about  three  hundred 
and  fifty  persons  into  the  Church.  The  church  at  Milan  was  built  under  his  pastorate. 
He  attended  Fulton  High  School,  from  which  he  graduated  in  1883;  Westminster 
College,  Fulton,  graduating  from  that  institution  in  1888,  with  B.S.  degree;  two  years 
of  classical  theological  course,  regular  B.D.  course,  at  Vanderbilt  University,  with 
highest  commendations  from  Dean  Tillett.  He  was  married  to  Miss  Frances  Maud 
Bel.she,  at  La  Plata,  Missouri,  June  3rd,  189G,  and  two  children  have  blessed  their 
home,  Florence  Adela  Baker  and  Robert  Luther  Baker.  He  says  he  believes  that  the 
visits  of  pastors  to  his  home  in  earliest  childhood  was  the  strongest  influence,  outside 
of  home,  on  his  life.  He  was  always  blessed  with  the  best  of  instruction  in  Sunday 
School.  Under  the  classical  shades"  of  the  beautiful  Vanderbilt  Campus,  he  had  his 
final  struggle  for  a  surrender  to   God's  will  to  enter  the  ministry. 


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JUDGE   WILLIAM   LAWEON   CULVER. 


The  truest  statesmanship  is  that  which  seeks  to  find  the  plan  of 
God. — Bishop  Candler. 


By  Rev.  Ward  M.  Baker. 

.ludge  William  L.  Culver  was  born  in  Kentucky,  November  6th,  1835.  His  parents, 
R.  E.  Culver  and  Mary  A.  Culver,  came  to  Missouri  in  pioneer  days  and  settled  in 
Clinton  County,  Missouri.  The  mother,  now  past  ninety  years  of  age,  lives  with  her 
son,  and  is  an  ardent  Presbyterian.  He  attended  the  Masonic  College  at  Lexington, 
Missouri,  and  is  a  man  of  fine  natural  ability,  weil-read  and  cultured  in  mind  and  heart; 
he  has  many  of  the  best  books  in  his  library,  and  a  meritorious  woi-k,  especially  from  a 
Southern  author,  he  eagerly  purchases.  He  married  Miss  Virginia  McMichael,  daugh- 
ter of  the  highly  respected  Thomas  McMichael,  of  Plattsbui'g,  Missouri.  They  walked 
in  congenial  companionship  for  eighteen  years,  and  had  around  them  a  family  of 
children,  four  of  whom  are  living:  Judge  R.  E.  Culver,  a  prominent  attorney  of 
St.  Joseph;  Thomas  M.  Culver,  a  horticulturist  of  Southwest  Missouri;  Paul  M. 
Culver,  the  owner  of  a  fine  stock  farm,  in  Clinton  County,  Missouri,  and  ]Mrs.  W.  A. 
James,  of  Lawson,  Missouri.  Charles  M.  Culver,  third  son  of  Judge  Culver,  lived  to 
manhood  and  his  family  resides  in  Plattsburg.  Twenty-five  years  ago  Judge  Culver 
was  united  in  marriage  to  Jliss  Mary  B.  Bland,  his  present  companion.  For  about 
fifty  years  Brother  Culver  has  been  a  member  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church, 
South.  He  has  amassed  a  comfortable  fortune,  and  it  has  been  his  pleasure  to  admin- 
ister in  financial  things  to  his  Church.  He  is  a  man  of  prayer,  and  has  been  steward 
and  Sunday  School  Superintendent  for  many  years.  He  has  been  a  member  of  the 
Board  of  Curators  of  Central  College  for  Women,  at  Lexington,  Missouri,  and  Wood- 
son Institute,  at  Richmond,  Missouri.  A  frequent  delegate  to  the  District  and  Annual 
Conference,  he  has  ever  endeavored  to  attend  and  be  of  service.  He  is  devout,  earnest, 
faithful,  conscientious  and  spiritual.  He  has  been  active  in  political  life  and  stands 
firm  for  right  issues.  He  has  presided  over  the  County  Court  of  Clinton  County 
for  two  terms  of  four  years  each.  We  delight  to  honor  our  laymen  who,  like  our 
brother,  have  stood  as  the  mainstays  and  support  of  our  local  churches. 


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REV.   HUGH  CORVILLE   McPHERSON,  A.M. 


He   was   made    not   only   to   know,   and   reason,   and    feel,   but   to 
Achieve. — Bishop  Marvin. 


Joseph  S.  and  Phoebe  Ann  McPherson,  the  parents  of  HuR-h  C.  McPherson,  were 
old-time  Methodists,  living  near  Jonesville,  Lee  County,  Virg:inia,  where  Hugh  was 
born,  October  4th,  186.5.  While  teching  school,  he  was  converted  near  Albany,  Mis- 
souri, in  1889.  That  year  he  entered  Central  College,  and  joined  the  Methodist  Epis- 
copal Church,  South,  at  Fayette,  in  January,  1890.  Having  decided  to  enter  the  min- 
istry, he  was  licensed  to  preach  by  the  Fayette  Quarterly  Conference  the  same  vear; 
Rev.  W.  F.  Packard,  D.D.,  P.C,  and  Rev.  J.  H.  Ledbetter,  P.E.  He  remained  in 
Central  College,  graduating  in  1894.  Soon  after  graduation  the  Quarterly  Conference 
at  Fayette  recommended  him  to  the  Missouri  Annual  Conference  for  admission.  How- 
ever, he  was  received  into  the  Southwest  Missouri  Conference  in  the  fall  of  1894; 
Bishop  E.  R.  Hendrix,  presiding,  Rev.  W.  C.  Bewley,  P.E.,  presenting  his  credentials. 
He  was  ordained  Deacon  at  Webb  City,  September,  1896,  by  Bishop  W.  W.  Duncan, 
and  ordained  Elder  by  Bishop  W.  A.  Candler  at  Lexington,  Mo.,  in  September,  1898. 
His  appointments  have  been  as  follows:  Seneca,  1894,  1895,  1896;  Mt.  Vernon,  1897; 
Scarritt  Collegiate  Institute  as  Professor,  1898;  transferred  to  St.  Louis  Conference 
and  appointed  to  Marvin  Memorial,  1899.  He  was  married  to  Miss  Annie  E.  Howard 
of  Hazelhurst,  Mississippi,  August  23rd,  1899.  They  have  one  son,  Howard  D.  In 
September,  1900,  he  ti'ansferred  to  the  Missouri  Conference  and  was  appointed  to 
Louisiana,  1900,  1901,  1902,  190.3;  Troy,  1904,  190.5;   Plattsburg,  1906. 

Thus  far  he  has  received  over  three  hundred  souls  into  the  fellowship  of  the 
Church  of  Christ.  He  built  a  church  at  Seneca,  Missouri,  and  one  at  Mt.  Vernon, 
Missouri.  He  built  the  parsonage  at  Louisiana,  Missouri,  and  the  one  at  Troy,  Mis- 
souri. The  parting  of  the  ways  came  to  him  when  he  finally  and  fully  decided  to 
preach  the  Gospel.  Lonely  and  dissatisfied,  he  decided  to  test  Jesus  and  his  power  to 
direct  his  life.  He  has  been  a  reader  of  good  books,  such  as  Wesley's  Sermons, 
Christus-Auctor,  Munsey's  Sermons,  and  many  others.  He  thinks  that  if  the  Chris- 
tian College  declines,  the  Church  is  destined  to  weaken.  Even  the  state  must  have 
men  of  hearts  as  well  as  heads.     The  Christian  College  promises  both. 


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MR.  THOMAS  McMICHAEL. 


It   is   our   wisdom   to   accept   our   own   existence   with    gratitude, 
And  to  strive  after  the  high  ends  proposed  to  us  by  the  Creator. — 

Bishop  Marvin.  

By  Rev.  D.  R.  Shackelford. 
I  first  became  acquainted  with 
Thomas  McMichael  in  Platts- 
burg,  Missouri,  in  the  autumn 
of  1868.  I  was  sent  to  Platts- 
burg  Circuit  in  September  of 
that  year,  and  on  my  arrival 
there,  among  the  first  brethren 
I  met  was  Thomas  McMichael. 
The  four  leading  men  in  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  Church, 
South,  in  Plattsburg  at  that 
time,  were  Nathan  Vance, 
Thomas  McMichael,  Abraham 
and  George  Funkhouser.  They 
were  all  men  of  means  and 
strong  friends  and  supporters  of 
the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church, 
South.  There  were  many  other 
faithful  men  and  women  in 
Plattsburg  beside  the  above 
named.  I  am  entirely  unin- 
formed as  to  the  early  life  of 
our  brother.  The  very  brief 
data  furnished  me  simply  said 
that  Thomas  MciMichael  was 
born  in  Xenia,  Green  County, 
Ohio,  May  22nd,  1810;  that  lie 
was  married  to  Miss  Hannah 
Morgan  of  Mt.  Jackson,  Shenan- 
doah County,  Virginia,  October 
4th,  1836.  Thomas  McMichael 
and  wife  settled  in  Plattsburg, 
Clinton  County,  Missouri,  about 
the  year  1840,  where  they  resid- 
ed the  remainder  of  their  lives. 
Here  they  reared  their  family  of 
five  sons  and  two  daughters,  and 
here  they  found  sepulture.  This 
latter  date  brought  them  face  to  face  with  the  stern  realities  of  frontier  life, 
and  perhaps  no  man  wielded  a  stronger  or  happier  influence  in  moulding  society 
for  good,  and  establishing  the  prosperity  of  that  town  and  county  than  did  Thomas 
McMichael  and  family  and  those  who  co-operated  with  them.  He  was  enterprising 
in  business,  and  God  blessed  him  with  an  ample  store  of  this  world's  goods.  He 
adopted  two  Scriptural  axioms:  (1)  "To  be  diligent  in  business,  fei-vent  in  spirit, 
serving  the  Lord,"  and  (2)  "To  do  justly,  love  mercy  and  walk  humbly  with  God." 
He  reminded  me  of  some  of  the  Old  Testament  Patriarchs  in  the  generousness  and 
grace  of  his  hospitality.  There  was  in  him  a  cordiality  toward  his  pastors  that  was 
very  charming.  He  was  one  of  the  most  correctly  thoughtful  laymen  I  ever  had  the 
privilege  of  knowing.  He  was  a  man  of  great  common  sense  and  thought,  and  had 
gathered  a  valuable  store  of  knowledge  from  reading  good  books.  Thus  equipped, 
he  was  a  valuable  help  to  his  pastor  and  the  Church.  His  piety  was  of  a  deep  and 
solid  cast  and  drew  its  life  and  inspiration  from  the  word  of"  God  and  close  vital 
communion  with  Him.  My  work  carried  me  away  from  him  in  his  later  years,  so 
that  I  cannot  speak  as  I  would  of  his  ripening  for  the  life  that  is  to  come.  His  home 
life  was  to  me  most  charming.  He  occupied  his  proper  rank  in  the  heart  and  conduct 
of  his  wife  and  children.  His  affection  for  them  was  of  the  most  beautiful  type  and 
theirs  alike  for  him.  Late  in  life  the  loss  of  his  youngest  son,  Thomas,  Jr.,  at"the  age 
of  seven  or  eight  years  was  much  like  the  loss  of  Joseph  to  Jacob,  and  then  the  early 
death  of  his  younger  daughter,  Josephine,  one  of  the  lovliest  young  ladies  I  ever  knew, 
was  a  sore  bereavement;  so  that  there  was  a  tinge  of  sadness  in  his  language  and 
manner  afterward.  But  I  feel  sure  that  out  of  it  all  the  Lord  brought  him  by  His 
grace  and  kept  his  life  hidden  with  Him  above.  He  was  a  man  of  strong  character 
and  of  decided  convictions  and  experience  as  a  Christian.  He  was  certainly  one  of 
the  most  consistent  and   influential   Christians   I   ever  knew. 


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LIBERTY  CHURCH. 


Rev.  R.  E.  Dickenson,  Pastor. 

This  church  was  built  under  the  pastorate  of  Rev.  Howard  L.  Davis.  This  gives 
us  a  good  church  building  at  Liberty.  The  official  Board,  1907,  is  made  up  as  follows: 
Dr.  R.  E.  Sevier,  John  Lindau,  J.  W.  Harrison,  Dr.  F.  H.  Mathews,  Judge  L.  G. 
Hopkins,  Hon.  Martin  E.  Lawson,  W.  B.  Strong,  Rev.  H.  C.  Hankins. 


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REV.  ROBERT  EDWARD  DICKENSON,  A.M.,  B.D. 


What    possibilities    appear    in    our    natures    since    we    see    what 
Christ  made  of  it. — Bishop  Hendriv. 


Rev.  R.  E.  Dickenson,  son  of 
Robert  W.  and  Catharine  J. 
Dickenson,  was  born  at  Cross 
Timbers,  Hickory  County,  Mis- 
souri, September  4th,  187.5. 
When  nine  j'ears  of  age  his 
mother  died,  but  not  without 
leaving-  a  profound  impression 
upon  his  young  life.  Before  go- 
ing away  she  exacted  a  promise 
from  him  that  he  would  meet 
her  in  Heaven.  In  times  of 
doubt  this  incident  in  his  early 
life    has    served    as    an    anchor. 

In  a  few  years  his  father  mar- 
ried Miss  Mattie  R.  Davis,  a  sis- 
ter of  Rev.  L.  H.  Davis,  of  the 
St.  Louis  Conference,  and  this 
good  woman  has  been  a  genuine 
mother  to  him  during  all  these 
years. 

He  attended  the  public  schools 
until  seventeen  years  of  age. 
when  he  entered  Morrisville 
College.  Already  a  member  of 
the  Church,  having  joined  in 
the  summer  of  1890  at  home 
during  the  pastorate  of  Rev.  W. 
K.  White,  he  found  most  con- 
genial surroundings  at  college, 
and  during  the  first  year  was 
licensed  to  preach.  An  uncle  on 
the  maternal  side.  Rev.  John  F'. 
Williams,  a  useful  preacher  in 
the  Baptist  Church,  being  a 
very  devout  man,  no  doubt  had 
something  to  do  in  helping  to 
mold  the  young  life  for  a  call  to 

the  ministry.  Spending  five  years  in  Morrisville  College,  he  graduated  with  the  degree 
A.B.  in  the  spring  of  1897.  In  the  autumn  of  the  same  year,  he  entered  the  Theological 
Department  of  Vanderbilt  University,  where  he  spent  three  consecutive  years,  gradu- 
ating with  the  class  of  1900.  He  now  holds  the  degree  of  B.D.  from  Vanderbilt. 
While  a  student  in  the  University  he  joined  the  Tennessee  Conference  at  Columbia, 
Tennessee,  in  October,  1899,  and  was  appointed  as  pastor  of  Alex  Erwin  and  Love 
Chapel.  This  charge  he  served  one  year,  and  during-  his  pastorate  the  present  brick 
church  building,  Alex  Erwin,  was  erected.  The  previous  building  had  been  destroyed 
by  fire.  He  had  served  more  than  a  year  as  pastor  of  Epworth  Mission,  a  church  in 
the  factory  district  of  Nashville,  supported  by  the  Epworth  Leagues  of  the  city. 

September  4th,  1900,  he  was  married  to  Miss  Annie  R.  Wynne  of  Nashville, 
Tennessee.  She  came  from  a  staunch  Cumberland  Presbyterian  family,  and  was 
the  daughter  of  W.  G.  and  Mollie  Cassetty  Wynne.  In  October,  1900,  he  was  ap- 
pointed pastor  of  Hobson  Chapel,  a  suburban  church  of  Nashville,  and  was  serving 
his  second  year  when  appointed  as  missionary  to  Mexico.  He  was  appointed  pastor 
of  the  American  Congregation  in  San  Luis  Potosi,  Mexico,  and  continued  as  pastor 
from  the  summer  of  19*2  to  the  autumn  of  1904.  Owing  to  the  ill  health  of  Mrs. 
Dickenson  he  was  compelled  to  return  to  the  United  States,  and  coming  to  his  native 
state,  was  stationed  as  pastor  of  Liberty,  where  he  has  served  till  the  present.  During 
the  Conference  year  1895-6,  he  served  as  senior  preacher  of  Humansville  Circuit, 
Rev.  G.  C.  Beery  being  his  assistant.  At  the  commencement  of  Morrisville  College, 
1904,  his  Alma  Mater  did  him  the  honor  to  confer  upon  him  the  degree  of  A.M. 


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REV.   MIDDLETON   RICHARD   JONES. 


The  river  of  Christ's  love  broke  out  in  the  Eternity  before 
Creation,  runs  through  the  world,  and  will  empty  into  the 
Eternity  before   us. — Dr.   William   E.  Miaisey. 


Rev.  Middleton  Richard  Jones 
was  a  native  of  White  County, 
Tennessee,  born  December  27th, 
1821.  Brother  Jones  came  from 
Tennessee  to  Illinois  in  1842,  and 
settled  in  Marion  County,  where 
he  was  converted  and  united 
with  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
Church,  South,  the  same  year. 
He  was  licensed  to  preach  in 
1849,  at  Parkville,  Missouri,  by 
Rev.  William  Patton,  Presiding 
Elder.  The  same  year  he  was 
received  on  trial  into  the  Mis- 
souri Conference  of  the  Metho- 
dist Episcopal  Church,  South, 
and  appointed  to  the  New  Mar- 
ket Circuit.  He  continued  to 
fill  important  charges  as  pastor 
until  1861,  when  he  was  made 
Presiding  Elder  of  the  Weston 
District.  In  1863,  as  were  many 
other  good  and  true  men,  he 
was  driven  into  exile.  He  found 
a  safe  refuge  in  Illinois,  where 
he  took  an  active  part  in  the 
organization  of  the  Christian 
Union  Church,  of  which  he  be- 
came a  prominent  leader.  This 
organization  after  a  few  years 
changed  its  name  to  Episcopal 
Methodist  Church  and  organ- 
ized the  Illinois  Conference,  and 
before  the  General  Conference  of 
1874,  the  name  was  again 
changed  to  Methodist  Episcopal 
Church,  South,  and  the  Illinois 
was  received  into  the  sisterhood 
of  Conferences  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  South.  Brother  Jones  was  a 
fraternal  delegate  from  that  Conference  to  our  General  Conference  in  1870,  and  a 
member  of  the  General  Conference  at  Louisville  in  1874,  as  a  delegate  from  the  same 
body.  He  remained  in  the  Illinois  Conference,  filling  important  appointments,  mostly 
in  the  capacity  of  Presiding  Elder,  until  1874,  when  he  returned  to  his  old  Conference, 
the  Missouri.  From  this  time  he  traveled  successively  the  St.  Charles,  Plattsburg, 
JIacon  and  St.  Joseph  Districts.  In  1889  he  was  appointed  to  Arch  Street  Church, 
Hannibal,  where  he  did  valuable  service  for  the  Church  and  was  greatly  beloved  by 
his  people.  His  next  appointment  was  on  the  Renick  Circuit,  but  his  work  on  this 
charge  was  of  short  duration,  but  even  in  this  brief  time  he  greatly  endeared  himself 
to  the  people,  and  his  ministry  was  well  received  and  gave  promise  of  great  useful- 
ness to  the  Church  and  the  cause  of  Christ.  Brother  Jones  was  twice  married.  First, 
to  Miss  Nancy  Wilson  in  Illinois,  in  1842.  Several  children  were  the  fruit  of  this 
marriage,  three  of  whom  survive;  Mrs.  Dr.  Asbury,  of  Linneus;  Rev.  R.  P.  Jones,  of 
the  Missouri  Conference,  and  the  younger  son,  who  is  a  successful  merchant  at  Mays- 
ville,  Missouri.  He  was  happily  married  the  second  time  in  Illinois  in  1886,  to  Miss 
Eliza  Burpo,  daughter  of  Rev.  Thomas  Burpo,  for  many  years  until  his  death  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Alabama  Conference.  Brother  Jones  died  at  the  residence  of  Thomas 
Brockman,  near  Renick,  Missouri,  November  2.5th,  1891,  after  a  brief  illness  of  eighteen 
hours.  His  last  words  to  his  weeping  wife,  just  before  he  became  unconscious,  were: 
"My  precious  wife,  I  regret  to  leave  you  alone,  but  (pointing  upward)  it  is  all  right 
up  there."  His  work  was  done.  His  faithful  ministry  of  over  forty-two  years  was 
ended.  God  saw  that  it  was  enough  and  said  to  him:  "Come  up  higher;  enter  into 
the  joy  of  thy  Lord." 


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REV.  SAMUEL  ALEXANDER. 


And  with  the  morn  those  angel  faces  smile 

Which  I  have  loved  long  since,  and  lost  awhile! — John  Henry  Neivman. 


Rev.  Samuel  Alexander  was 
born  February  16th,  1836,  near 
Elizabethtovvn,  Carter  County, 
Tennessee.  He  is  a  son  of  John 
Ale.xander  and  Delilah  Alexan- 
der. Both  parents  were  mem- 
bers of  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
Church,  South.  He  was  con- 
verted in  18.53,  at  Turkeytown 
Camp  Ground,  Tennessee,  under 
the  ministry  of  Rev.  Joseph 
Hasken,  and  joined  the  Meth- 
odist Episcopal  Church,  South, 
at  the  same  time  and  place.  His 
conversion  was  bright  and  clear, 
and  his  zeal  for  souls  at  once  led 
him  into  work  for  Christ.  Sam- 
uel Alexander  was  a  true  and 
faithful  man — one  that  served 
God  first.  As  a  Christian  his 
piety  was  thorough  and  con- 
sistent, always  possessing  a 
cheerful  and  happy  spirit,  but 
never  vain  or  trifling.  The  first 
impression  on  the  minds  of 
strangers  when  he  appeared  in 
public  or  private  was  that  he 
aspired  to  be  holy  above  all  else. 
In  the  earlier  stages  of  his  sick- 
ness, he  was  full  of  ecstacy 
when  religious  exercises  were 
joined  in,  whether  of  singing  or 
prayer.  It  almost  seemed  that 
his  zeal  literally  consumed  him, 
and  such  had  been  the  case  from 
the  inceptive  steps  of  his  career. 
He  felt  as  if  employed  by  the 
Master.  The  work  was  great — ■ 
the  time  was  short — he  must  hasten  out  to  improve  the  light  as  it  lasted.  He  was 
licensed  to  preach  in  1860,  at  Bloomington,  Missouri;  Rev.  Walter  Toole,  Presiding 
Elder,  and  Rev.  James  Penn,  preacher  in  charge.  He  was  recommended  to  the  .Annual 
Conference  by  the  Bloomington  Quarterly  Conference  in  1860,  and  was  received  on  trial 
into  the  Missouri  Conference  in  1860;  Rev.  Walter  Toole,  Presiding  Elder,  and  Bishop 
Kavanaugh  presiding.  He  was  ordained  Deacon  by  Bishop  Kavanaugh  in  186-5,  at 
Hannibal,  Missouri;  ordained  Elder  by  Bishop  Doggett  in  1866,  at  Richmond.  Mis- 
souri. He  served  the  following  charges:  Chillicothe  Mission  in  1860;  Bucklin 
Circuit,  1861-1862;  Gallatin  Circuit,  1863;  Supernumerarv  on  account  of  health.  1864; 
Millville  Circuit,  1865-1867;  Linneus  Circuit,  1868;  S"alisbury  Circuit,  1869-1871; 
transferred  to  Holston  Conference  in  1872,  and  appointed  to  Saltville  Circuit,  Virginia. 
During  these  years  he  received  into  the  Church  about  eight  hundred  souls.  He  re- 
ceived his  education  in  the  Bloomington  High  School.  He  was  united  in  marriage 
to  Miss  Isabelle  C.  Rooker,  at  Brookfield,  Missouri,  September  29th,  1863,  and  the 
following  children  were  born  of  this  union:  Olin  Marvin  Alexander,  Delia  R.  -Alex- 
ander and  Orien  Samuel  .Alexander.  Brother  Alexander  was  at  times  one  of  the 
most  powerful  men  in  prayer  the  writer  has  ever  heard.  Oh,  how  his  soul  went  out 
after  God.  He  died  in  Clarion.  Virginia,  the  home  of  his  parents,  February  15th, 
1874,  aged  thirty-eight  years.  Rev.  Mr.  Dickey  says  of  his  death:  "He  is  gone;  the 
sun  went  out  at  noon — not  beneath  clouds,  but  amid  the  blaze  of  heavenly  gloi-j'." 


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HARDIN   CHURCH. 


Rev.  E.  C.  Swann,  Pastor. 

Hardin  Church  is  one  of  the  substantial  church  buildings  of  Plattsburg  District. 
The  congregation  is  a  strong  one,  and  the  membership  is  made  up  of  good  people. 
The  following  brethren  compose  the  Board  of  Stewards:  E.  S.  Hunt,  E.  M.  Chase, 
A.  A.  Young,  E.  M.  Summers,  C.  G.  Grove,  J.  W.  Linney,  J.  I.  Carter,  George  L. 
Alcorn,  J.  F.  Owens. 


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REV.  EDWARD   COLFAX   SWANN. 


The  Lord  has  promised  good  to  me, 

His   word   my  Hope  secures. — John   Newton. 


Rev.  Edward  Colfax  Swann 
was  born  December  27t!i,  186.5, 
in  Benton  County,  Indiana.  He 
is  a  son  of  Job  Swann  and 
America  B.  Swann.  His  mother 
was  a  member  of  the  Presby- 
terian Church,  and  it  was 
through  her  influence  that  he 
became  a  Christian.  He  was 
converted  January  3rd,  1888,  at 
Mooresville,  Missouri,  under  the 
ministry  of  Rev.  J.  T.  McDon- 
ald, and  united  with  the  Church, 
May  5th.  1888.  He  had  come 
home  from  Ludlow,  Mi.>souri, 
where  he  had  been  vorking  on 
the  railroad,  just  a  few  days 
before  Christmas.  He  had 
grown  tired  of  sin,  went  to  the 
meeting  with  his  sisters,  he 
went  to  the  altar  and  was  tri- 
umphantly saved.  He  has  never 
doubted  his  conversion,  and 
there  has  not  been  a  year  since 
that  time  that  he  has  not  seen 
his  advancement  in  divine  things. 
He  says  continually  to  Him: 
"Here  am  I,  send  me,''  and  to 
men,  "I  coun;;  not  my  life  dear 
unto  myself  that  1  might  win 
some  souls  for  Christ."  He  was 
licensed  to  preach  in  August, 
1891,  by  the  Quarterly  Confer- 
ence of  Breckenridge  Circuit, 
Rev.  J.  M.  Settle,  preacher  in 
charge,  and  Rev.  W.  E.  Dock- 
ery.  Presiding  Elder;  the  same 
Quarterly  Conference  recom- 
mended him  to  the  Annual  Conference  for  admission  on  trial  in  1892,  and  he  was 
received  into  the  Annual  Conference  that  year,  at  Montgomery  City,  Missouri;  Bishop 
Charles  B.  Galloway,  presiding.  He  was  ordained  Deacon  by  Bishop  E.  R.  Hendrix, 
in  1894,  at  Carrollton,  Missouri;  ordained  Elder  by  Bishop  Candler,  in  August,  1898, 
at  Memphis,  Missouri.  He  has  served  the  following  charges:  Green  Castle  Circuit, 
1892-1894;  Humphreys,  1894-189.5;  attended  school,  1895-189(5;  Cameron,  1896-1898; 
Kearney  and  Holt,  1898-1900;  Platte  City  and  Weston.  1900-1902;  Edgerton  Circuit, 
1902-1904.  He  is  now  serving  his  third  year  at  Hardin,  Missouri.  He  has  received 
about  five  hundred  persons  into  the  Church  under  his  ministry.  The  church  at  Smith- 
ville,  Missouri,  and  the  par.sonage  at  Hardin,  Missouri,  were  built  under  his  pastor- 
ates. He  attended  the  public  schools,  Chillicothe  Normal,  the  District  High  School  at 
Humphreys,  Missouri,  and  Central  College,  at  Fayette,  Missouri.  He  was  first  married 
June,  1894,  to  Miss  Leila  Comstock,  who  was  at  one  time  the  youngest  bank  president 
in  the  United  States.  She  was  a  noble  woman,  possessing  in  an  eminent  degree  those 
traits  of  character  that  make  life  beautiful  and  death  triumphant.  He  was  married 
to  Miss  Susie  Edelen,  March  24th,  1897,  and  they  have  three  little  girls,  Frances  A. 
Swann,  Eunice  Swann,  and  Miriam  Swann,  and  one  boy,  James  Edward  Swann. 
Brother  Swann  strongly  endorses  the  Christian  College,  and  says  that  without  it  the 
highest  and  best  type  of  manhood  cannot  be  obtained.  The  Christian  College  turns 
out  the  best  product  physically,  mentally  and  morally.  His  greatest  ambition,  he  says, 
is  to  have  his  children  educated  in  a  Christian  College. 


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REV.   FRANK  JOSEPH   MAPEL,  A.B. 


Our  humanity  has  been  enlarged,  and  realized,  and  prlorified. 
Since  Christ  wore  it,  and  has  refused  ever  to  lay  it  aside. 

— Bishov  Hendrix. 


By  Rev.  Chas.  B.  Duncan,  A.M. 

Rev.  Frank  Joseph  Mapel  was 
born  in  the  city  of  St.  Louis, 
April  19th,  1870.  Ho  came  of 
Methodist  parentQ.'re  and  belongs 
to  the  third  gsneration  of  Amer- 
ican born  stock.  He  united  with 
the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church, 
South,  Ht  Marvin  Chapel,  St. 
Louis,  April  1st,  188S,  under  the 
ministry  of  Rev.  W.  R.  Mays, 
D.D.  For  a  time  his  religious 
experience  was  not  satisfying, 
but  after  diligent  inquiry  and 
an  earnest  seeking  for  a  more 
perfect  knowledge  of  the  way, 
the  mists  of  doubt  and  uncer- 
tainty were  dispelled  and  the 
cleai'  witness  of  the  Holy  Spirit 
was  an  unspeakable  joy.  After 
entering  college  he  was  conscious 
of  the  call  of  God  to  preacn  the 
Gospel.  In  Marvin  Chi" pel,  St. 
Louis,  he  received  his  license  to 
preach,  under  the  pastorate  of 
Rev.  Joscphui  Stephan,  Rev.  W. 
R.  Mays,  D.D.,  Presiding  Elder. 
He  was  recommended  for  admis- 
sion on  trial  by  the  Nashville 
District  Confereni;e,  held  at 
West  End  Church,  Nashville, 
Tennessee,  May,  1899,  and  was 
received  on  trial  into  the  Mis- 
souri Conference  in  Septenioer, 
1899,  at  Fayette,  Bishop  Gran- 
bery  presiding.  He  was  ordained 
local  Deacon  by  Bishop  Gallo- 
way at  Hannibal,  Missouri.  In 
September,  1S9G,  and  local  Elder 
by  Bishop  Granbery,  at  Fulton,  Missouri,  in  September,  1900.  Since  entering  the  Con- 
ference his  appointments  in  order  of  time  have  been  as  follows:  Rockport  Circuit, 
one  year;  Osborn  Circuit,  two  years;  Platte  City  and  Weston,  three  years;  Platte  City 
and  Parkville,  one  year.  He  is  now  serving  his  first  year  at  Lawson  Station.  During 
the  fourth  year  of  his  pastorate  at  Platte  City  he  projected,  built  and  paid  for  the 
parsonage  at  that  place.  During  his  ministry  he  has  received  into  the  Church  one 
hundred  and  seventy-four  members,  one  hundred  and  twenty  of  them  on  profession 
of  faith. 

His  primary  education  was  obtained  in  the  public  schools  of  St.  Louis.  Later  he 
attended  public  night  school  for  several  very  helpful  sessions.  Being  convinced  of  the 
need  of  the  most  thorough  training  possible  for  the  work  of  life,  in  .September,  1891, 
he  entered  Central  Academy  at  Fayette,  Mo.,  with  the  determination  to  secure  a 
finished  education  at  any  cost.  After  six  years  of  study  he  was  graduated  from  Cen- 
tral College  with  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Arts.  He  then  spent  two  years  studying 
Theology  in  the  Biblical  Department  of  Vanderbilt  University,  completing  the  Junior, 
IMiddle  and  a  part  of  the  Senior  course. 

September  6th,  1900,  he  was  married  to  Miss  Ada  Louise  Latta  of  Nashville, 
Tennessee.  She  is  a  cultured  Christian  woman  and  has  contributed  much  to  his  success 
in  the  ministry.  They  have  two  sons,  William  Latta  Mapel  and  Frank  Baldwin  Mapel. 
Brother  Mapel  is  a  faithful  and  conscientious  pastor,  a  hard  student  and  a  lover 
of  good  books.  He  is  a  strong  preacher.  His  sermons  show  cai'sful  preparation  and 
bear  the  imprint  of  a  trained  and  original  mind. 


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171 


WILLIAM   CLINTON  JAMES,   M.D. 


The   faith   that   trusts   and   feasts   is   fulfilled    in   the    faith    that 
Obeys  and  achieves. — Dr.  O.  E.  Brown. 


Dr.  William  Clinton  James 
was  born  October  7th,  1841,  in 
Union  County,  Illinois.  He  is 
a  son  of  William  Jame?  and 
Tempei'ance  Abernachy  James, 
both  of  whom  were  members  of 
the  Baptist  Church.  Dr.  James 
is  one  of  seven  children,  one 
only  snrvivins'  besides  himself. 
Dr.  James  H.  James,  of  Elmira, 
a  practicinji;  physician.  Dr.  Geo. 
James,  deceased,  was  also  a 
practicing  phys'cian  at  La^vson, 
Missouri.'  Dr.  William  C. 
James  was  converted  at  Jeffer- 
son School  House,  ilay  County, 
Missouri,  in  the  fall  of  1865, 
under  the  ministry  of  Revs.  Geo. 
Huffaker  and  P.  Wilson  and 
united  with  the  Methodist  Epis- 
copal  Church,  South,  at  the  same 
time.  He  was  converted  in  a 
revival  meeting  of  great  power, 
covering  six  weeks,  at  which 
there  were  more  than  eighty 
professions.  This  was  the  gene- 
sis of  what  aftei'ward  became 
the  Lawson  Class,  of  whicn  he 
has  been  a  member  for  tne  long- 
est time  of  any  n-jw  on  its  rolls. 
Dr.  James'  conversio'n  was  of 
the  sort  one  would  look  for  in 
the  case  of  a  quiet,  undemon- 
strative nature.  He  has  re- 
mained steadfast.  The  light 
has  grown  brighter  and  the  fel- 
lowship sweeter  through  1he 
years,  especially  in  the  last 
twelve  months  has  the  presence  of  the  Holy  Spirit  been  a  growing  and  deepening  bless- 
ing. He  attended  first  the  public  schools  of  Union  County,  Illinois,  then  Jonesboro 
Academy,  Illinois,  the  Medical  School,  University  of  Michigan,  at  Ann  Arbor,  and 
graduated  with  the  M.D.  degree  from  the  Keokuk,  Iowa,  Medical  College,  in  1864. 
He  entered  the  practice  of  medicine  in  the  Lawson  neighborhood,  continuing  there 
until  now,  over  forty-two  years.  Dr.  James  has  been  twice  married,  first  to  Miss 
Alice  Estill,  May  28th,  1874,  who  lived  only  a  few  months  after  their  marriage, 
and  then  he  married  Miss  Fannie  Tillery,  November  30th,  1881.  She  died  February 
26th,  1902.  He  has  two  sons,  William  Tillery  James  and  Donovan  Erskine  James. 
Bunyan's  Pilgrim's  Progress  and  the  published  sermons  of  Rev.  Sam  P.  Jones  are 
two  of  the  books  which  have  been  most  helpful  to  him.  Dr.  James  is  a  man  of  influ- 
ence in  his  community,  always  found  on  the  right  side  of  moral  issues,  and  squaring 
his  own  life  with  the  square  of  virtue.  An  official  member  of  the  Church,  to  his 
pastoi's  a  brother  and  friend.  A  Master  Mason  of  long  standing,  a  physician  of 
prominence,  loved  by  all.  Like  the  heroine  of  Owen  Meredith's  poem — 
"Born  to  nurse. 

And  to  soothe  and  to  solace. 

To  help  and  to  heal 

The  sick  world.     *     *     * 
In  the  evening  of  life  he  calmly  waits  the  summons  of  the  Master,  looking  forward 
with  joy  to  the  great  family  reunion  in  the  Father's  house,  whither  most  of  those  held 
dear  have  already  gone. 


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CENTENNIAL    VOLUME    OF    MISSOURI    METHODISM. 


PROFESSOR  GRANT  B.  GRUMBINE,  B.  S.,  M.S. 


The  Church,  in  short,  is  God's  University,  and  it  lies  in  her 
Foundation  as  a  school  of  Spiritual  Life,  to  energ-ize  all  capacity, 
And  make  her  sons  a  talented  and  powerful  race. — Blfshoi) 
Atkins. 


Grant  Bartholomew  Gruni- 
bine  was  born  in  Hastings,  Ne- 
braska, Sunday,  August  24th, 
1879.  His  ancestors  were  Ger- 
mans and  of  the  earliest  settlers 
of  Pennsylvania.  Members  of 
the  family  are  prominent  in  the 
local  and  state  affairs  of  Penn- 
sylvania. 

In  1804  he  graduated  from 
the  Carter  Harrison  School  of 
Chicago,  Illinois.  In  January, 
1896,  he  came  with  his  parents 
to  Breckenridge,  Missouri,  and 
filled  his  niche  as  "the  man  with 
the  hoe,"  like  an  American  to 
the  manner  born.  In  April, 
1900,  he  graduated  from  Breck- 
enridge High  School,  having 
completed  a  three  years'  course 
in  two  years. 

He  entered  Central  College  in 
the  fall  of  1900,  where  he  served 
as  assistant  librarian  during  the 
session  of  1900  and  1901,  and 
assistant  instructor  of  Mathe- 
matics in  Central  Academy  dur- 
ing the  session  1901  and  1902. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Aristote- 
lian Literary  Society  of  Central 
College,  was  captain  of  the  foot- 
ball team  of  1902  and  1903,  di- 
rector of  the  gymnasium,  mem- 
ber of  the  Athletic  committee, 
and  President  of  the  Athletic 
Association  during  the  session 
of  1902  and  1903. 

In  June,  1903,  he  received  the 
degree  of  Bachelor  of  Science.  During  the  session  of  1903  and  1904  he  was  in- 
structor of  Mathematics  in  Woodson  Institute,  Richmond,  Missouri,  at  the  same  time 
pursuing  post-graduate  work  under  the  direction  of  the  Central  College  Faculty.  For 
this  work  he  received  the  degree  of  Master  of  Science.  The  thesis  prepared  was  a 
critique  of    1.5,000  words  on  Hamilton's  "Moral  Law." 

December  23,  1903,  he  was  married  to  Miss  Mary  E.  Cox  of  Breckenridge,  I\Iis- 
souri.  She  is  a  descendant  of  one  of  the  earliest  Virginia  families  and  is  a  member 
of    the  Society  of  the  Daughters  of  the  American  Revolution. 

Grant  B.  Grumbine  was  elected  principal  of  Woodson  Institute  in  August,  1904, 
which  position  he  held  until  June,  1907,  then  leaving  to  pursue  advanced  study. 

"Grumbine  is  a  man  among  men — he  is  strong  in  mind  and  body — he  is  a  straight 
from  the  shoulder  Christian — not  a  poser;  he  is  loved  most  by  those  who  have  best 
chance  to  know  him.''  The  loyalty  of  his  pupils  shows  a  strength  of  character  that 
is  indicative  of  much  personal  magnetism."  He  is  a  member  of  the  Knights  Templar 
and  of  the  Sons  of  the  American  Revolution." 


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173 


REV.    WALTER   W.   WILSON. 


Men    were    created    with    the    power    to    do    wonderful    works    in 
The  sphere  of  their  activity. — Bishop  Haygood. 


By  Rev.  Ward  M.  Baker. 
The  power  with  which  God's  spirit  follows  a  man  in  the  inner  call  to  the 
ministiy  is  fully  illustrated  in  the  life  of  Walter  W.  Wilson.  From  early  boyhood  he 
felt  called  to  preach,  and  at  the  age  of  eighteen  he  was  soundly  converted  and  joined 
Hickory  Grove  Church,  in  Henry  County,  Missouri,  under  the  ministry  of  Rev.  G.  L, 
Taylor.  Having  been  reared  in  the  faith,  and  with  a  strong  sense  of  responsibility 
to  God,  the  call  came  before  conversion.  The  sense  of  uneasiness  and  condemnation 
followed  the  assurance  of  acceptance  with  God.  A  completer  consecration,  the  real 
joy  of  obedience  and  service  came,  when,  after  nearly  sixteen  years  of  struggle,  onr 
brother  took  up  the  work  to  which  God  had  called  him.  He  was  licensed  to  preach 
by  the  Clinton  District  Conference,  South  West  Mis.souri  Conference,  upon  the  recom- 
mendation of  the  Windsor  Quarterly  Conference,  September  14th,  190.5;  Rev.  S.  J, 
Brown,  preacher  in  charge,  and  Rev.  W.  M.  Rader,  Presiding  Elder.  He  was  recom- 
mended by  the  Plattsburg  District  Conference,  Missouri  Conference,  which  convened 
in  Weston,  Missouri,  April  10th,  1906;  Rev.  M.  L.  Gray,  Presiding  Elder,  and  upon 
this  recommendation,  and  after  due  examination,  was  received  into  the  Missouri 
Annual  Conference  held  at  Carrollton,  Missouri,  August,  1906;  Bishop  Joseph  S. 
Key,  presiding.  He  was  bom  of  Methodist  parentage,  John  W.  Wilson  and  Nannie 
A.  Wilson,  in  Henry  County,  Missouri,  December  4th,  1871,  and  being  nurtured  and 
strengthened  in  the  Lord,  he  was  taught  how  to  make  all  life  honorable  and  success- 
ful. He  had  therefore  a  successful  business  career  to  surrender  for  his  larger  field 
of  usefulness.  He  was  trained  in  the  district  schools,  Clinton  High  School,  and  the 
Missouri  University.  He  married  Miss  Mary  E.  Jliller,  February  28th,  1900.  John 
Miller  Wilson  is  their  only  child.  He  supplied  Missouri  City  Circuit  the  year  of 
190.5-1906,  receiving  thirty-one  members,  organizing  an  Epworth  League,  strength- 
ening and  enlarging  the  Sunday  School,  securing  all  the  conference  collections  and 
was  retui-ned  for  the  second  year  at  the  desire  of  his  membership.  Common-sense, 
energy,  and  devotion,   are   his   most   prominent   characteristics. 


174  CENTENNIAL    VOLUME    OF    MISSOUR;    METHODISM. 


REV.  GEORGE  MILES  GIBSON,  A.  M. 


God    for    His    own    sake;    Goodness    because    it    is    good;    truth 
Because  it  is  lovely. — Dr.  Frederick  W.  Robertson. 


By  Rev.  Charles  M.  Bishop,  D.  D. 

The  Rev.  Georpe  M.  Gibson 
was  born  at  Pocahontas,  Taze- 
well County,  VirKinia,  Decem- 
ber 7th,  1860.  He  was  the  .son 
of  Wesley  p.nd  Rebecca  J.  Gib- 
son, who  were  well-known  in 
Tazewel'  and  Russell  counties 
as  ardent  Methodists  and  most 
respectable  and  useful  people. 
His  father  was  an  exhorter  in 
the  Church  for  many  years  in 
the  days  when  that  official  had 
a  large  influence  and  did  a  most 
important   work. 

He  was  converted,  February 
1st,  1876,  at  Sulphur  Spring-s, 
Russell  County,  Virginia,  under 
the  ministry  of  the  Rev.  H. 
W.  Bays  of  the  Holston  (now 
of  the  South  Carolina)  Confer- 
ence. Writing  of  his  conversion 
he  says:  "Sudden  as  the 
lightning-flash  was  the  vital 
change;  the  purpose  and  de- 
sire were  from  infancy."  He 
was  licensed  to  preach  on 
August  18th,  188.3,  by  the  Quar- 
terly Conference  of  Dickenson- 
ville  Circuit,  Abingdon  District, 
Holston  Conference.  He  at- 
tended school  at  Abingdon  Dis- 
trict High  School  and  Hamilton 
Institute  in  Virginia,  where  he 
was  prepared  for  admission  to 
the  Sophomore  class  at  Emory 
and  Henry  College,  Emory, 
Virginia,  from  which  institution 
he  was  graduated  with  the 
degree  of  B.  A.  in  1887.  After 
his  graduation  he  was  elected  a  professor  in  St.  Charles  College,  Missouri,  where  he 
taught  one  year.  He  joined  the  Missouri  Conference  on  trial  in  the  fall  of  1888 
and  was  ordained  a  local  Deacon  at  this  Conference.  Later  in  due  process  of  time 
he  was  received  into  full  connection  and  ordained  Elder.  His  first  charge  was  Troy 
and  Wentzville  which  he  served  two  years.  Later  he  served  the  following  charges 
in  the  Missouri  Conference  in  the  order  given :  Albany,  Hundley  Church,  St. 
Joseph,  Glasgow,  Macon,  Fayette,  Richmond.  In  the  fall  of  1904  he  was  transferred 
by  Bishop  E.  E.  Hoss,  his  old  College  teacher  and  friend,  to  the  New  Mexico  Confer- 
ence, and  stationed  at  El  Paso,  Texas.  Mr.  Gibson  was  married  to  Miss  Florence 
Allen  at  Troy,  Missouri,  October  14th,  1891,  the  Rev.  C.  M.  Bishop  performing  the 
ceremony.  To  them  have  been  born  three  children — Kate,  Maude  and  George. 
They  are  a  most  happy  family,  each  of  them  in  love  with  all  the  othei's;  and  one 
would  travel  far  before  he  would  find  a  home  where  there  is  more  of  good  cheer 
and   hopefulness   and   Christian   joy   than    in   the   Gibson    home. 

Brother  Gibson  came  early  to  rank  among  the  foremost  men  of  his  Conference. 
In  him  are  combined  in  a  very  remarkable  way  the  qualities  of  the  successful  pastor. 
He  is  a  studious,  thoughtful,  cultured  man ;  a  delightful  speaker,  with  a  clear, 
strong,  sub-tenor  voice;  a  devout  Christian  with  a  happy  experience;  an  orthodox 
but  progressive  thinker,  well  red  in  modern  Biblical  and  theological  lit- 
erature. He  is  a  man  of  the  people,  sociable,  sympathetic;  a  good  conversationalist, 
a  safe  adviser,  courageous  and  skillful  in  dealing  with  souls.  He  knows  how  to 
bring  things  to  pass.  He  builds  up  his  Church  both  in  its  spiritual  life  and  in  its 
material    equipment. 


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175 


REV.  CALVIN  PLOMER  CURRY. 


The  highest  culture  and  capacity  are  still  found  in  the  Christian 
Ranks,  when  the  early  education  of  such  minds  has  been 
Favorable  to   Christianity. — Dr.  D.  R.  McAnaUy. 


By  a   Friend. 


Calvin  Plomer  Curry 
was  born  in  Gray  Court, 
South  Carolina,  August, 
1869;  he  was  a  son  of 
Ivory  and  Eliza  Curry, 
Methodists;  was  brought 
up  in  the  Church;  at  the 
age  of  ten  in  a  young 
man's  prayer-meeting  held 
in  his  native  town,  he 
united  with  the  Methodist 
Church,  South,  under  the 
ministry  of  Rev.  J.  C. 
Counts.  He  was  grad- 
uated from  the  High 
School  at  Gray  Court. 
As  a  youth  he  took  an 
active  part  in  Sunday 
School  and  Church  work, 
but  the  Master  had  great- 
er work  for  him,  and  a 
few  years  later  he  en- 
listed in  Evangelistic 
work.  From  that  time  his 
has  been  a  life  of  service ; 
in  his  unassuming,  mod- 
est way  he  has  ceaselessly 
toiled  in  his  Master's 
Vineyard,  and  not  in  vain 
has  been  his  labor.  He 
was  licensed  to  preach 
April,  190-5,  at  St.  Joseph 
District  Conference;  Rev. 
R.  C.  Taylor,  preacher  in 
charge.  Rev.  J.  A.  ;\Iuni- 
power,  Presidihg  Elder. 
May  19th,  1897,  he  was 
married  to  Miss  Helen 
Pope  Payne;  to  this  union 
has  been  borne  one  child, 
Graham  Pajme  Curry,  an 
intelligent,  interesting  boy,  unusually  talented  along  musical  lines.  Possibly  the  crisis 
in  the  life  of  this  man  was  his  bright  conversion  in  early  life,  but  of  scarcely 
less  importance  was  his  marriage  to  a  devout  Christian  woman  of  noble  char- 
acter whose  inner  life  is  singularly  pure  and  beautiful;  a  fit  helpmate  to  a  con- 
secrated husband;  one  ever-ready  to  guide  and  aid  struggling  humanity  toward  a 
higher,  better  life.  Of  the  many  books  which  have  helped  him,  perhaps  "'The  Crises 
of  the  Christ"  and  "In  His  Steps"  have  been  of  the  greatest  assistance;  for  years 
he  has  been  known  and  designated  as  the  singing  evangelist;  his  songs  are  from 
the  heart;  sweet,  pleading,  soul-stirring.  And  "It  is  not  art,  but  hear-;  which  wins 
the  wide-world  over."  His  power  in  song  lies  in  his  humility  and  consecration.  Many 
times  and  oft  has  he  made  the  statement  that  his  constant  prayer  is  to  keep  self 
in  the  background,  to  keep  humble  and  lowly  in  this  his  life  work.  As  a  leader  of 
Church  choirs  he  has  few  superiors;  he  takes  the  crudest,  rawest  material,  and  by 
his  enthusiasm,  gentleness,  power  to  direct  and  control,  can,  in  a  short  time,  develop 
a  harmonious,  well  rounded  choi-us,  delightful  to  hear.  God  grant  that  he  may  long 
live  to  uplift  and  ennoble  through  the  potent  power  of  song. 


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CENTENNIAL    VOLUME    OF    MISSOURI    METHODISM. 


THE    METHODIST   CHURCH    IN    EXCELSIOR    SPRINGS,   MISSOURI. 


By  Rev.  .J.  H.  Hubbard. 

The  Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  South,  was  organized  in  Excelsior  Springs  in 
the  summer  of  1883,  under  the  ministry  of  Rev.  Willis  E.  Dockery,  so  long-  of  the 
Missouri  Conference.  The  charter  members  of  the  church  were  .John  McGlothlin, 
Irene  McGlothlin,  Ransom  Critchfield  and  wife,  Bettie  (daughter  of  Rev.  D.  Penny), 
Philip  G.  Holt,  Elizabeth  Egleston,  L.  J.  Goff  and  Katherine  Goff.  Brother  John 
McGlothlin  is  the  only  one  of  the  number  now  living.  He  is  President  of  the  Board 
of  Stewards,  and  also  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  of  the  Church.  He  has  served  the 
Church  faithfully  for  about  fifty  years,  most  all  of  this  time  in  the  Platt.sburg  Dis- 
trict. The  following  named  pastors  have  served  this  church:  Rev.  S.  S.  Hardin, 
Rev.  L.  B.  Madi.son,  Rev.  J.  S.  Smith,  Rev.  R.  W.  Howerton,  Rev.  L.  N.  Wagner, 
Rev.  E.  L.  Kendrick,  Rev.  H.  L.  Davis,  Rev.  Guv  A.  Jamison,  Rev.  E.  S.  Bottsford, 
Rev.  J.  P.  Ball,  Rev.  E.  J.  Spencer,  Rev.  C.  F.  Wimberly  and  Rev.  John  H.  Hubbard. 
The  first  church  building  was  begun  under  the  ministry  of  Rev.  S.  S.  Hardin  and 
completed  under  Rev.  L.  B.  Madison  in  1888,  situated  at  the  corner  of  the  Concourse 
and  Kansas  City  Avenue.  The  second  building  was  begun  during  the  pastorate  of 
Rev.  E.  J.  Spencer  and  completed  under  the  ministry  of  Rev.  C.  F.  Wimberly  in 
January,  1904,  at  a  cost  of  $6,500.  During  the  third  year's  ministry  of  Rev.  John 
H.  Hubbard  he  completed  paying  the  church  debt  of  $3,100.00,  including  interest  and 
street  paving.  This  work  has  been  weighing  heavily  on  the  hearts  of  the  pastors 
and  Presiding  Elder,  Rev.  C.  Grimes,  Rev.  M.  L.  Gray,  Rev.  C.  F.  Wimberly  and 
Rev.  John  H.  Hubbard,  for  five  years.  On  the  first  Sunday  in  October,  1906,  Bishop 
Hendrix  was  at  Excelsior  Springs  and  the  last  of  the  money  was  provided  for  and 
the  church  dedicated.  Those  who  know  the  situation  there  can  most  appreciate 
the  fact  that  the  enterprise  is  complete,  and  that  the  church  now  is  in  a  far  better 
condition  to  do  good  service  than  it  has  ever  been  in  the  past.  The  history  of  this 
church  is  a  varied  one,  being  in  a  health  resort,  where  there  is  so  much  going  and 
coming.  In  its  beginning  it  had  a  struggle  for  existence,  as  there  were  but  few 
people  who  remained  the  year  round.  But  as  the  waters  cured  so  many  people  that 
were  thought  to  be  hopeless  cases,  the  town  began  to  take  on  a  more  permanent 
growth,  and  with  it  the  church  grew,  so  that  the  church  with  the  town  has  about 
doubled  in  every  way  during  the  past  five  years.  It  is  not  now  so  hard  to  maintain 
the  church  life  as  formerly.  While  a  great  many  people  are  converted  and  brought 
into  the  church  that  live  here  permanently  many  others  are  converted  and  come  into 
the  church  and  go  elsewhere  to  serve  God.  One  of  the  difficulties  in  such  a  place 
is  that  many  persons  who  come  think  they  will  not  stay  long  and  leave  their  church 
membership  at  home,  which  is  a  hazardous  way  to  do.  It  has  proven  the  ruin  spirit- 
ually of  many,  many  souls.  The  two  greatest  revivals  in  the  history  of  the  church 
were  conducted  by  Rev.  J.  A.  Snarr,  and  the  one  conducted  by  Rev.  Lincoln  McConnelJ 
in  January,  1907,  during  the  pastorate  of  Rev.  John  H.  Hubbard.  There  were  three 
hundred  professions  during  the  latter  meeting. 


MISSOURI    CONFERENCE— PLATTSBURG    DISTRICT. 


REV.  JOHN   HENRY   HUBBARD. 


No  man  has  come  to  true  greatness  who  has  not  felt,  in  some 
Degree,  that  his  life  belongs  to  his  race,  and  that  what  God 
Gives  him  is  given  for  mankind. — Pliillips  Brooks. 


By  Rev.  Ward   M.   Baker. 

On  March  8th,  1863,  our  sub- 
ject was  born  to  Rev.  James 
Hubbard,  a  local  preacher,  and 
Margaret  Sears  Hubbard.  His 
parents  and  his  paternal  ances- 
tors were  Methodists.  This 
farmer  boy,  taught  to  pray  and 
influenced  for  Christ,  by  father, 
mother,  and  the  best  of  step- 
mothers, fell  into  neglect.  In 
the  new-turned  furrow,  Mai-ch 
18th,  1878,  he  pledged  his  life 
to  God  and  renewed  daily  pray- 
er. In  August,  1878,  at  Center 
School  House,  with  Rev.  Walter 
Toole,  pastor,  he  united  with 
the  church.  Two  summers 
later,  while  seeking  perfect  love 
at  a  camp-meeting  in  Laplata, 
Missouri,  he  received  a  marvel- 
ous blessing;  this  may  have 
been  his  conversion,  he  says. 
He  has  gone  on  doing  the  will 
of  God  more  perfectly  and  seek- 
ing the  power  to  win  souls.  He 
was  licensed  to  preach  in  1S82; 
was  received  on  trial  at  Platts- 
burg,  Missouri,  the  same  year; 
was  ordained  Deacon,  1884,  by 
Bishop  Parker,  at  Shelbina;  or- 
dained Elder  in  1886,  by  Bishop 
McTyeire,  at  St.  Joseph,  Mis- 
souri. His  appointments  have 
been:  Hamburg,  Oxford, 

Browning  Circuits,  each  one 
year;  Black  Oak,  two  years; 
Renick,  two  years,  and  Cedar 
City,  two  years;  his  health  hav- 
ing failed,  he  superannuated  in  1891;  1892,  Milan;  two  years  at  Bogard;  Chillicothe 
Circuit,  three  years;  Norborne,  two  years;  Linneus,  three  years;  Fairfax,  one  year; 
he  is  now  in  his  third  year  of  a  successful  pastorate  at  Excelsior  Springs.  With  the 
basis  of  a  common  school  education  he  has  been  a  student  of  men  and  books.  The 
books  of  greatest  influence  he  names  are:  Ralston's  "Elements  of  Divinity,"  Wat- 
son's "Institutes,''  Wesley's  "Sermons,"  Broadus'  "Preparation  and  Delivery  of  Ser- 
mons," and  Munsey's  "Sermons."  He  is  an  interesting,  engaging  and  earnestly  spir- 
itual preacher;  a  soul  winner,  a  faithful  pastor,  a  wise  and  diligent  executive.  Nine 
hundred  souls  are  the  fruit  of  his  ministry.  The  churches  of  Freeland  and  Mount 
Moriah  on  the  Denver  Circuit,  Mount  Pleasant  on  Cedar  City,  and  the  parsonages 
at  Renick,  Cedar  City  and  Chillicothe  are  the  result  of  his  labors.  He  completed 
the  church  at  Renick  begun  under  pastorate  of  Rev.  W.  A.  Davis,  and  the  one  at 
Higbee  begun  under  Rev.  W.  S.  Rooker.  Bi'other  Hubbard  married  Miss  Laura  Alice 
McPherson,  in  Gentry  County,  Missouri,  September  1st,  188.5.  They  have  two  inter- 
esting daughters,  Ruth  Hubbard  and  Iva  .Alice  Hubbard.  The  call  to  the  ministry 
came  clear  and  distinct,  while  a  David-like  youth  shepherding  his  father's  sheep. 
From  that  day  he  has  known  no  other  work.  The  record  of  twenty-five  years  is 
sketched.     May  another  quarter  of    a  century  be  his  for  service. 


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POLO  CHURCH. 


By  Rev.  Powell  M.  Cain. 

During  the  pastoi-ate  of  Rev.  J.  N.  Boyd  at  Polo,  Missouri,  agitation  was  begun, 
sentiment  formed,  and  the  building  begun  for  a  new  church.  During  the  latter  part 
of  his  pastorate  the  larger  part  of  the  money  was  subscribed  and  the  succeeding 
pastor  found  the  foundation  laid  and  the  plans  so  well  formed,  and  a  building  com- 
mittee so  capable  and  business-like,  that  he  was  very  kindly  relieved  of  the  greater 
part  of  the  responsibility  in  the  building.  The  committee  consisted  of  J.  W.  Houston, 
Chairman;  J.  G.  Withers,  Secretary;  C.  H.  Smart,  Treasurer;  John  E.  Linville,  W. 
C.  Stone,  W.  M.  Estes,  J.  T.  Hunter,  J.  B.  Bathgate  and  Rev.  J.  N.  Boyd,  who  was 
secretary  until  his  place  was  filled  by  Brother  Withers.  The  ground  was  broken  for 
the  foundation  on  the  2d  day  of  June,  1903,  and  the  cornerstone  was  laid  the  follow- 
ing October,  and  the  building  was  dedicated,  October  2d,  1904.  Bishop  Hendrix  dedi- 
cated the  church  free  from  debt  and  more.  When  he  finished  the  collection  there 
was  enough  to  pay  for  walks.  The  cost  of  the  building,  walks  and  everything,  was 
a  little  more  than  Seventy-One  Hundred  Dollars.  The  Woman's  Home  Mission  Society 
furnished  the  money  for  the  furnishing  of  the  church,  and  their  taste  added  to 
the  beauty'  of  the  beautiful  church.  It  is  a  beautiful  church  with  auditorium,  Sunday 
School  room,  ladies'  parlor,  two  hot  air  furnaces,  and  an  up-to-date  gasoline  lighting 
plant.  It  is  a  ci'edit  to  everyone  who  contributed  to  its  success  in  any  way.  The 
Presiding  Elder,  Rev.  Marcus  L.  Gray,  and  the  pastor.  Rev.  Powell  M.  Cain,  shared 
in  the  rejoicing  of  the  building  committee,  church  and  community,  the  day  Bishop 
Hendrix  preached  the  masterful  dedicatory  sermon  before  the  assembled  preachers 
and  congregations  of  the  city.  Mention  should  be  made  of  the  fact  that  Brother 
Charles  H.  Smart  of  the  building  committee  had  charge  of  the  work  of  the  build- 
ing, and  he  gave  his  personal  attention  to  the  work  and  the  church  was  fortunate 
in  having  a  builder  who  took  personal  interest  in  the  work.  It  was  a  grand  enter- 
prise, and  the  building  of  such  a  church  means  much  to  our  cause  in  Polo  and  much 
to  the  community.  May  many  souls  be  born  into  the  Kingdom  within  its  walls  and 
may  all  who  enter  there  be  built  up  in  spiritual  things  is  the  prayer  of  the  writer, 
who  anxiously  watched  the  work  and  saw  it  come  to  a  successful  completion. 


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179 


REV.  JOHN  WILLIAMS  BUDD,  A.  B. 


The  ministry  of  the  Holy  Spirit  is  best  seen  in  the  ministry  of 
Holy  men  whom  he  hath  created  anew  in  Christ  Jesus  unto 
Good    works. — Bishop   Hendrix. 


By  Rev.  Ward  M.  Baker. 
Rev.  John  Williams  Budd  was  born  in  Sumter  County,  South  Carolina,  October 
2.5th,  187.5.  In  the  autumn  of  1888  he  joined  the  Sheldon  Chapel,  Spring  Hill  Cir- 
cuit, in  Telfair  County,  Georgia,  under  the  ministry  of  Rev.  C.  C.  Hines.  His 
father,  Rev.  James  W.  Budd,  was  a  Freewill  Baptist  minister,  but  he  and  his  wife, 
Mrs.  A.  A.  Budd,  followed  their  son  into  the  Methodist  Church,  and  the  father 
became  a  Methodist  local  preacher.  As  to  our  brother's  conversion,  we  would  note 
that  it  was  one  Sabbath  evening  at  sunset  that  he  retired  to  an  obscure  corner  of 
his  father's  large  garden  and,  crying  in  rebellion  against  God  for  taking  his  brother, 
he  was  convicted  of  his  own  unprepared  condition,  and  with  a  very  heavy  heart  he 
fell  on  his  face  and  agonized  in  prayer.  In  a  few  minutes  God's  peace  flooded  his 
soul.  For  fifteen  years,  in  earnestness,  steadfastness  and  faith,  he  has  grown  in 
grace  and  the  knowledge  of  our  Lord  and  Saviour,  Jesus  Christ.  His  father  was 
an  extensive  turpentine  operator  and  was  ambitious  for  his  children  to  receive  the 
largest  advantages  within  their  environment.  This  son  spent  three  and  a  half  years 
in  South  Georgia  College,  a  preparatory  school,  and  then  completed  the  full  four 
years'  course  at  Emory  College,  Oxford,  Georgia,  with  the  A.  B.  degree  in  1901. 
November  30th,  1901,  he  was  married  to  Miss  Susie  Clark.  They  have  one  daughter 
and  two  sons,  Lillian  Budd,  John  W.  Budd,  Jr.,  and  William  Pritchett  Budd.  The 
crisis  of  this  life  was  in  the  yielding  to  the  call  to  the  ministi'y.  And  in  the  fervor 
and  zeal  of  his  ministry  is  manifest  the  force  of  the  firm  answer  he  gave  to  that  call. 
His  license  was  granted  by  the  Quarterly  Conference,  Brewton  Cii-cuit,  South  Georgia 
Conference,  Rev.  M.  Walker,  pastor,  and  Rev.  M.  A.  Morgan,  acting  as  chairman  for 
the  absent  Presiding  Elder,  Rev.  George  C.  Thompson,  November,  1893.  The  McRae 
District  Conference,  July,  1901,  recommended  him  to  the  South  Georgia  Conference, 
which  convened  at  Mulberry  Street  Church,  December,  1901,  Rev.  M.  A.  Morgan, 
Presiding  Elder,  and  Bishop  Charles  B.  Galloway,  presiding.  He  was  received  on 
trial  by  the  above  body,  and  at  the  instance  of  Bishop  Candler  immediately  trans- 
ferred to  the  Missouri  Conference  and  was  stationed  at  Millville.  He  remained  the 
pastoral  limit  on  that  circuit.  He  was  ordained  Deacon  at  Chillicothe,  Missouri,  by 
Bishop  A.  W.  Wilson  in  September,  1902.  He  is  now  in  his  second  year  as  pastor 
at  Polo,  Jlissouri.  The  sixty  persons  received  into  the  church  by  him  are  only  a 
part  of  the  fruit-bearing  for  the  Master.  Aflame  with  the  love  of  God  and 
missionary  zeal,  our  brother  has  created  a  missionary  conscience  and  secured  often 
far  more  than  the  assessment  from  his  charge.  Living  in  the  faith,  knowing  Jesus 
Christ  crucified,  he  declares  the  mystery  of  the  Gospel  in  demonstration  of  the  spirit 
and  of  power. 


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By  Rev.  C.  K.  Shilling. 

This  church  is  one  of  the  modern  miracles.  When  I  went  to  Kingston  in  Septem- 
ber, 1902,  it  soon  became  evident  to  me  that  under  the  existing  conditions  of  our 
church  we  could  not  hope  to  make  progress.  The  three  country  churches  of  the 
charge  were  put  in  jeopardy  by  our  failure  at  Kingston.  These  churches  were  well 
located,  but  greatly  discoui-aged.  We  owned  one-third  interest  in  a  union  church  in 
Kingston,  a  dilapidated  parsonage  with  three  lots  facing  the  court  house.  It  was 
evident  that  if  we  held  the  country  churches,  something  must  be  done  at  Kingston. 
We  must  have  a  church  of  our  own.  We  had  only  thirty  members  at  Kingston,  and 
these  were  discouraged  and  with  very  little  means.  The  most  we  could  expect  from 
any  member  was  one  hundred  dollars.  The  pastor's  wife  called  the  few  women  to- 
gether and  organized  an  Aid  Society.  They  asked  her  what  they  were  going  to  do, 
and  she  replied,  "build  a  church,  if  it  is  only  large  enough  for  the  preacher;  the  rest 
of  us  can  stand  outside."  Like  Sarah  of  old,  they  laughed.  This  Aid  Society  finally 
raised  about  six  hundred  dollars  for  the  new  church.  About  this  time  Rev.  M.  L. 
Gray  came  on  the  Plattsburg  District.  He  grasped  the  situation  at  once  and  entered 
into  the  enterprise  and  stuck  to  the  work  to  the  last.  The  enterprise  would  have 
failed  without  Jiis  help.  At  the  next  Conference  Bishop  Hendrix  became  inter- 
ested in  the  new  church  and  helped  greatly  by  his  influence.  By  help  from  every 
source  that  we  could  command,  help  including  both  Boards  of  Church  Extension,  we 
came  to  dedication  August  12th,  1906.  After  an  excellent  sermon  by  Bishop  Hen- 
drix, the  balance  of  the  money  due  was  raised  and  the  house  was  dedicated  free  of 
debt.  This  is  a  modern  house  having  an  auditorium,  Sunday  School  room,  ladies' 
parlor  so  arranged  that  it  can  be  used  for  class  room  or  library,  a  pastor's  study 
and  three  vestibules,  choir  alcove,  basement  with  furnace  which  heats  the  entire 
house.  The  building  and  grounds  are  worth  about  $4,000.00  or  more.  Among  those 
who  did  valiant  service  in  this  great  work  may  be  mentioned  Brothers  B.  F.  Brown, 
William  Butts,  E.  F.  Palmer,  S.  B.  Cline,  Henry  Brewer,  John  Harpold,  J.  R.  Paxton, 
J.   P.  Meister,  Rev.  William  Deweese,  and  many  others. 


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181 


REV.  C.  K.  SHILLING. 


A  man's  living,  working  faith  in  God  i?  measured  by  his  Faith 
In  a  God  who  has  incarnated  himself  in  good  men. — Bishop 
Hendrix. 


Rev.  C.  K.  Shilling  was  born  October  24th,  1859,  at  Felton,  Delaware.  He  is  a 
son  of  John  Shilling  and  Maggie  Shilling,  both  of  whom  were  members  of  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  Church.  He  was  converted  in  1874,  under  the  ministry  of 
Rev.  Charles  Simmons  and  joined  the  church  at  the  same  time  and  place.  He  en- 
joyed a  sound  conversion,  one  that  has  lasted  all  his  life.  Brother  Shilling  has  lived 
a  remarkably  unselfish  life.  His  consecration  to  duty  is  known  of  all  men,  and  he 
will  not  be  without  his  reward.  After  his  conversion  he  taught  in  the  Sunday 
School,  led  prayer  meeting  and  class  meeting  and  did  anything  that  was  laid  upon 
him.  He  was  licensed  to  preach  by  the  Quarterly  Conference  of  Walnut  Street 
Church,  Kansas  City,  Missouri,  September  15th,  1885;  Dr.  C.  C.  Woods,  Presiding 
Elder;  the  same  Quai'terly  Conference  recommended  him  to  the  Annual  Conference 
for  admission  on  trial  September  9th,  1885,  but  he  went  to  school  two  years  and 
was  recommended  the  second  time  by  the  Quarterly  Conference  of  Russellville, 
September  28th,  1888.  He  was  received  into  the  Annual  Conference  in  1885,  Dr.  C. 
C.  Woods,  Presiding  Elder,  and  Bishop  J.  C.  Granbery  presiding.  He  was  ordained 
Deacon  by  Bishop  J.  C.  Granbery,  October  6th,  1889;  ordained  Elder  by  Bishop 
Charles  B.  Galloway,  September  11th,  1892.  He  has  served  the  following  charges: 
Cambridge,  Lowry  City,  Lebanon,  Missouri  Conference,  Hunnewell,  Rocheport,  Keytes- 
ville,  Browning,  Jamesport,  Spring  Hill,  Kingston,  Platte  City  and  Parkville.  He 
attended  Black  Swamp  School  in  Delaware.  He  was  married  to  Jliss  Sarah  Mitchell 
December  25th,  1889,  a  woman  of  refinement,  faith  and  fidelity.  Three  children  have 
been  born  to  them — Chai-les  Watson  Shilling,  Mattie  Ruth  Shilling  and  !Mabel 
Shilling.  The  most  intense  strain  upon  every  faculty  of  his  being  came  when  he 
built  our  new  church  at  Kingston,  Caldwell  County,  Missouri.  The  climax  came  with 
tears  and  rejoicing. 


182  CENTENNIAL    VOLUME    OF    MISSOURI    METHODISM. 

CENTENNIAL  CONDENSED  MINUTES  OF  THE  MISSOURI 

CONFERENCE. 


1.  Who  are  admitted  on  trial?  Harry  Walter  Brewer,  Walter  Woodfolk  Wilson, 
Lee  Rice  Sparks,  Thurston  Blaine  Price,  Joseph  Lindsey  Haw,  Jr. 

2.  Who  remain  on  trial?  W.  B.  RigK,  John  A.  HuRhos,  William  Rutherford, 
Louis  Miller  Brumitt,  Ortie  C.  Garden,  Thomas  Fletcher  Rucker,  WiLson  Noblitt 
Giddens. 

3.  Who  are  discontinued?     George   W.   Trotter. 

4.  Who  are  admitted  into  full  connection?  Charles  Jacob  Chappell,  Edward 
James  Speer,  Georg-e  Thomas  Ralston. 

5.  Who  are  re-admitted?     None. 

6.  Who  are  received  by  transfer  from  other  Conferences?  W.  T.  Merrill,  South- 
west Missouri  Conference;  J.  R.  Abernathy,  Southwest  Missouri  Conference;  R.  O. 
Triplett,  East  Columbia  Conference;  T.  F.  Rucker,  Te.xas  Conference;  J.  W.  Ham,  St. 
Louis  Conference;   S.  H.  Babcock,  White  River  Conference. 

7.  Who  are  the  Deacons  of  one  year?  Benjamin  Franklin  Leake,  Orville  Black- 
burn, Norman  Francis  Johnson,  James  Warham  Slade,  Samuel  D.  Gose. 

8.  What  traveling  preachers  are  elected  Deacons?     None. 

Note:     The  members  of  this  class  were  ordained  as  local  preachers. 

9.  What  traveling  preachers  are  ordained  Deacons?     None. 

10.  What  local   preachers  are  elected   Deacons?     None. 

11.  What  local  preachers  are  ordained  Deacons?     None. 

12.  What  traveling  preachers  are  elected  Elders?  Henry  Neighbors,  Britton  P. 
Taylor,  P.  M.  Cain,  L.  W.  Gunby,  S.  E.  Hoover,  J.  W.  Ham. 

13.  What  traveling  preachers  are  ordained  Elders?  Henry  Neighbors,  P.  M. 
Cain,  L.  W.  Gunby,  S.  E.  Hoover,  John  Wilburn  Ham. 

14.  What  local  preachers  are  elected  Elders?     None. 

15.  What  local  preachers  are  ordained  Elders?     None. 

16.  Who  are  located  this  year?     A.  B.  Book. 

17.  Who  are  supernumerary?  J.  O.  Edmonston,  J.  T.  Kimsey,  J.  R.  Kincaid, 
W.  T.  Merrill,  L.  F.  Parker,  C.  A.  Shearman,  W.  M.  Wainwright,  J.  H.  Pritchett,  J. 
L.  Taylor,  T.   H.   Swearingen,   H.   P.  Bond,   R.  W.  Howerton,  R.   M.  Dameron. 

18  Who  are  superannuated?  S.  W.  Atterberry,  C.  Babcock,  W.  F.  Bell,  E. 
Carlyle,  C.  W.  Collett,  J.  S.  Frazier,  J.  P.  Godbey,  A.  S.  Bowles,  J.  D.  Houston,  C.  W. 
Herley,  T.  R.  Kendall,  W.  H.  Lewis,  H.  T.  Leeper,  H.  M.  Myers,  W.  C.  Maggart,  D. 
Penny,  T.  G.  Petree,  L.  P.  Siceloff,  D.  R.  Shackelford,  W.  G.  Shackelford,  C.  I.  Van- 
Deventer,  J.  L.  Weatherford,  A.  V.  Bayley. 

19  What  preachers  have  died  during  the  past  year?  W.  E.  Dockery,  H.  D. 
Groves,   F.   P.   Drace,   L.   B.    Madison. 

20.  Are  all  the  preachers  blameless  in  their  life  and  official  administration?  Their 
names  were  called  over,  one  by  one,  and  their  characters  examined  and  passed. 

21.  What  is  the  number  of  local  preachers  and  members  in  the  several  Circuits, 
Stations  and  Missions  of  the  Conference?     Local  preachers,  112;  members,  47,004. 

22.  How  many  infants  have  been  baptized  during  the  year?     250. 

23.  How  many  adults  have  been  baptized  during  the  year?     2,043. 

24.  What  is  the  number  of  Epworth  Leagues?     184. 

25.  What  is  the  number  of  Epworth  League  members?     6,061. 

26.  What  is  the  number  of  Sunday  Schools?     389%. 

27.  What  is  the  number  of  Sunday  School  officers  and  teachers?     3,403. 

28.  What  is  the  number  of  Sunday  School  scholars  enrolled  during  the  Confer- 
ence year?    28,476. 


WESTON  1 
This  Parsonage  has  recently  been  bought  by  our  Weston  Cong; 
It  will   make  a  good  house  for  the   Methodist  preacher  and  his  fa 
ment  of  this  property  to   Mr.  August  Schneider. 


WESTON  PARSONAGE. 
This  Parsonage  has  recently  been  bought  by  our  Weston  Congregation.     It  is  a  valuable  brick   house   and   located  near  the  Church. 
It  will   make  a  good  house  for  the  Methodist  preacher  and  his  family.     All    the    brethren    give    credit    for    the    purchase    and    improve- 
ment of  this  property  to  Mr.  August  Schneider. 


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29.  What  was  assessed  by  the  last  Conference  for  the  superannuated  preachers, 
and  the  widows  and  orphans  of  preachers?     $5,921.61. 

30.  What  has  been  collected  on  the  foregoing  account,  and  how  has  it  been 
applied?     $7,163.65. 

31.  What  has  been  contributed  for  Missions?  Foreign,  $12,688.04;  Domestic, 
$7,243.51. 

32.  What  has  been  contributed  for  Church  Extension?     $3,950.26. 

33.  What  has  been  contributed  for  the  American  Bible  Society?     $501.24. 

34.  What  has  been  contributed  for  the  support  of  presiding  elders  and  preachers 
in  charge?     Presiding  Elders,  $12,578.23;  Preachers  in  charge,  $104,396.43. 

35.  What  has  been  contributed  for  the  support  of  Bishops?    $1,840.86. 

36.  What  is  the  number  of  societies  and  houses  of  worship  owned  by  them? 
Number  of  socities,  488;  number  of  houses  of  worship,  464%. 

37.  What  is  the  value  of  houses  of  worship,  and  what  is  the  amount  of  indebted- 
ness thereon?     Value,  $1,291,860;   indebtedness,  $30,946.60. 

38.  What  is  the  number  of  pastoral  charges,  and  of  parsonages  owned  by  them? 
Pastoral  charges,  170;  number  of  parsonages,  142. 

39.  What  is  the  value  of  parsonages,  and  what  is  the  amount  of  indebtedness 
thereon?    Value,  $205,285.00;  indebtedness,  $11,507.00. 

40.  What  is  the  number  of  districts,  and  of  district  parsonages?  Number  of  dis- 
tricts, 9;  number  of  district  parsonages,  . 

41.  What  is  the  value  of  district  parsonages,  and  what  is  the  amount  of  in- 
debtedness thereon?     Value,  $ ;   indebtedness,  $ . 

42.  What  number  of  churches  have  been  damaged  or  destroyed  during  the  year 
by  fire  or  storm,  and  what  was  the  amount  of  damage?  Number  of  churches  damaged, 
3;  amount  of  damage,  $319.50. 

43.  What  are  the  insurance  statistics?  Insurance  carried,  $582,106.65;  losses 
sustained,  $ ;  premiums  paid,  $2,821.61;  collections  on  losses,  $319.50. 

44.  What  are  the  educational  statistics?  Central  College,  value  of  property, 
$205,000;  endowment.  $180,000;  professors,  12;  pupils,  164.  Central  Female  College, 
value  of  property,  $125,000;  endowment,  $30,000;  professors,  18;  pupils,  158;  Howard- 
Payne  College,  value  of  property,  $65,000;  endowment,  $12,000;  professors,  14;  pupils, 
161.  Centenary  Academy,  value  of  property,  $20,000;  professors,  6;  pupils,  125;  Wood- 
son Institute,  value  of  property,  $50,000;  professors,  10;  pupils,  165;  Northwest  Mis- 
souri College,  value  of  property,  $50,000;  professors,  8;  pupils,  151.  St.  Charles 
Military  College,  value  of  property,  $52,000;  endowment,  $18,000;  professors,  5; 
pupils,  73.  Total  institutions,  7;  value  of  property,  $567,000;  endowment,  $240,000; 
professors,  73;  pupils,  997. 

45.  Where  shall  the  next  session  of  the  Conference  be  held?     Moberly. 

46.  Where  are  the  preachers  stationed  this  year?     See  the  appointments. 


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REV.   DANIEL  PENNY. 


He    lives    wisely    who    lives    in    Ete.nity;     our    citizenship    is    in 
Heaven. — Dr.  Joseph    Parker. 


Rev.  Daniel  Penny  was  bom 
December  21st,  1811, "in  the  City 
of  Salisbury,  Wiltshire  Eng- 
land. He  is  the  son  of  James 
Penny  and  Marrifjin  Penny, 
vho  were  members  of  the  Wes- 
leyan  Methodist  Church.  He 
was  converted  when  seventeen 
vears  old  at  Salisbury,,  England, 
through  the  pious  exji^ple  of 
his  parents,  and  joitjed  the 
Wesleyan  Methodist  Church  at 
the  same  time  and  place.  From 
e:iily  childhood  he  had  received 
rood  impressions,  and  his  con- 
version was  the  result  of  early 
training  by  a  Christian  father 
md  mother  and  their  Godly  life 
md  inllucnce  in  the  home.  After 
his  conversion  he  felt  an  earnest 
Jisire  for  the  salvation  of  souls 
md  began  to  exhort  at  prayer 
meetings,  in  his  father's  house, 
and  in  the  suburbs  of  the  city. 
He  was  a  teacher  in  the  Sunday 
School  and  assisted  at  prayer 
meetings  before  he  was  licensed 
to  preach.  He  was  licensed  to 
preach  by  Rev.  James  Akerman, 
superintendent  of  the  Salisbury 
Circuit,  and  his  license  was  rec- 
ognized by  the  Quarterly  Con- 
ference of  St.  Charles  Circuit, 
St.  Charles,  Mo.,  in  1840;  Rev. 
Silas  Comfort  being  the  preach- 
er in  charge  and  Rev.  William 
Patton,  Presiding  Elder.  The 
Quarterly  Conference  at  Rich- 
mond, Missouri,  recommended  him  to  the  Annual  Conference  for  admission  on  trial 
in  1843,  and  he  was  received  into  the  Annual  Conference  the  same  year;  Rev.  W. 
W.  Redman,  Presiding  Elder,  and  Bishop  James  O.  Andrew  presiding.  He  was  or- 
dained Deacon  by  Bishop  Andrew  in  1843;  ordained  Elder  by  Bishop  Joshua  Soule 
in  184.").  Brother  Penny  has  filled  the  following  appointments:  Richmond,  Missouri, 
Carrollton,  Keytesville,  Richmond,  Chillicothe,  Warrenton,  Danville,  New  London, 
Danville,  Mexico,  Carrollton,  Bedford,  Millville,  Miles  Point,  Kingston,  Rushville,  New 
Market,  Plattsburg,  King.ston,  Spring  Hill,  Knoxville,  Millville.  The  parsonage  at 
Danville  Missouri,  was  built  under  his  pastorate.  He  was  married  to  Miss  Jane 
Macey,  October  7th,  1833,  and  their  children  are  James  H.  Penny,  Elizabeth  N. 
Critchfield  and  Jane  Penny.  Five  of  their  children  died  in  infancy.  He  says  the  only 
important  crisis  in  his  life  was  five  years  after  his  marriage  when  they  left  England 
and  lived  for  nearly  two  years  in  St.  Charles,  Missouri.  They  had  many  trials  dur- 
ing that  time,  but  in  the  darkest  days  of  affliction  the  Lord  sustained  them  and  they 
found  all  His  promises  verified  in  their  experience.  Some  of  the  books  which  have 
greatly  helped  him,  aside  from  the  Bible,  are  Wesley's  "Sermons,"  Clarke's  "Com- 
mentary," and   McKnight   on  "The  Epistles." 

Brother   Penny   died  June  28th,   1907,  and   he  sleeps   in   the  beautiful    New   Hope 
cemetery,  Ray  County,  Missouri. 


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REV.  JAMES   B.  POTTER   AND   WIFE. 


He    held    high    converse    of    the    mysteries    of    Providence    and 
Grace. — Bishop  Marvin. 


Rev.  James  B.  Potter  was  born  Augnast  12th,  1825,  and  died  May  2oth,  1904. 
Brother  Potter  first  saw  the  light  of  day  more  than  three-quarters  of  a  century 
ago  on  the  site  where  Liberty,  in  Clay  County,  Missouri,  is  now  located.  He  moved 
with  his  parents  to  a  tract  of  land  about  half  a  mile  east  of  Turney,  Missouri,  in 
1837.  Here  he  grew  to  manhood  and  assisted  his  parents  in  building  for  themselves 
a  home.  At  the  age  of  twenty  he  was  married  to  Miss  Temperance  Matthew,  with 
whom  he  lived  about  eight  years  until  she  died.  Of  this  union  four  children  were 
born,  all  of  whom  are  dead.  Brother  Potter's  second  marriage  was  to  Miss  Margaret 
Ann  Doak  of  Sullivin  Countv.  Missouri,  in  September,  18-5.5,  with  whom  he  lived  to 
the  day  of  his  death.  Of  this  union  eleven  children  were  born,  ten  of  the  children 
are  now  living,  and  one  is  dead.  Brother  Potter  encountered  all  the  hardshihps  of 
the  pioneer's  life.  In  1837  there  were  but  few  settlers  in  Clinton  County;  therefore 
he  lived  to  see  the  country  redeemed  from  the  virgin  soil  to  a  high  state  of  cultiva- 
tion. He  witnessed  the  progress  of  Missouri  until  she  I'anks  fifth  place  in  the  union. 
The  limit  of  Brother  Potter's  religious  career  was  about  sixty-four  years.  He  was 
converted  and  united  with  the  Methodist  Church  in  1840.  He  was  licensed  to  preach 
in  early  life;  his  life  of  devotion  and  labor  was  in  the  interest  of  humanity  and  the 
glory  of  his  Saviour.  He  traveled  and  preached  the  gospel  ten  years  and  during  his 
stay  on  earth  he  witnessed  hundreds,  if  not  thousands,  of  conversions.  He  no  doubt 
enjoys  the  company  of  many  who  went  before  him  to  the  glory  land.  One  church 
at  Turney,  his  home  church,  is  a  monument  of  his  labor  and  devotion.  He  was  the 
pastor's  friend,  his  home  the  preacher's  home,  and  his  presence  the  preacher's  in- 
spiration. Brother  Potter  was  respected  by  all  and  he  left  behind  him  a  holy  in- 
fluence that  will  never  die.  Sister  Potter,  his  wife,  abides  to  this  day.  May  15th,  1907, 
and  is  active  in  the  work  of  her  church  at  Turney  and  in  many  good  causes.  One  of 
her  daughters  is  the  wife  of  Rev.  C.  B.  Campbell,  and  all  of  their  children  are  doing 
well.  God  bless  the  memory  of  Brother  Potter,  and  may  His  blessing  be  with  the 
widow. 


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MR.    PEYTON   T.    SMITH. 


Blessed   are  the   Merciful,   for   they   shall    obtain    Mercy. — Jesus. 


Mr.  Peyton  T.  Smith,  son  of  James  W.  Smith  and  Lucy  H.  Smith,  both  of  whom 
were  members  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  South,"  was  born  in  St.  Charles 
County,  Missouri,  May  3d,  1820.  He  was  converted  at  Timber  Ridpe  Camp  Ground, 
six  miles  northeast  of  Richmond,  Missouri,  in  the  fall  of  1843,  under  the  ministi-y 
of  Rev.  Georsje  W.  Love.  He  was  a  penitent  for  a  few  days  and  when  he  went 
forward  the  third  time  he  was  converted  in  an  instant  and  arose  laug-hinjr  the  praises 
of  God.  After  conversion  thus  commenced  his  relif;ious  warfare  for  over  sixty-three 
years.  In  all  these  years  divine  grace  has  sustained  him,  and  he  is  not  tired  of  the 
service  of  God.  He  attended  country  schools  about  three  or  six  months  in  the  year, 
and  thus  he  gained  practical  knowledge.  He  was  married  to  Miss  Lucy  H.  Bates 
January  19th,  1843,  and  their  children  are  Cleopatra  Burns,  one  infant  son  died  in 
1847,  Dr.  James  W.  Smith,  Mary  S.  Smith  and  Nancy  Frances  Smith;  five  children, 
one  having  died  in  infancy.  Brother  Smith  has  been  an  influence  in  Ray  County 
Methodism  for  more  than  half  a  century,  and  he  has  been  closely  identified  with  the 
development  of  .Methodism  in  Plattsburg  District.  Doddridge's  "Rise  and  Progress 
of  Religion  in  the  Soul,"  and  Baxter's  "Saints'  Everlasting  Rest,"  have  been  books, 
aside  from  the  Bible,  that  have  helped  him  most.  He  was  appointed  steward  in  1849, 
and  served  for  fifty-four  years  in  that  relation.  He  led  a  class  as  a  class-leader, 
beginning  as  early  as  1851.  He  has  a  record  of  the  pastors  who  have  served  Rich- 
mond charge  since  1825. 


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REV.    HENRY   IRVING   COBB. 


He  is  a  prince  disguised,  whose  principality  is  broader  than  the 
Limits  of    the  world. — Dr.   William   A.   Quayle. 


By  Rev.  Ward  M.  Baker. 

Rev.  Henry  Irving  Cobb  was  born  in  Alamance  County,  North  Carolina,  on 
Christmas  Day,  1859.  His  parents.  Dr.  Gaston  D.  Cobb  and  Catherine  E.  Cobb, 
were  Methodists.  Kneeling  at  the  altar  he  was  soundly  converted  under  the  min- 
istry of  Rev.  G.  W.  Mitchell,  a  noted  Christian  Union  minister,  in  November,  1883, 
and  joined  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  South,  at  Holt,  Clay  County,  Missouri, 
March,  1884,  being  received  by  Rev.  John  T.  Winstead,  preacher  in  charge.  "Pil- 
grim's Progress"  had  been  an  inspiration  of  earlier  years  and  "The  Christian's  Secret 
of  a  Happy  Life"  helped  him  to  his  consecration  to  God.  The  Bible  has  long  been 
the  companion  of  his  daily  devotion  and  has  been  as  sunshine,  moisture,  and  air  to 
his  growth  in  grace,  ever  revealing  Christ.  He  was  licensed  to  preach  April  1,  1893, 
by  the  Quarterly  Conference  of  the  Cameron  and  Lathrop  charge,  Plattsbui-g  Dis- 
trict; Rev.  Rice"  H.  Cooper,  Presiding  Elder,  and  Rev.  M.  L.  Gray,  preacher  in 
charge.  This  Conference  was  held  at  Holt  and  at  the  same  time  he  was  recom- 
mended to  the  Missouri  Annual  Conference.  That  Conference  received  him  on  trial 
at  its  session  in  Monroe  City,  Missouri,  September  13th,  1893,  Bishop  A.  G_.  Hay- 
good  presiding.  Bishop  W.  W.  Duncan  ordained  him  Deacon  in  Macon,  Missouri, 
September  15th,  1895,  and  the  ordination  to  the  Eldership  came  three  years  later  at 
the  hands  of  Bishop  Warren  A.  Candler,  in  Memphis,  Missouri,  September  4th, 
1898.  He  has  served  Westville,  Florida,  Center,  Winfield,  Clarksville,  Elsberry,  Edger- 
ton,  Osborn  and  Millville.  Three  hundred  and  fifty-six  persons  have  been  received 
by  him  into  the  church.  This  is  the  result  of  his  work  on  his  own  charges,  not  count- 
ing his  aid  in  other  charges;  an  average  of  twenty-seven  for  each  ministerial  year. 
In  our  well-garnered  fields  and  with  safe  and  sane  methods  of  evangelism  this  is  a 
key  to  earnest,  faithful  and  successful  work.  Brother  Cobb  has  indeed  been  a 
follower  of  Christ,  doing  good  daily.  He  was  educated  in  the  common  schools  and 
Gibsonville  Academy,  Gibsonville,  North  Carolina.  He  was  married  June  21st,  1891, 
to  Miss  Mary  B.  Fitch.  They  have  an  interesting  family — Annie  Lee  Cobb,  Lucille 
Cobb,  and  De  Roy  J.  Cobb.  Wallace  Irving  Cobb  is  with  the  Heavenly  Father.  To 
rear  his  family  for  God,  to  shepherd  the  flock  of  the  Lord  committed  to  his  care,  to 
finish  his  course  with  joy,  and  to  accomplish  the  ministry  which  he  has  received  of 
the  Lord  Jesus,  and  to  testify  of  the  abundant  grace  of  God,  is  the  ambition  of  this 
faithful  minister. 


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COWGILL  CHURCH   AND   PARSONAGE. 


REV.   W.   N.    GIDDENS,   PASTOR. 

Cowgill  Church  has  been  a  success  from  it.s  inception.  The  Parsonage  makes  a 
pleasant  preacher's  home.  Both  properties  command  the  respect  of  the  community. 
The  following  brethren  are  on  the  official  Board:  O.  W.  Coffman,  John  B.  Rogers, 
James  A.  Linville,  C.  L.  V.  Cogman,  C.  O.  Petty,  B.  F.  Kincaid,  Olin  O.  Walters  and 
Charles  L.  Wells. 


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189 


REV.    WILSON    N.   GIDDENS,   A.   M. 


Where   on   the   sand    Thy   step   appears   Thy    Crown    in   sight   is 

Hung. — Keble.  

By  Rev.  A.  B.  Culbertson,  A.  M. 

Rev.  Wilson  N.  Giddens  was  born  of  Methodist  parents,  James  and  Mary  Gid- 
dens,  in  Cedar  County,  Missouri,  May  11th,  1869.  In  July,  1889,  he  joined  the 
Methodist  Church  at  old  Mount  Moriah  in  the  Plattsburg  District.  Four  years  after 
this  he  was  brought  under  powerful  conviction  for  sin  by  the  preaching  of  Rev.  T. 
H.  Swearingen,  and  while  struggling  with  this  conviction,  on  a  mowing  machine  out  in 
the  meadow,  God  graciously  converted  his  soul.  Even  after  this,  for  two  years,  doubts 
at  times  harassed  him,  but  by  prayer  and  faith  he  gained  the  victory  over  these. 
His  faith  is  now  strong,  his  experience  bright,  and  his  desire  to  do  the  work  to  which 
God  has  called  him  is  increasing  fi-om  day  to  day. 

He  received  his  license  to  preach  from  the  Plattsburg  District  Conference  in 
March,  1896;  Rev.  R.  H.  Cooper,  Presiding  Elder.  His  recommendation  for  admis- 
sion on  trial  in  the  Missouri  Annual  Conference  was  given  by  the  St.  Joseph  District 
Conference  in  1904  and  in  1905,  when  the  Conference  met  at  Columbia,  Missouri,  ho 
was  admitted  and  Bishop  Hendrix  ordained  him   Deacon. 

His  first  charge  was  the  Marceline  Circuit,  1904-1905,  then  appointed  to  the 
Fayette  Circuit.  He  is  now  at  Cowgill,  1907.  He  has  received  as  many  as  one  hun- 
dred members  into  the  Church. 

He  is  a  graduate  of  Central  College  and  received  his  A.  M.  degree  from  that 
Institution  in  June,  1906.  He  married  Miss  Gussie  Leah  Larkin,  June  15th,  1904. 
He  looks  upon  his  conversion  and  decision  to  enter  the  ministry  as  important  crises  in 
his  life.  The  "Pilgrim's  Progress"  and  "Christian's  Secret  of  a  Happy  Life,"  have 
impressed  him  deeply. 

He  thinks  the  Christian  College  the  place  for  boys  and  girls  to  go  to  school, 
and  that  the  imperative  duty  of  Christians  is  to  sufficiently  endow  these  Christian  col- 
leges  so   that   they  can   compete   with    state   institutions. 

With  his  clear  conversion,  thorough  consecration,  and  broad  foundation  laid  in 
school  work,  his  life  promises  to  be  one  of  great  usefulness. 


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KEARNKY   PARSONAGE. 


Rev.  J.  M.  Bone  deserves  great  credit  for  the  improvement  of  our  parsonage 
property  at  Kearney,  Missouri.  Through  his  efforts  we  have  a  good  two-story  house, 
nicely  finished  and  ample  rooms  upstairs  and  down.  Our  Kearney  congregation  wants 
the  best  and  succeeds. 


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191 


REV.  JOSEPH  MARVIN  BONE. 


So  glorious  let  Thy  pastors  shine 

That  by  their  speaking'  lives  the  world  may  learn, 
First,  filial  duty,  then  divine; 

That  sons  to  parents,  all  to  Thee  may  turn. — Keble. 


By  Rev.   Ward  M.  Baker. 

Rev.  Joseph  Marvin  Bone  was 
born  September  19th,  1870,  and 
at  the  age  of  twelve,  deep  con- 
viction of  sin  fell  on  the  boy's 
heart  as  the  father  preached  the 
gospel  in  Hundley  Chapel,  St. 
Jospeh,  Missouri;  the  mother  led 
her  child  to  the  altar,  and  there 
at  the  mercy  seat  he  gave  his 
heart  to  God.  An  early  call  to 
the  ministry  of  righteousness 
came  clear  and  sti'ong  to  this 
youth.  And  with  a  desire  to  be 
certain  of  his  call,  and  with  the 
inducements  of  a  promising  busi- 
ness career  before  him,  he  en- 
deavoxed  to  meet  the  demands  of 
God's  Spirit  in  the  active  work 
of  our  church  at  Carrollton. 
Finally  in  the  year  1896,  a  real 
crisis  came  to  his  life  when  he 
consented  to  go  and  preach  the 
Gospel  in  the  name  of  our  Lord 
and  Saviour,  Jesus  Christ.  The 
Carrollton  Quarterly  Conference 
recommending,  the  Chillicothe 
District  Conferenme  in  session 
at  Triplett,  Missouri,  April  15tn, 
1897,  licensed  him  to  preach  and 
recommended  him  to  the  Mis- 
souri Annual  Conference.  The 
latter  body  at  its  session  in  Al- 
bany, Missouri,  September,  1897, 
received  him  on  trial.  Brother 
Bone's  first  appointment  was 
Braymer  Circuit,  where  he  built 
a  parsonage  at  Stet,  Missouri, 
and    a    new    house    of    worship 

called  Wesley  Chapel.  He  traveled  DeWitt  Circuit,  three  years,  and  was  active  in 
League  Work,  being  also  League  Chairman  of  Chillicothe  District;  he  remodeled  the 
parsonage,  increased  largely  the  contributions  to  benevolences  and  received  a  large 
number  into  the  church.  He  spent  one  year  at  Milan,  strengthening  the  charge  in 
€very  way  and  helping  to  clear  the  new  church  of  debt.  He  is  now  completing  his 
fourth  year  at  Kearney,  Lathrop  and  Holt,  where  his  activity  in  all  good  works 
has  been  very  marked.  A  handsome  new  brick  church  has  been  built  at  Holt  and  a 
new  parsonage  at  Kearney.  Over  three  hundred  persons  have  been  received  into  the 
church  by  his  labors  on  his  appointments.  He  is  frequently  called  to  other  charges 
for  revival  work.  He  is  a  painstaking  and  thoughtful  pastor,  a  studious  preacher. 
He  finished  his  conference  course  regularly,  being  ordained  Deacon  at  Fayette,  Mis- 
souri, in  1899,  by  Bishop  Granbery,  and  Elder  at  St.  Joseph,  Missouri,  in  1901,  by 
Bishop  Candler.  He  has  had  the  benefit  of  some  of  our  best  primary  and  High 
Schools  and  three  years  at  Central  College.  Along  with  an  evident  increase  of  intel- 
lectual discipline  and  strength,  has  been  a  growth  in  grace  in  a  deeper  understanding 
of  spiritual  things,  a  consecration  to  God's  will,  and  a  perfecting  love  for  God  and 
man.  He  was  married  to  iliss  Ida  May  Darcy,  September  12th.  1894,  in  Carrollton, 
Missouri.  His  sons  are,  Francis  Darcy  Bone  and  Joseph  Marvin  Bone,  Jr.,  two  very 
promising  boys.     May  the  mantle  of  prophetic  office  fall  on  one  or  both  of  them. 


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REV.  GRAFTON   EVERETT   TAXQUARY. 

When    life   is   done,   and   climbed   its   rugjred   steeps, 

All  hot  suns  set; 
When   in  vast  joy  that  neither  sig:hs  nor  weeps 

We  then  are  met. — Dr.   William  A.  Qiiayle. 


By  Rev.  Chaney  Grimes. 

Rev.  Grafton  Everett  Tanquary  was  the  youngest  ?on  of  the  late  Rev.  Grafton 
Tanquary  of  this  Conference,  and  was  born  in  Clark  County,  Missouri,  July,  18.^9. 
While  in  health  he  was  always  bouyant,  hopeful,  and  full  of  enthusiasm.  He  spoke 
with  becominfr  modesty  of  his  conversion,  and  subsequent  religious  life;  his  soul  was 
in  sympathy  with  the  highest  and  best  in  the  Kingdom  of  Grace.  He  knew  God;  and 
with  all  the  strength  of  his  nature  he  believed  in  God's  word.  His  faith  was  clear, 
strong,  constant,  and  without  the  slightest  taint  of  scepticism.  He  loved  his  Church 
as  he  loved  his  own  life,  and  was  never  happier  than  when  trying  to  promote  her 
interests. 

He  graduated  from  Central  College  in  1886,  and  the  following  year  he  was 
received  on  trial  in  the  Missouri  .\nnual  Conference.  In  the  matter  of  order  and 
dates  his  ministry  was  very  much  like  that  of  his  brethren;  but  he,  nevertheless, 
was  possessed  of  a  somewhat  striking  individuality.  He  sought  to  lay  the  truth  on 
the  heart  and  conscience  in  such  a  way  as  to  move  to  immediate  action;  and  he  was 
in  no  small  degree  successful.  Through  his  brief  ministry  hundreds  were  converted 
and  added  to  the  Church.  He  served  acceptably,  and  in  some  instances  with  marked 
success,  the  following  charges,  viz:  Parkville,  Marceline,  Memphis,  Shelbina  Circuit, 
Jameson,  Arch  Street  Hannibal,  Canton  and  Plattsburg.  His  last  appointment  was 
to  Lawson  Station  in  the  Plattsburg  District.  For  si,\  months  his  health  had  been 
failing,  but  it  was  hoped  that  his  removal  to  a  lighter  work  would  enable  him  to 
regain  his  health,  and  prolong  his  ministry.  He  enteied  upon  his  last  work  with 
something  of  his  old-time  enthusiasm.  He  planned  and  assisted  in  one  of  the  best 
meetings  of  his  entire  ministry.  Nearly  one  hundred  souls  were  converted,  .■^t  its 
close,  and  about  his  last  official  act,  he  had  the  great  joy  of  receiving  about  sixty- 
five  souls  into  the  Church.  In  this  meeting  he  became  so  joyous  and  hopeful  that  his 
friends  thought  him  well  on  the  way  to  complete  recovery.  But  this  hope  was  doomed 
to  disappointment.  The  reaction  came  and  he  grew  rapidly  worse.  Deep  and  dark 
were  t}\e  shadows  through  which  he  was  called  to  pass,  and  through  which  his  friends, 
in  agony  of  suspense,  followed  him.  But  no  sunset  clouds  can  destroy  the  beauty  of 
such  a  life,  or  rob  us  of  our  hope  in  his  death.  He  died  in  St.  Joseph,  ^^lissouri.  May 
21,  1902,  and  his  body  was  laid  to  rest  in  the  cemetery  at  Kahoka.  The  bereaved 
wife,  Mrs.  Sue  Mc.Murry  Tanquary,  and  the  two  chiHren,  Grafton  Pettus  Tanquary 
and  Frances  Tanquary,  now  reside  in  Kahoka,  Missouri. 


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REV.   EDWIN  JAMES  STANLEY. 


It   is   these   sublime   tasks   to   which   he    subjects   our   faith    and 
Obedience   here   to    fit   us   to   be   rulers   over   many    cities    there. 

— Bisliop   Hendrix. 


Rev.  Edwin  James 
Stanley  was  born  Feb- 
ruary 19th,  1848,  at 
Buffalo,  Missouri.  His 
father  was  Henry  Stan- 
ley, and  mother,  Sally 
Ann  Stanley.  He  was 
converted  in  1859,  at  a 
camp-meeting  near  Cir- 
cleville,  Kansas,  and  he 
joined  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  Church  under 
the  ministry  of  Rev. 
Wm.  Knipe.  He  joined 
the  Methodist  Episcopal 
Church,  South,  about 
1861,  under  the  minis- 
try of  Rev.  H.  H. 
Hedgepeth  at  Circle 
ville,  Kansas.  After  he 
had  made  a  profession 
of  faith,  he  was  troub- 
led some  with  doubts, 
but  persevered  in  secret 
prayer,  until  one  night, 
in  a  little  grove  near 
his  home,  while  plead- 
ing with  God,  his  Sav- 
ioi'r  stood  befove  iiim. 
He  had  a  very  clear  evi- 
dence of  his  .accepcauce, 
and  his  heart  was 
strangely  warmed.  Ever 
sine;  then  he  has  been 
gainmg  a  deeper  insighl 
into  the  things  of  God. 
Forgetting  the  things 
that  are  behind,  he  is 
pressing  toward  the 
mark  for  the  prize  of 
the  high  calling  of  God 
in  Christ  Jesus.  He 
was   licensed   to  preach  '^^^  ^-  J-  st.^xley. 

in  September,  1867;  by  the  Quarterly  Conference  of  Leavenworth  Circuit,  Savannah 
District;  Rev.  J.  O.  Foresman,  preacher  in  charge,  and  Rev.  H.  H.  Hedgepeth,  Pre- 
siding Elder;  was  recommended  to  the  Annual  Conference  by  the  Quarterly  Con- 
ference of  the  Holton  Cii-cuit,  in  1869,  and  was  received  into  the  Annual  Conference 
that  year  at  Chillicothe,  Missouri,  Rev.  D.  C.  O'Howell,  Presiding  Elder.  He  was 
ordained  Deacon  by  Bishop  E.  ;\I.  Marvin  in  September,  1871,  at  Council  Grove, 
Kansas;  ordained  Elder  by  Bishop  George  F.  Pierce,  in  1874,  at  Denver,  Colorado. 
He  has  served  the  following  appointments:  Irving  Mission,  as  supply,  Holton  Cir- 
cuit, Irving  Mission,  Troy  Cii-cuit,  Radersburg  Circuit;  Montana,  Hamilton  Circuit; 
Diamond  City  Circuit;  Vii"ginia  City  District  and  Station,  since  which  time  he  has 
served  as  Presiding  Elder  and  preacher  in  charge  of  various  charges  throughout  the 
Conference.  Rev.  Dr.  David  Morton  gives  Brother  Stanley  the  credit,  in  one  of  the  An- 
nual Reports,  of  starting  the  movement  that  resulted  in  the  organization  of  the  Church 
Extension  Board.  He  was  married  to  Miss  Lulu  Lee  Brooke,  December  23rd,  1886, 
and  their  children  are  as  follows:  Rachel  Stanley,  Marvin  Stateler  Stanley,  Edwin 
James    Stanley,    Ernest    Brooke    Stanley,    Mary    Edith    Stanley   and    William    Stanley. 


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THE   PLATTE   CITY   PARSONAGE. 


By  Rev.  Frank  J.  Mapel. 

Platte  City  had  had  for  many  years  a  parsonage — and  for  many  years  Methodist 
preachers  had  occupied  it.  There  was  a  common  feeling  amonp;  the  people  as  to 
what  ought  to  be  done;  the  ways  and  means  did  not  seem  so  clear.  The  first  consid- 
eration was  an  eligible  building  site.  The  active  women  of  the  church,  working  to- 
gether under  the  name  of  the  "Parsonage  Aid  Society,''  made  possible  the  acquisition 
of  the  same.  And  in  less  than  eleven  months  they  raised,  by  various  ways,  the  sum 
of  four  hundred  and  eighty-six  dollars.  In  August,  190.5,  a  fine  piece  of  ground, 
(191  by  nearly  400  feet),  occupying  a  commanding  situation  on  a  fine  residence  street, 
was  purchased  for  five  hundred  dollars — a  monument  to  the  genius  and  consecration 
of  a  small  company  of  Methodist  women.  The  Building  Committee  was  composed 
as  follows:  Hon.  Norton  B.  Anderson,  Chairman;  Calvin  Ham,  Treasurer;  T.  B. 
Flannery,  and  Rev.  Frank  .1.  Mapel.  The  plans  and  specifications  were  a  gift  of  that 
godly  layman,  C.  W.  Broadhurst,  of  Parkville,  Missouri,  since  gone  to  his  reward, 
after  whose  elegant  residence  the  parsonage  was  modeled.  Ground  was  broken  in 
October,  1905.  In  March  following  the  structure  was  finished,  and  occupied  soon  after. 
The  money  was  raised  as  follows:  The  Parsonage  Aid  Society  earned  $.500.00  for 
the  purchase  of  the  lot,  plus  about  .$50.00  for  screening  windows,  doors,  etc.  The 
old  property  sold  for  .$650.00.  The  remainder,  about  $1100.00  was  raised  by  the 
pastor.  Rev.  Frank  J.  Mapel,  in  amounts  ranging  from  $100.00  to  fifty  cents.  The 
subscriptions  of  Mr.  W.  S.  Wells  of  $100.00,  Hons.  E.  H.  Norton  and  R.  P.  C.  Wil- 
son, $50.00  each,  Hon.  N.  B.  Anderson,  .$60.00,  and  Mrs.  M.  P.  Collins.  $50.00,  and 
others,  were  tokens  of  liberality.  For  a  year  the  pastor  went  about  "loaded"  with  a 
subscription  list,  photographs,  and  facts  and  figures.  The  house  presents  a  sightly 
appearance,  is  modern  in  plan  and  conveniently  arranged.  The  materials  are  first- 
class  throughout,  and  the  workmanship  faultless.  It  contains  eight  rooms,  besides 
butler's  pantry  and  a  number  of  clo.sets,  and  the  stair  case  is  solid  oak.  The  struct- 
ure was  built  and  paid  for  in  one  year,  and  well  insured  against  fire.  No  man  is  so 
well  qualified  to  free  a  building  of  debt  as  the  one  who  enterprised  it.  But  left  en- 
cumbered, the  succes.sor  is  likely  to  have  a  half-done  cake  to  warm  over,  always  an 
unsatisfactory  dish,  and  often  an  unpalatable  mouthful  to  have  to  swallow.  To  the 
women  of  the  church  belongs  the  credit  of  the  initiative;  it  was  through  the  co- 
operation of  the  membership,  and  the  kindly  and  timely  assistance  of  a  sjTnpathetic 
community,  that  the  project  was  brought  to  a  consumation,  free  of  all  debt. 


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MR.    BENJAMIN    FRANKLIN    BOYDSTON. 


We  shall   do  well   to   consider   what   is   God's  plan   in   our  times, 
And  fulfill  our  part  of  it  with  all   fortitude  and  fidelity. 

— Bishop  Candler. 


By  Rev.  Ward  M.  Baker. 
Henry  and  Mary  Boydston 
came  from  East  Tennessee  and 
entered  land  in  Platte  County, 
Missouri,  in  1S36.  They  were 
strong-  and  sturdy  pioneers  and 
devout  Methodists.  The  sub- 
ject of  this  sketch  was  then- 
fifth  child.  James  N.  Boydston, 
the  oldest  brother,  was  long  a 
pillar  of  the  Edgerton  Church; 
Thomas  S.  Boydston  was,  until 
only  a  few  years  ago,  one  of 
the"  leaders  at  Davis  Chapel;  he 
has  now  moved  to  Oklahoma. 
Every  one  who  knows  the  Boyd- 
ston family  will  testify  to  the 
strong-  faith  and  unceasing  zeal 
of  "Uncle  Tom."  In  prosperity 
and  adversitv,  he  has  ever  been 
faithful  to  "God.  Mrs.  Eliza- 
beth Holland,  a  sister,  abides 
with  her  daughter  near  Davis 
Chapel,  and  is  a  lover  of  Zion. 
Two  sisters,  Catherine  Louisa, 
and  Mary  J.,  were  successively 
the  wives  of  Mr.  R.  T.  Davis 
of  St.  Joseph,  Missouri.  Rachel 
Crow,  another  sister,  the  wife 
of  Mr.  W.  H.  Smith,  went  home 
to  God  in  March,  1907.  Mis- 
souri, the  youngest  sister,  is  the 
wife  of  Mr.  Geo.  Arnold  of 
Dearborn.  All  this  family  were 
at  one  time  connected  with 
Davis  Chapel  Church,  and  all 
remained  faithful  to  the  Meth- 
odist Church.  Since  this  fam- 
ily has  occupied  so  large  a  place 

in  the  history  of  our  Church,  it  seems  befitting  to  include  them  in  this  sketch.  Brother 
Benjamin  F."  Boydston  was  converted  at  the  Slash  Valley  School  House  in  18.59,  under 
the  ministry  of  Rev.  Thomas  Hurst.  He,  his  parents,  two  sisters,  Eliza- 
beth and  Mary  J.,  R.  T.  Davis  and  wife,  Thomas  Butts,  and  I.  Davis  and  wife, 
nine  in  all,  were  organized  into  a  class  at  that  time  and  thev  were  the  beginning  of 
Davis  Chapel  Church.  He  was  married  in  Independence,  Missouri,  by  Rev.  M.  M. 
Pugh,  July  31st,  1867,  to  Miss  Martha  Ann  Borden,  and  they  have  had  a  family  of 
twelve  children,  ten  of  whom  are  living.  Rev.  Martin  Caples  Boydston,  M.  D.,  a 
local  preacher,  a  physician,  graduate  of  Louisville  and  post  graduate  of  Bellvue, 
New  York;  Wightman  McTyeire  Boydston,  a  Ph.  B.  graduate  of  Central  College; 
Vincil  Vandeventer  Boydston;  Cora  Ella  Boydston,  now  the  wife  of  Mr.  T.  J.  Means, 
of  Dearborn;  Rev.  James  Edward  Boydston,  a  local  preacher;  Martha  Edna  Boyd- 
ston, wife  of  Mr.  McTyeire  Harris,  of  Dearborn;  Benjamin  F.  Boydston,  Jr.;  Henry 
Pierce  Boydston;  Norton  Payne  Boydston.  and  Garland  Galloway  Boydston.  All  are 
members  of  the  Methodist  Church,  and  all  but  two  members  of  the  old  home  church. 
Brother  Boydston  has  always  been  a  leader  in  the  church.  He  has  been  steward, 
trustee  and  was  Sunday  School  Superintendent  for  twenty  years.  He  has  educated 
his  children,  giving  nearly  all  of  them  several  years  at  Cenc/al  College.  He  believes 
in  Christian  education.  He  has  been  a  successful  man  in  business  and  has  accumu- 
lated a  good  competency.  He  has  long  been  a  ready  and  strong  helper  in  all  that 
pertains  to  the  Church.  He  holds  an  honored  place  among  his  friends  and  in  his 
own  household.. 


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REV.  W.  S.  CALDWELL. 


Apes   and   generations   to   come   will   be  yet    more   productive    in 
Spiritual    hu-sbandry. — Bishop   Marvin. 


Rev.  W.  S.  Caldwell  was  born  on  a  farm  near  Hickman's  Mill,  Jack.son  County, 
Missouri,  Aupfust  26th,  1866.  His  father  died  when  he  was  only  six  weeks  old. 
He  received  his  education  in  the  public  schools  and  under  private  teachers  until 
1885,  when  with  his  widowed  mother  he  removed  to  Stanley,  .John.son  County,  Kan- 
sas. There  he  engaped  in  farminjj  and  stock  raising  until  1889,  when  the  death 
of  his  Christian  mother  made  a  deep  impression  upon  him,  and  created  a  desire  for 
a  nobler  life.  He  had  been  a  member  of  the  Christian  church  at  Hickman's  Mill, 
since  he  was  seventeen  years  old,  but  knew  nothing  of  experimental  religion  until 
August,  1889,  at  the  age  of  twenty-three,  when  the  Lord  opened  his  eyes  to  see  His 
saving  grace  and  pardoning  love.  He  became  an  active  worker  in  the  Methodist 
Protestant  denomination  at  Stanley,  Kansas.  He  attended  the  Annual  Conference 
as  a  delegate  from  the  local  congregation  and  in  the  interest  of  the  Young  People's 
Society  of  Christian  Endeavor.  He  felt  the  call  to  the  ministry  and  entered  Central 
College,  Fayette,  Missouri,  in  1893,  uniting  at  that  time  with  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
Church,  South.  He  remained  in  Central  College  almost  continuously  until  graduation 
in  1901.  He  traveled  abroad,  returning  in  the  fall  of  the  same  year,  and  entered 
the  Theological  department  of  Boston  University  where,  at  the  close  of  the  first 
year,  his  health  became  so  impaired  as  to  wholly  disqualify  him  for  the  responsibili- 
ties of  his  chosen  work. 

He  was  married  .A.pril  20th,  1904,  to  Miss  Katherine  Maxwell,  of  Martin  City, 
Missouri.  Mrs.  Caldwell  has  been  a  loyal  Methodist,  an  active  worker  in  the  Church, 
and  a  consecrated  Christian  since  girlhood.  Two  sons,  James  Marvin  Caldwell  and 
Herbert  Stanford   Caldwell,  have  been  born  to  this   familv. 


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MR.  ROBERT  JAMES  CLARK. 


How    far    the    influence    of    manliness    and    dignity    extends  !- 
Goethe. 


Robert  James  Clark,  son  of  John  B.  Clark  and  Rachel  Clark,  was  born  August 
17th,  1841,  in  Giles  County,  Tennessee.  His  father  was  a  member  of  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  Church,  South,  and  his  mother  was  a  Cumberland  Presbyterian.  He  was 
converted  in  January,  1870,  at  Greenville,  Clay  County,  Missouri,  and  joined  the 
church  at  Lawson,  Missouri,  in  1876,  during  the  pastorate  of  Rev.  Joseph  Devlin. 
He  was  converted  at  a  union  service  at  the  Methodist  church  commenced  at  Quar- 
terly Meeting-  in  December,  1869,  by  Rev.  S.  W.  Cope,  and  Rev.  W.  P.  Wilson,  and 
assisted  by  Revs.  Felts  and  Roan  of  the  Baptist  church,  and  Yantes  of  the  Pres- 
byterian church,  and  Rev.  Wiley  Clai-k  of  the  Cumberland  Presbyterian  church,  re- 
sulting in  about  one  hundred  and  fifty  conversions,  and  continued  for  six  weeks.  He 
is  "still  pressing  forward  to  the  mark  of  the  prize."  He  was  married  to  Miss  Sallie 
A.  Moore,  October  1st,  1870,  and  they  have  five  children  living,  to-wit :  Orson,  Frank. 
Robert  J.,  Albert  M.  and  James  K.  Clark.  One  daughter,  Mattie,  died  in  infancy. 
Brother  Clark  has  been  one  of  the  faithful  members  of  Lawson  Church  for  many 
years.  Engaged  in  the  banking  business,  he  has  many  true  friends.  He  is  safe 
in  counsel,  and  true  to  his  convictions.  He  has  enjoyed  Books  of  Sermons.  O.  P. 
Fitzgerald's  Books,  and  others  of  that  character.  He  came  to  Ray  County,  Missouri, 
in  18.54;  crossed  the  plains  to  California  with  an  ox  team  in  18.59;  journeyed  to 
Oregon  in  1860;  took  a  small  part  in  the  Indian  wars  of  the  Sixties,  and  returned 
to  Missouri  in  1867,  and  has  lived  at  Lawson,  Missouri,  ncarlv  all  the  time  since 
1870. 


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CENTENNIAL    VOLUME    OF    MISSOURI    METHODISM. 


MR.  JAMES  BOLTON  BATHGATE. 


What  is  the  highest  happiness  of  mortals,  if  not  to  execute  what 
We  consider  right  and  good? — Goethe. 


Mr.  James  Bolton  Bathgate 
was  born  September  17th,  1871, 
near  Knoxville,  Ray  County, 
Missouri.  His  father,  Thomas 
Bathgate,  was  a  member  of  the 
Presbyterian  Church,  and  his 
mother,  Rachel  Bathgate,  was 
a  member  of  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  Church,  South.  He 
was  converted  in  March,  1894, 
at  Knoxville,  Missouri,  during 
a  revival  meeting  conducted  by 
Rev.  I.  T.  Nash.  He  joined 
the  church  and  was  baptized 
at  Knoxville,  Missouri,  under 
the  ministry  of  Rev.  J.  T.  Win- 
stead,  but  moved  his  member- 
ship to  Polo,  Missouri.  He  was 
converted  at  the  night  service 
at  the  altar.  His  lack  of  faith 
had  been  his  greatest  hindrance; 
it  was  hard  for  him  to  believe 
that  God  could  do  it  all  alone. 
Even  before  his  conversion,  and 
most  certainly  since,  it  has  been 
his  desire  to  develop  himself  in 
Christian  character  and  bring 
out  the  best  that  is  in  him  for 
God.  God  has  been  good  to  him 
and  reveals  His  truth,  enlight- 
ens his  understanding,  as  He 
sees  best  for  his  spiritual  devel- 
opment, and  as  he  more  fully 
undei  stands  His  will  and  pur- 
pose and  the  great  need  He  has 
for  His  followers,  his  determina- 
tion becomes  stronger  to  do 
His  will  more  perfectly,  and 
in  His  service  he  is  drawn  nearer  to  God  and  his  fellow  man.  His  education  was 
received  at  the  public  schools  and  at  Central  Business  College,  Sedalia,  Missouri, 
where  he  graduated  in  May,  1892.  Brother  Bathgate  has  made  use  of  his  business 
training  in  the  service  of  his  church;  he,  with  many  others,  helping  in  the  erection 
of  the  beautiful  new  Methodist  Church  at  Polo,  Missouri.  He  was  married  to  Miss 
Eva  Dorcas  Slack,  October  4th,  1892,  and  they  have  had  three  children,  all  of  whom 
are  dead.  His  life  has  been  of  an  even  temperament;  from  boyhood  he  has  had  a 
strong  desire  to  make  his  mark  in  the  world  as  a  business  man,  but  since  his  con- 
version, he  finds  that  to  be  a  thorough  business  man,  it  is  necessary  to  trust  in  a 
higher  power  for  guidance  in  battling  with  the  rough  edges  of  life.  Some  of  the 
books,  aside  from  the  Bible,  which  have  been  most  helpful  to  him,  are  Emerson's 
Essays  and  Lectures,  Life  and  Works  of  Wesley,  Spurgeon,  Moody  and  Talmage, 
John  G.  Paton,  and  works  of  Dr.  Livingston,  Samuel  Smiles,  J.  R.  Miller,  D.  D., 
Bishop  Galloway,  and  Bishop  Hendrix.  He  has  been  a  teacher  in  the  Sunday  School 
since  March,  1894.  and  steward  since  May,  1894,  and  president  of  the  League  for 
several  years.  He  went  into  the  hardware  business.  Septembe  •  4th,  1892,  and  con- 
tinued in  that  business  for  eleven  years;  organized  the  First  National  Bank,  at 
Polo,  Missouri,  September  4th,  1905,  and  has  been  cashier  of  the  above  named  bank 
since  its   organization. 


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REV.  JAMES  ROBERT  HEDGES. 


The  world  respects  a  genuine  Man. — Bishop  Haygood. 


Rev.  James  Robert  Hedges  was  born  September  29th,  1862,  near  Otterville,  Cooper 
County,  Missouri,  where  he  grew  to  manhood.  He  was  married  to  Miss  Minnie  L. 
Todd  April  20th,  1887.  He  was  converted  under  the  ministry  of  Rev.  C.  A.  Lewis, 
at  the  age  of  twenty-seven  years.  He  was  licensed  to  preach  in  the  spring  of 
1892,  at  Pleasant  Hill  church,  on  the  Otterville  Circuit,  Rev.  R.  S.  Hunter,  Presiding 
Elder,  and  recommended  to  the  Annual  Conference  the  same  year.  He  was  received 
on  trial  at  the  Annual  Conference  held  in  Independence.  1890,  Bishop  Galloway  pre- 
siding. He  was  appointed  to  Cross  Timber  Station  and  served  this  work  one  year; 
Mountserrat  Circuit,  three  years;  Columbus  Circuit,  one  year;  Buckner  Circuit,  four 
years;  Houstonia  and  Herndon,  one  year;  Sweet  Springs  and  Blackwater,  three  years; 
Malta  Bend  and  Grand  Pass,  one  year;  fall  of  1906,  transferred  to  Missouri  Con- 
ference by  Bishop  J.  S.  Key.  and  stationed  at  Kingston.  He  was  ordained  Deacon 
by  Bishop  E.  R.  Hendrix,  at  Jefferson  City,  1904;  Elder  by  Bishop  Galloway,  at 
Nevada,  1906.  His  pastoi'ates  have  generally  been  pleasant,  and  his  mixing  qualities 
are  good.  He  is  a  temperance  advocate,  and  his  style  of  sermonizing  is  practical. 
Brother  Hedges  has  wrought  well  in  all  the  charges  where  he  has  served,  and  he  has 
made  many  friends.  Sister  HeHa'es  is  one  of  the  noble  women  of  our  Methodism.  One 
of  the  daughters.  Miss  Clara  Hedges,  excells  in  music.  Miss  Ruth  Hedges,  another 
daughter,  is  a  good  student,  and  has  a  practical  turn  for  affairs.  Miss  Bessie  is  fine 
in  elocution  and  gives  promise  of  good  success  in  her  chosen  line. 


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REV.  JOHN  WESLEY  MATTHEWS,  M.  D. 


The  highest  work  of  each  generation  is  to  saturate  the  life 
Of  its  children  and  youth  with  the  truth  and  spirit  of  the  Son 
Of  God. — Bishop  Atkins. 


Rev.  John  Wesley  Matthews,  was  born  near  Baltimore,  Maryland,  May  29th, 
182.5.  He  is  a  son  of  John  Matthews  and  Henrietta  Matthews,  both  members  of  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  South.  He  was  converted  Aufjust  12th,  1840,  at  a 
campmeeting-  and  joined  the  church  the  next  day,  under  the  ministry  of  Rev.  E. 
Reed.  His  conversion  was  very  clear  and  bright.  He  was  licensed  to  preach  March 
17th,  1852,  by  the  Quarterly  Conference  at  Wellingfton,  Lafayette  County,  Missouri; 
Rev.  Andrew  Monroe,  Presiding  Elder.  He  never  applied  for  admission  to  join  the 
Conference;  he  wanted  to  be  free  and  go  where  he  could  do  the  most  good.  He  was 
ordained  Deacon  by  Bishop  Wightman  at  the  Jonesburg  District  Conference;  ordained 
Elder  by  Bishop  Wightman  at  Louisiana,  Missouri.  He  traveled  under  Rev.  T.  T. 
.■\shby  who  had  charge  of  the  Indians  in  Kansas  when  it  was  a  Territory;  he  also 
had  his  regular  appointments  in  the  Cii'cuit  where  he  lived  and  filled  the  pulpit 
at  Warrenton,  Missouri,  for  eight  years.  He  was  married  to  Miss  Eliza  Ann  Straughn 
October  20th,  1848,  and  four  children  were  born  unto  them:  Henry  Earl,  Francis 
Holmes,  Jessie  L.  and  Mattie  Matthews.  Brother  Matthews  is  now  living  in  Lib- 
erty, Missouri,  with  his  youngest  son.  Having  passed  the  eighty-first  mile  post  in 
life,  he  is  just  waiting  for  the  messenger  to  come  and  take  him  across  the  river  to 
rest  under  the  shade  of  the  trees. 


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REV.  DUDLEY  C.  O'HOWELL. 


Love  to   God   and   man,   the    root   of   al 
Itself.— Dr.    Wm.  E.  Munseij. 


benevolence,   is   religion 


By  Rev  Bowman  D.  Sipple. 

Dudley  C.  O'Howell  was  born 
in  Jackson  County,  Missouri, 
January  31,  1834;  was  convert- 
ed in  early  manhood  through 
the  influence  of  his  Methodist 
mother;  licensed  to  exhort  in 
1856;  licensed  to  preach  Sep- 
tember 20,  by  the  Poplar  Bluff 
Quarterly  Conference,  and  re- 
ceived on  trial  in  the  St.  Louis 
Conference  October,  1856.  His 
first  appointment  was  Harts- 
ville  Circuit  as  junior  preacher. 
In  1857  he  transferred  to  Kan- 
sas Conference;  Nimeha,  1858, 
and  ordained  Deacon  by  Bishop 
Andrew;  Mount  Pleasant,  1859; 
ordained  Elder  in  1860,  by 
Bishop  Kavanaugh,  and  ap- 
pointed to  Nimeha  Circuit. 
The  foregoing  dates  are  secured 
from  the  General  Minutes, 
though  they  do  not  agree  with 
the  sketch  in  the  Minutes.  No 
Minutes  are  given  in  1861-67. 
In  1868,  his  appointment  was 
Holton;  Richmond,  1869;  super- 
annuated, 1870;  Holton,  1871; 
Council  Grove,  1872;  Leaven- 
worth District.  1873-75;  Atchi- 
son District,  1876;  transferred 
to  the  Missouri  Conference  and 
stationed  at  Maryviile,  1877-78; 
Osborn,  1879-80;"  La  wson,  1881; 
10th  St.  St.  Joseph,  1882; 
Plattsburg,  1882-83;  Plattsburg 
District,  1884-87;  Brunswick, 
1888-89;  Mexico  District.  1890- 
93;  St.  Charles  District,  1894.  With  the  exception  of  traveling  the  Norborne  Cir- 
cuit, 1896,  he  was  supei-numerary  until  his  death,  January  24,  1899.  "From  the 
prairie  circuit  to  the  city  station  he  faithfully  preached  the  gospel  to  all  classes 
of  hearers,  and  'much  people  were  added  to  the  Church.  He  was  thoroughly  versed 
both  by  investigation  and  experience,  in  Arminian  theology.  He  dealt  sturdy  blows 
on  every  dogma  that  impeached  the  impartial  love  of  God.  He  showed  God  to  be 
no  respecter  of  persons.  There  was  no  arbitrary  will  in  the  atonement;  all  of  the 
benefits  hinged  on  the  free  will  of  man.  Salvation,  as  he  preached  it,  rested  on 
ordinance  of  man.  The  righteousness  of  Christ  availed  to  save  only  so  far  as  it 
made  man  righteous,  liberating  him  from  the  guilt,  the  love  and  the  power  of  sin. 
The  hope  of  final  success  in  the  Christian  life  depended  upon  the  fidelity  of  the  sin- 
ner, aided  by  divine  grace,  and  not  upon  any  arbitrary  election  or  favoritism.  Brother 
O'Howell  never  received  large  salaries,  but  by  his  economy  and  good  judgment  in 
d  few  investments  brought  him  such  large  returns  that  he  was  enabled  two  years 
before  his  death  to  give  more  than  ten  thousand  dollars  to  the  Conference  Trust 
Fund  for  superannuated  preachers,  their  widows  and  orphans.  He  loved  his  church, 
her  doctrines,  her  polity  and  her  ministry.  Never  did  a  Christian  fall  asleep  more 
gently  than  did  he." 

Brother  O'Howell  represented  his  Conference  in  the  General  Conference  in  1874. 
He  was  a  safe  man,  carefully  looking  into  every  detail  of  the  work,  and  most  helpful 
to  young  preachers.  His  quaint  and  pleasant  questions  to  a  boai-d  of  stewards  kept 
them  always  in  a  good  humor,  though  they  might  wince  under  the  points  made. 
Children  loved  him  because  he  loved  children,  and  would  go  far  to  attend  a  children's 
service.  One  preacher  remembers  the  friendship  of  this  same  man  as  few  other 
friendships  experienced.     He  stood   alone   in   his   individuality. 


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HON.   .MARTIN   E.   LAWSON. 


Christianity   is  flitted  to   mankind  as  a   palm-branch   is   fitted   to 
A    kind's   hand. — Dr.    Wm.   A.  Qiiaylf. 


By  Rev.  Ch.^s.  B.  Duncan,  A.  :M. 

The  success  of  a  local  church 
is  in  no  small  degree  dependent 
upon  the  character  of  its  lay- 
men. IntelliKent  conceptions  of 
the  work  and  mission  of  the 
church,  fervent  piety,  and  an 
abiding  interest  in  her  welfare 
on  their  part,  qualify  for  leader- 
ship and  insure  success;  but  the 
absence  of  these  will  seriously 
handicap  the  most  resourceful 
preacher. 

The  congregation  at  Liberty 
is  fortunate  in  possessing  a 
number  of  such  men.  Promi- 
nent among  them  is  Martin  E. 
l.awson,  a  native  of  Pennsylva- 
nia, who  was  born  in  Franklin 
County,  May  15tli,  1867.  Four 
\e;irs  later  his  parents  moved 
tii  the  West.  After  spending 
three  years  in  Fulton  County 
Illinois,  they  removed  to  a  farm 
in  DeKalb  County,  Missouri, 
whcie  he  grew  to  manhood. 
Like  many  of  our  successful 
men,  upon  reaching  his  majority 
he  found  himself  without  money 
)r  influential  friends.  But  he 
had  assets  far  more  valuable 
than  these  for  he  possessed  all 
the  latent  elements  of  manhood 
necessaiy  to  a  successful  career. 
With  characteristic  energy  and 
determination  he  began  the  study 
of  law,  making  his  way  as  ho 
went.  He  was  admitted  to  the 
bar  at  Liberty,  Mis.souri,  October 
20th,  1890,  where  he  has  continued  to  practice  until  the  present  time.  His  industry, 
integrity,  and  ability  have  enabled  him  to  build  up  a  lucrative  business  and  have  won 
for  him  a  place  of  high  rank  in  the  legal  fraternity. 

He  was  converted  and  united  with  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  South,  at 
Liberty,  in  February,  18S0.  Recognizing  the  worth  of  the  young  man,  in  the  following 
.Alay  his  pastor  had  him  appointed  superintendent  of  the  Sunday  School,  a  position 
he  has  held  continuously  until  the  present  time.  Subsequent  results  have  fully  justi- 
fied the  wisdom  of  the  choice.  He  has  served  both  as  steward  and  trustee  during  the 
whole  time  of  his  connection  with  the  chui-ch  and  has  represented  his  district  as  lay- 
delegate  to  the  Annual  Conference.  When  Woodson  Institute,  the  secondary  school  for 
the  Plattsburg  District,  was  established  at  Richmond,  Missouri,  he  wa^  appointed  on 
its  board  of  curators  and  continued  to  serve  in  that  capacity  until  it  was  con-elated 
with  Central  College.  In  all  these  various  fields  of  activity,  his  sound  judgment,  lib- 
erality, faithfulness  and  devotion  have  made  him  a  very  useful  man  to  the  church 
and  have  given  him  a  potent  influence  for  good  in  his  community. 

October  10th,  1894,  he  was  married  to  Miss  Kate  Riley,  of  Liberty,  Missouri,  who 
has  proven  a  very  worthy  helpmeet.  Two  children,  James  Enoch  Lawson  and  Nancy 
Lawson,  have  come  to  bless  their  home. 


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REV.  WILLIAM  RICHARD  WEAKLEY,  Ph.B. 


Would  God  this  man  owned  the  whole  world!  for  then  the  poor 
Would  be  made  to  rejoice,  and  the  sad  of  heart  would  know 
What  a  friend  they  had. — Dr.  Joseph  Parker. 


Rev.  William  Richard  Weak- 
ley was  born  February  26th, 
1868,  at  Knoxville,  Missouri,  and 
was  converted  at  the  age  of  fif- 
teen in  a  meeting  held  at  Law- 
son,  by  Rev.  T.  H.  Swearingen, 
assisted  by  Rev.  John  T.  Win- 
stead,  who  preached  the  day  he 
was  converted.  He  was  gradu- 
ated with  the  degree  of  Ph.  B. 
from  Central  College  in  1893, 
and  entered  the  Missouri  Con- 
ference the  same  year,  and  or- 
dained Deacon  by  Bishop  Hay- 
good,  September  ITth,  189.3.  His 
first  appointment  was  Grayson 
Circuit.  During  this  Conference 
year  he  was  accepted  by  the 
Board  of  Foreign  Missions  as  a 
Missionary  candidate.  The  Fay- 
ette, Missouri,  Methodist  Sunday 
School  having  provided  a  sum 
sufficient  to  pay  his  traveling 
expenses  and  support  him  for 
a  year,  he  left  his  home  town  of 
Lawson,  Missouri,  January  29th, 
1895,  and  arrived  at  Kobe,  Ja- 
pan, February  2(lth.  He  was 
appointed  for  work  and  lan- 
guage study  to  the  city  of  Hime- 
ji,  one  of  the  old  castle  towns 
of  feudal  Japan.  After  staying 
here  something  over  a  year,  he 
was  appointed  to  the  historic 
city  of  Oita  where  it  is  said 
Francis  Xavier,  the  great  Jesuit 
Missionary,  did  his  last  work  in 
Japan.      The    Oita    Circuit    had 

five  appointments,  widely  separated  and  hard  to  work,  but  God's  hand  was  wonderfully 
revealed  in  the  results  of  the  six  and  a  half  year's  work  there.  In  1901,  the  workers 
hearts  were  gladdened  by  a  revival  of  great  power  when  many  young  men  gave  full 
evidence  of  sound  conversion.  It  was  while  serving  the  Oita  work  that  he  married, 
at  Kobe,  Japan,  July  11th,  1899,  Miss  Gertrude  M.  Wilcox,  daughter  of  Rev.  G.  B. 
Wilcox,  D.D.,  Professor  Emeritus  of  Pastoral  Theology  in  the  Chicago  Theological 
Seminary,  a  Congregational  school.  Miss  Wilcox  was  at  the  time  of  their  marriage 
teaching  in  Kobe  College,  a  mission  school  for  girls  in  Kobe,  Japan.  After  a  fur- 
lough to  the  homeland,  his  first  appointment  on  returning  to  Japan  was  to  the 
Hiroshima  Circuit.  Arriving  thei-e  in  the  midst  of  the  Russo-Japan  war,  he  and  his 
wife,  with  other  missionaries  in  the  city,  had  free  access  to  the  military  hospitals,  and 
during  the  year  gave  out,  to  the  sick  and  wounded,  Bibles,  tracts  and  hymn  books 
by  the  thousands,  besides  visiting  and  speaking  to  hundreds  and  thousands  of  the 
soldiers  in  the  hospitals.  The  sights  and  sounds  of  those  days  made  of  Brother 
Weakley  an  uncompromising  Peace  Advocate.  In  190-j  he  was  appointed  to  West  Osaka 
and  Sakai  Churches,  and  at  the  present  writing  he  has  this  work. 


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CENTENNIAL    VOLUME    OF    MISSOURI    METHODISM. 


DR.  FR.^NCIS  HOL.MES  .^L\TTHEWS. 


Who   can    limit   God's   use   of  a    consecrated   man,   or   count    the 
Rewards  to  those  who  obey  Him? — Bishop  He)i(lrii-. 


Parents,  J.  W.  Matthews, 
M.  D.,  and  .Mrs.  Ella  Flanders 
Matthews.  They  were  enthusi- 
astic members  of  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  Church,  South.  The 
father  still  lives,  making  his 
home  with  his  son  in  Liberty, 
Jlissouri.  Born  in  Troy,  Illi- 
nois, June  29th,  1866.  Convert- 
ed in  1881,  at  New  Harmony, 
Missouri,  Rev.  T.  R.  Kendall, 
pastor.  He  joined  the  Church 
immediately  after  conversion. 
He  was  trained  in  a  most  de- 
vout Christian  home,  and  was 
1^  •  -,   jrw-  1     saved    many    experiences    which 

^^  Mr  come   to    the    majority   of    boys. 

^M|k  k.     Jr  While  seekinjr   reliffion   he   went 

»   ■Hl^  f  to    the    "mourners'    bench"    re- 

L  '  peatedly,    expecting    some    great 

^1^  .  change,  or   experience.     Having 

W  ^k  been  reared  in  such  a  consecrat- 

^^^  ^^^^  I    ed   home,   naturally   this   sudden 

^^K  ^  m^^^^~"  /     change    never    came.       But     he 

yielded  his  heart  to  the  Lord, 
and  joined  the  Church  and  be- 
gan to  live  as  he  thought  a 
church  member  should.  Such  be- 
ginners ordinarily  mark  the  best 
Christian  lives.  He  was  edu- 
cated in  the  public  schools,  and 
after  some  years  in  business,  at- 
tended the  University  Medical 
College,  Kansas  City,  Missouri, 
graduating  in  March,  1900.  He 
located  in  Liberty,  Missouri,  for 
the  practice  of  his  profession, 
and  .soon  became  one  of  the  lead- 
ing physicians  of  the  county.  He  married  Miss  Mary  S.  Allen,  daughter  of  Trigg  T. 
Allen,  Esq.,  of  Liberty,  Missouri,  December  14th,  1892.  Children,  Elizabeth  and 
Francis  Holmes,  Jr.  Dr.  Matthews  received  his  first  impulse  for  an  education  in  his 
childhood  home.  His  mother  was  a  woman  of  superior  education,  and  being  a  trained 
teacher,  her  children  were  given  regular  courses  of  instruction  under  her  direction. 
A  home  with  a  good  library  and  choice  literature,  a  mother  directing  his  studies 
during  vacations,  when  he  had  regular  recitations,  these  were  the  influences  that  helped 
him  more  than  all  else.  His  father  was  a  busy  physician,  but  took  time  to  give 
him  instruction  relative  to  the  many  temptations  of  boyhood,  and  thus  saved  him  from 
many  pitfalls.  His  father  is  also  a  local  Elder  in  our  Church  at  Liberty,  and  during 
the  year  18.52  was  associated  with  Dr.  Nathan  Scarritt  in  evangelistic  work.  He  was 
missionary  to  the  Indians,  and  has  ever  been  a  faithful  and  earnest  preacher. 

The  mother  was  a  strict  observer  of  early  Methodist  usages.  In  connection  with 
the  Quarterly  Conference,  the  regular  fast  was  observed,  and  no  meat  was  eaten  from 
Friday  to  Monday.  She  was  gifted  in  prayer,  and  took  part  in  the  class  meetings. 
Excepting  times  of  sickness  she  taught  a  class  of  young  women  in  the  Sunday  School 
all  during  her  life.  Their  home  was  always  a  home  for  the  preachers,  and  the  mother's 
chief  delight  was  to  minister  to  some  faithful  servant  of  God. 

Dr.  F'.  H.  Matthews  joined  the  Liberty  Church  in  the  spring  of  1893.  For  years 
he  has  been  serving  on  the  Board  of  Stewards,  has  acted  in  the  capacity  of  District 
Steward,  and  for  a  number  of  times  has  been  delegate  to  the  .Annual  Conference.  He 
was  president  of  the  District  Epworth  League  when  the  Conference  was  held  in  Rich- 
mond in  1898.  Dr.  S.  A.  Steel  was  present  at  this  convention,  and  by  many  this  is 
remembered  as  one  of  the  very  best  of  conventions.  Dr.  Matthews  is  loyal  to  his  Church, 
interested  in  her  welfare,  and   faithful  to  her  ministers. 


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REV.  ALFRED   SNOWDEN. 


0  Friend!  my  comforter  and  guide  I 

Strong  in  thyself,  and  powerful  to  give  strength. — Coleridge. 


Rev.  Alfred  Snowden  was 
born  of  Methodist  parents  in  the 
year  1873  in  the  state  of  Wis- 
consin. In  September,  1893, 
while  working  at  the  printers' 
trade  in  the  city  of  Minneapolis, 
a  revival  was  in  progress  in  the 
Hennepin  Avenue  Methodist 
Episcopal  Church;  the  pastor, 
Rev.  W.  Hollman,  D.D.,  was  as- 
sisted by  Bishop  Isaac  W.  Joyce. 
The  influence  of  this  revival  was 
far  reaching;  the  revival  wave 
reached  him  on  Sunday  evening; 
he  was  drawn  to  the  Church  by 
some  unseen  power,  this  being 
the  first  time  he  had  attended 
church  for  five  years.  The 
Bishop  preached  like  a  man  who 
was  travailing  in  agony  over 
lost  souls.  During  that  master- 
ful sermon,  conviction  seized  his 
soul,  carried  him  to  the  chancel, 
and  while  the  preacher  complet- 
ed his  discourse,  "I  thought  on 
my  ways,"  Heaven  spoke  peace 
to  his  soul.  This  night  was  the 
pi-ayer  of  faith  answered  that 
had  ascended  to  the  throne  of 
God  twenty  years  before  on  the 
day  of  his  baptism.  More  light 
was  the  one  desire  of  his  life. 
He  made  it  a  rule  of  life  to 
speak  to  at  least  one  person  a 
day  about  his  eternal  destiny. 
God  honored  these  efforts,  and 
gave  him  a  clear  conception  of 
a  "spirit  filled'  life.  Perhaps 
the  red  letter  day  of  his  life  was  the  day  he  decided  "I  must  preach;"  this  decision  was 
fought  for  eighteen  months.  He  was  at  the  time  of  conversion  established  in  business 
as  a  printer,  but  the  call  to  preach  was  strong  and  clear.  The  years  following  his 
decision  to  preach  the  Gospel  were  spent  in  ti'aining  for  his  life  work  in  the  following 
institutions:  Fayette  Academy,  two  years;  Woodson  Academy,  one  year;  Park  College, 
two  years;  Chicago  Institute  (Missionary  Training  School),  two  years.  He  was 
licensed  to  preach  in  1899  by  the  Plattsburg  District  Conference.  He  was  received  into 
the  Missouri  Annual  Conference  on  trial  in  1900,  Rev.  C.  Grimes  then  being  his  Pre- 
siding Elder;  ordained  Deacon  in  1902,  by  Bishop  A.  W.  Wilson,  at  Chillicothe,  Mis- 
souri; ordained  Elder  in  1904,  at  Columbia,  Missouri,  by  Bishop  E.  R.  Hendrix.  He  has 
served  the  following  charges:  Rushville,  one  year;  Kingston,  two  years;  Missouri 
City,  three  years;  Osborn,  two  years.  During  his  ministry  about  150  persons  have 
been  added  to  the  Church.  During  his  pastorate  at  Missouri  City  he  secured  a  parson- 
age for  the  charge.  "College  culture  can  be  secured  without  spiritual  environment," 
he  writes,  "but  we  believe  that  conduct  and  character  are  the  main  ends  in  education, 
and  that  doing  our  utmost  for  the  Church  and  general  society,  we  do  well  to  secure 
the  education  of  as  many  young  men  and  women  as  possible  under  the  tutelage  of 
Christian  teachers  and  in  the  spiritual  atmosphere  of  a  Church  College." 


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MR.  J.   H.   SNOW. 


And  He  shall  turn  the  heart  of  the  fathers  to  the  childi'cn. 

— Malachi. 


He  was  born  in  Campbell  County,  Virginia,  June  6th,  1836.  While  yet  in  infancy 
he  was  taken  to  Greenup  (now  Boyd)  County,  Kentucky,  and  reared  by  Baptist  parents, 
in  the  vicinity  of  Catletsburp  and  Ashland.  When  twenty-one  years  of  age  he  came  to 
Daviess  County,  Missouri,  settling-  near  Pattonsburg  in  the  spring  of  18.57.  There  the 
following  year  he  was,  through  the  ministry  and  good  counsel  of  Rev.  E.  K.  Miller, 
Presiding  Elder  of  Savannah  District,  taken  on  trial  into  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
Church,  South.  Shortly  before  his  probation  cxpii-cd,  he  was  by  order  of  Rev.  .•\.  E. 
Sears,  Presiding  Elder,  admitted  to  full  membership  and  baptized  by  Rev.  William 
Ketron,  preacher  in  charge,  and  made  stewaid  at  this  Quaiterly  meeting.  The  action 
seemed  hasty  and  premature,  but  the  results  have  been  lasting,  for  he  has  been  class 
steward  or  recording  steward,  and  most  of  the  time  filled  both  offices  at  once,  from  that 
day  to  the  present  time,  a  period  of  nearly  fifty  years.  The  classes  to  which  he  has 
belonged  have  never  been  delinquent  at  the  end  of  any  of  these  many  years.  He  loves 
the  Church  of  God;  he  loves  the  Sabbath  School.  They  have  both  been  great  blessing.? 
to  him.  He  has  organized  schools  in  every  community  that  he  has  lived  in.  He  was 
Superintendent  of  one  school  for  twenty-one  years.  He  has  been  in  some  way  con- 
nected with  the  Sunday  School  interest  for  sixty  years.  Though  growing  old  in  years 
(nearly  71)  he  is  still  young  in  heart  and  life;  still  striving  to  become  better  himself, 
and  to  do  all  he  can  to  make  others  better.  His  church  relations  and  environments 
have  not  been  such  as  he  desired.  Unfortunately  for  himself,  he  has  spent  most  of  his 
life  on  the  border  of  our  two  Methodisms,  where  there  have  always  been  conflicting 
interests.  He  has  labored  earnestly  and  contributed  liberally  to  the  upbuilding  of  our 
Church.  For  nearly  twenty  years,  previous  to  1900,  he  was  honored  by  the  brethren 
of  Plattsburg  District  by  electing  him  a  lay  delegate  to  the  .\nnual  Conference,  and 
until  his  hearing  became  impaired,  it  was  a  great  privilege  to  meet  and  mingle  witn 
that  body  of  good  and  noble  men.  Their  wise  deliberations  and  sweet  associations  were 
a  real  benediction  to  him.  He  still  holds  them  in  high  esteem,  always  glad  to  meet 
them  and  always  rejoices  to  hear  of  their  successes  anil  triumphs  in  their  great  calling. 
With  them  he  has  had  many  pleasant  seasons  on  earth,  and,  by  the  Grace  of  God,  he 
expects  to  spend  eternity  with  them  in  our  Father's  House  above. 


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MR.  SAMUEL  BRUCE  HITT. 


His    geniality,    his    wit,    and    his  talents    drew    around    him    an 
Admiring  circle. — Dr.  D.  R.  McAnally. 


Mr.  Samuel  Bruce  Hitt  first  looked  upon  this  beautiful  world,  December  2nd, 
1832.  He  was  the  son  of  Daniel  Hitt  and  Johanna  Hitt  of  Virginia,  and  was  of  a 
long  line  of  Methodist  ancestry.  He  was  converted  under  the  ministry  of  Rev.  George 
W.  Crumbaugh  at  Hopewell  Church,  Carroll  County,  Kentucky.  His  religion  was  a 
principle  that  grew  with  his  years  and  by  trying  to  do  the  will  of  God.  His  was  a 
constant  growth  in  grace.  He  was  married  to  Miss  Hannah  Dowees,  of  Carroll 
County,  Kentucky,  October  29th,  1862,  and  the  following  children  were  born  of  the 
marriage:  Bruce  D.  Hitt,  Arthur  J.  Hitt,  James  Cope  Hitt  and  Mrs.  Florence  A. 
McCarty.  In  1859  he  was  called  to  Osborn  to  the  position  of  telegrapher,  the  first 
to  hold  that  place  for  the  new  Hannibal  &  St.  Joe  railroad.  The  first  preacher  came 
from  Plattsburg,  Rev.  Perkins,  and  the  young  agent  made  appointment  for  service  in 
the  depot.  From  that  time  on  his  humble  home  was  always  open  to  the  circuit  rider. 
And  during  the  perilous  war  times  he  not  only  gave  them  shelter,  but  was  a  refuge  when 
their  lives  were  in  danger,  as  Rev.  Middleton  R.  Jones,  Rev.  W.  A.  Tarwater  and  Rev. 
Jesse  Bird  and  others  could  testify.  Then  he  and  his  brother,  Benjamin  M.  Hittt,  and 
brother-in-law,  W.  S.  Moore,  laid  the  plans  and  carried  a  large  proportion  of  the 
bui'den  of  building  of  a  church  and  parsonage  at  Osborn.  His  house  was  the  home  of 
the  saintly  Cope  and  family  while  he  was  Presiding  Elder  of  Plattsburg  District.  It 
was  there  Rev.  W.  E.  Dockery,  to  use  his  own  words,  "made  a  preacher  of  Johnnie 
Winstead."  There  the  Quarterly  Conference  was  held  until  the  Church  was  completed. 
The  following  is  an  extract  from  the  la.st  letter  written  by  Brother  S.  W.  Cope,  only  a 
short  time  before  his  death:  "I  am  glad  to  have  known  Brother  Hitt  so  long  and  so 
favorably.  I  think  of  the  two  years  I  spent  in  your  home  with  my  family  with  greatest 
pleasure.  I  count  them  among  the  happiest  of  my  life.  And  think,  too,  of  the  oft- 
times  we  used  to  meet  in  the  sanctuary  of  God.  Such  days  can  never  be  forgotten. 
I  rejoice  with  you  in  the  long,  useful  life  of  your  husband  and  in  his  happy  death." 


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MRS.  NANCY   M.   HALE. 


The  tiyiriK  of  your  faith  worketh  patience. — St.  James. 


By  J.  E.  Roberts,  Sr. 

Nancy  M.  Hale  was  born  in  Grayson  County,  Virginia,  July  28th,  1828.  She 
removed  with  her  husband,  .James  D.  Hale,  in  18.')(),  settlins:  in  DeKalb  County,  Mis- 
souri. She  joined  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  South,  in  the  Maysville  Circuit, 
Rev.  M.  Naylor,  preacher  in  charge.  Her  husband  was  killed  near  Stewartsville  in 
Clinton  County,  on  July  22nd,  1864.  They  subscribed  for  the  St.  Louis  Christian 
Advocate  in  18.")2  or  18.53.  Mrs.  Hale  has  remained  a  widow  and  has  been  a  continuous 
subscriber  to  the  paper  ever  since.  She  is  now  a  member  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
Church  in  Meade,  Kansas,  no  Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  South,  being:  anywhere  near 
her.  She  is  still  active  for  one  of  her  ap:e  and  reads  every  number  of  the  good  old 
Advocate.  For  a  number  of  years  she  was  a  member  of  the  Francis  Street  Church. 
St.  Joseph,  Mo.,  under  the  pastorate  of  Bishop  Hendrix  and  Brother  Vandeventer. 
Mrs.  Nancy  M.  Hale  went  through  the  days  that  were  dark  when  Dr.  D.  R.  McAnally 
stood  at  the  helm  of  the  St.  Louis  Christian  Advocate,  and  helped  by  his  untiring 
labors  and  devotion  to  save  the  Church  that  was  dear  to  his  heart.  It  is  well  that 
those  days  are  gone  and  at  least  somewhat  forgotten.  No  wonder  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  Church,  South,  is  dear  to  the  hearts  of  her  devoted  members  who  have  come 
up  through  the  years  gone  by,  years  of  suffering  and  trial.  Dr.  W.  B.  Palmore,  the 
present  editor  of  the  Advocate,  lives  now  in  another  and  a  better  day. 


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REV.   WILLIAM   PAYTON   OWEN. 


He  that  winneth  souls   is  wise. — Solomon. 


Rev.  William  Payton  Owen,  son  of  Sanford  Owen  and  Elizabeth  Owen,  was  born 
at  Black  Oak,  Caldwell  County,  Missouri,  August  16th,  1854.  Both  parents  have 
always  been  members  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  South.  He  was  converted 
at  Black  Oak,  Missouri,  in  the  winter  of  1871,  during-  a  protracted  prayer  meeting,  but 
did  not  join  the  Church  until  two  years  later  under  the  ministry  of  Rev.  Grafton 
Tanquary;  he  was  converted  in  the  old-fashioned  way  at  the  old-fashioned  mourner's 
bench.  His  growth  in  grace  was  gradual  until  the  27th  day  of  April,  1894,  when 
he  experienced  the  blessing  of  perfect  love.  He  was  licensed  to  preach  the  17th  day  of 
March,  1889,  by  the  Quarterly  Conference  of  Millville  Circuit;  Rev.  T.  H.  Swearengen, 
preacher  in  charge,  and  Rev.  J.  M.  O'Bryen,  Presiding  Elder.  He  was  recommended 
for  admission  on  trial  by  the  Quarterly  Conference  of  Shelbma  Circuit,  either  the  latter 
part  of  August  or  the  first  part  of  September,  1889,  and  was  received  into  the 
Annual  Conference  on  trial,  in  1889,  Rev.  J.  H.  Pritchett,  D.D.,  Presiding  Elder,  and 
Bishop  Granbery  presiding  at  this  conference;  was  ordained  Deacon  by  Bishop  Har- 
grove at  Hillsdale,  Kansas,  in  September,  1891,  and  ordained  Elder  by  Bishop  Haygood 
at  Kansas  City,  Kansas,  September  3rd,  1893.  The  order  of  his  appointments  is:  At 
Excello,  Missouri,  September.  1889  to  1890;  Shawnee  Town,  Kansas,  1890  to  1891; 
Wellington,  Kansas,  1891  to  1892;  Winfield,  Kansas,  1892  to  1893;  Fairmount,  Kansas, 
1893  to  189.5;  Perry,  Kansas,  1895  to  1896;  Bronson,  Kansas,  1896  to  1897;  Kelso, 
Kansas,  1897  to  1899;  Wellington,  Kansas,  1899  to  1900;  Bogard,  Missouri,  1900  to 
1902;  Chillicothe,  Missouri,  1902  to  1904;  Oakesdale,  Washington,  1904  to  1905; 
Genesee,  Idaho,  from  September,  1905,  to  January,  1906;  Arbuckle,  California,  from 
January,  1906,  to  October,  1906,  and  is  now  at  Smithville,  Missouri.  One  thousand 
persons,  or  more,  have  been  received  into  the  Church  during  his  ministry.  He  was 
married  August  23rd,  1893,  to  Miss  Ottie  A.  Miller;  the  names  of  his  children  are: 
Edgar  Lee  Owen,  Eugene  Palmore  Owen,  Roy  Francis  Owen,  Ada  Maud  Owen.  He 
considers  the  experience  of  perfect  love  the  most  important  crisis  in  his  life.  Bunyan's 
Pilgrims'  Progress  and  The  Life  of  James  B.  Finley  are  books  that  have  been  very 
beneficial  in  his  Christian  life.  He  considers  the  Christian  College  a  very  important 
part  of  every  Church. 


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REV.   WILLIA.M   LESLIE   MYERS. 


Innocence    is   the   attribute   of   the    created,    but    holiness   of   the 
Obedient. — Dr.  Fairbaint. 


Rev.  William  Leslie  Myers,  son  of  Bernard 
Leslie  Myers  and  Mary  Elizabeth  Myers,  both 
members    of  the    Methodist    Episcopal    Church, 
South,  was  born  October  7lh,  1878,  near  Tur- 
ney,   Clinton   County,   Missouri.     He   was  con- 
verted at  Parrot's  Grove  about  two  miles  east 
of  Perrin,  Missouri,  in  a  camp  meeting  held  by 
Rev.    R.   W.    Howerton,    in    -August,   1890,  and 
joined   the   Church  al   Turney   at  the  close  of 
that  meeting.     He  had  been  reared  in  a  Chris- 
tian  home,   where   prayers   were  offered   night 
and   morning.      Having   had    religious    instruc- 
tion  early   in  life  he  became  deeply  interested 
in  his  salvation.     He  had  been  under  conviction 
for   several    days   during    Brother    Howerton's 
camp  meeting  and  was  converted   at   the   last 
night  service  of  the  meeting  after  the  congre- 
gation  had   left.     His   young   heart   was   filled 
with  a  sweet  peace,  and  he  quitlly  went  to  his 
parents  and  his  pastor  and  told  them   he  had 
been  converted.    For  the  first  four  or  five  years 
of   his  Christian    life   he   made   little   progress 
and  soon  fell  into  a  backslidden  condition,  from 
which  he  was  reclaimed  during  the  preaching 
of    Rev.    E.    C.    Swann,   and   feeling   a    call    to 
preach,  he  soon  began  preparation   for  the  ministry.     During  his  first  year's  ministry 
he  became  convicted   for  perfect  love,  and  after  reading  much  on  the  subject  became 
thoroughly  convinced  that  it  was  for  him  and  began  to  seek  it.     He  was  finally  blessed 
while   on    the    Parkville    Circuit,    and    has    found    it    a    very   valuable    addition    to    his 
former   religious   experience.     He   was   licensed   to   preach    by   the    Plattsburg   District 
Conference   at   Kearney,    Missouri,   April    .5th,    1900;    Rev.    E.    C.    Swann,    pastor,   and 
Rev.  C.  Grimes,  Presiding  Elder.     The  same  District  Conference  recommended  him  to 
the  Annual   Conference  for  admission  on  trial,   .April  -ith,  1900;   and  he  was   received 
into  the  Annual   Conference  on   trial   in   September,   1900;    Rev.  C.   Grimes,    Presiding 
Elder,  and   Bishop   Granbery,   presiding;   ordained    Deacon   by   Bishop   Wilson    in    Sep- 
tember,  1902,  at  Chillicothe.   Missouri;   ordained   Elder  by   Bishop   Hendri.x   in   Septem- 
ber, 1904,  at  Columbia,  Missouri.     He  served  his  first  year  on  two  charges,  filling  out 
the  unexpired   year,   four   months,  on   Linden   Mission   and   eight   months  on    Missouri 
City  Circuit;  was  then  appointed  by  Bishop  Candler  to  Hallard,  now  Rayville  Circuit; 
then   by   Bishops   Wilson   and   Galloway   to    Parkville    Circuit,   two   years;    then   again 
twice  by  Bishop  Hendrix  and  once  by  Bishop  Key  to  Rayville  Circuit,  where  he  is  now 
stationed.     He  has  received  about  one  hundred   and  seventy   persons  into  the  Church 
under  his  ministry.     He  received  his  education  at  the  Turney  Public  School  and  Wood- 
son Institute,  Richmond,   Missouri.     He  was  married  to  Miss  Lillie   May  Shreve,  July 
31st,  1901,  and  they  have  one  son,  Charles  Leslie  Myers.     He  considers  his  call  to  the 
ministry,  which  he  resisted  for  some  time,  and  his  conviction  for  perfect  love  as  the 
most  important  crisis  in  his  life.     Bunyan's  Pilgrim's  Progress,  which  he  read  in  early 
life,  has  been  a  source  of  help,  both  in  his  religious  life  and  for  illustrations  in  preach- 
ing, also  a  paper.  The  Christian  Witness,  has  proven  most  helpful.     He  thinks  colleges 
that  are  thoroughly  Christian  the  great  need  of  to-day  and  very  necessary  for  a  well 
rounded  education. 


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HARDIN  PARSONAGE. 

Hardin  Parsonage  was  built  under  the  direction  of  Rev.  Edward  C.  Swann.  He 
collected  the  money  and  the  people  at  Hardin  subscribed  willingly  and  liberally. 
Brother  W.  B.  Hughes  was  gi'eatly  interested  in  this  enterprise.  This  house  is  a 
success. 


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GOSNEYVILLE    CHURCH. 

Rev.  W.  p.  Owen,  Pastor. 

This  is  one  of  the  finest  country  churches  in  Plattsburj?  District.  It  was  finished 
under  the  pastorate  of  Rev.  G.  B.  Smith,  and  the  church  was  dedicated  by  Rev.  J.  M. 
O'Bryen.  The  official  Board  for  the  entire  charge  is  as  follows:  J.  H.- Coleman, 
-Andrew  Collins,  P.  C.  Meek,  Clarence  Taul,  John  Fisher,  J.  W.  McGee,  Georjre  Allen 
and  G.  E.  Broadhurst.     Local  preachers,  Rev.  J.  N.  Hulse  and  Rev.  B.  F.  Clark. 


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BOARDS  OF  EDUCATION 


Which   have   rendered   valuable  assistance   in    promoting   the   Semi-Centennial   of   Cen- 
tral College: 


Missouri  Conference  Board  of  Education — Rev.  John  Ander.son,  President;  H.  D. 
Thompson,  Vice-President;  A.  B.  Culbertson,  Secretary;  J.  A.  Leavell,  Treasurer;  Rev. 
Willis  Carlisle,  Rev.  B.  P.  Taylor,  Rev.  G.  A.  Lehnhoff,  J.  Wiseman,  Dr.  A.  B.  Miller, 
Rev.  F.  J.  Mapel,  J.  O.  Terrell,  F.  H.  Schooler,  C.  W.  Barrett,  Rev.  W.  T.  Whiteside, 
Hon.  Martin  E.  Lawson,  Dr.  T.  S.  Bishop,  Rev.  J.  W.  Kimbrell,  Dr.  H.  K.  Givens, 
G.  W.  Ballew. 


St.  Louis  Conference  Board  of  Education — Rev.  T.  E.  Sharp,  Chairman;  Dr.  J. 
W.  Vaughan,  Treasurer;  Rev.  L.  E.  Todd,  P.  P.  Lewis,  Rev.  C.  N.  Clark,  Robert 
Lamar.  Rev.  T.  O.  Shanks,  D.  L.  Mumpower,  Rev.  J.  I\I.  Bradley,  R.  G.  Applegate, 
Rev.  W.  B.  Hays,  F.  E.  Williams. 


Southwest  Missouri  Conference  Board  of  Education — Rev.  J.  J.  Pritchett,  Presi- 
dent; Rev.  C.  E.  Patillo,  Vice-President;  Rev.  S.  G.  Keys,  Secretary;  Rev.  T.  C. 
Puckett,  W.  C.  Scarritt,  T.  W.  Cunningham,  Rev.  E.  K.  Wolfe,  J.  D.  Lindsay,  A.  G. 
Cjimpbell,  Rev.  F.  E.  Gordon,  J.  T.  Rector,  E.  W.  Schultz,  Rev.  J.  B.  Ellis,  M.  E. 
Benton. 


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MISSOURI  CONFERENCE. 


lAX    MACLAREN. 


1806-CENTENNIAL  APPOINTMENTS— 1906. 


ST.  JOSEPH    DISTRICT. 


M.  H.  Moore Presiding  Elder 

Francis  Street S.  P.  Cresap 

Hundley B.  P.  Taylor 

Olive  Street C.  W.  Tadlock 

Centenary S.  H.  Babcock 

Gooding W.  L.  Scarborough 

Spruce  Street J.  L.  Haw 

Hyde  Park W.  G.  Borchers 

Rushville  Ct Sup.  by  John  Chapman 

Savannah  Ct J.  P.  Ball 

Savannah  Sta S.  W.  Hayne 

Ravenwood  Ct L.  W.  Gunby 

Mound  Citv  Ct O.  C.  Garden 


Barnard  Ct M.  Moore 

Skidmore  Ct J.  C.  Kindred 

Elmo  Ct S.  E.  Hoover 

Fairfax  Ct C.  V.  Lanius 

Craig  Ct L.  M.  Brummitt 

Rockport  Sta C.  C.  Grimes 

.\Iaiyville A.  C.  Johnson 

Dearborn  Ct H.  C.  Bolen 

.Agency  Ct J.  Holland 

Hamburg  Ct J .  S.  Rooker 

Rulo  Mission To  be  supplied 

Superintendent  Children's  Home  So- 
ciety  J.  T.  McDonald 


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REV.  MATTHEW   HENRY  MOORE,  D.D. 


To  saturate  life  with  God,  and  the  world  with  Heaven,  that  is  the 
Genius  of  Christianity. — Dr.  Frederick   IT.  Robertson. 


Rev.  ^latthew  Henry  Moore, 
the  son  of  Dr.  John  R.  Moore 
and  Lucy  Burges  Moore,  was 
born  in  North  Carolina,  October 
31st,  1857.  His  gi'eat  grand- 
father Moore  was  prominent  in 
Virginia  affairs  in  the  Revolu- 
tionary period.  His  grand- 
father, Rev.  Thomas  Moore,  was 
a  member  of  the  Virginia  Con- 
ference. Brother  Moore  received 
his  early  education  in  a  private 
school;  he  afterwards  attended 
the  Davis  Academy  at  Louis- 
burg  and  later,  Rocky  Mount 
College.  Kis  home  life  has  been 
a  happy  one.  Married  to  Miss 
Eugenia  Thomas  of  Leasburg, 
North  Carolina,  in  1884,  seven 
children  have  been  bom  to  their 
union.  The  oldest,  Mr.  Olin 
Moore,  A.M.,  is  Professor  of 
Modern  Languages  in  Millsap's 
College;  the  second,  Jlr.  Henry 
Moore,  A.M.,  is  now  studying  in 
Yale  University  for  his  Ph.D. 
degree;  the  third.  Miss  Eugenia 
Moore,  is  teaching  in  Bartletts- 
ville,  Indian  Territoiy;  the 
fourth,  John  Moore,  is  a  student 
in  Missouri  Universit}';  the 
other  three  remam  under  the 
parental  roof.  In  1878  he  en- 
tered the  ministry  of  the  North 
Carolina  Conference  and  was 
appointed  to  the  Onslow  Circuit, 
and  his  ministry  was  crowned 
with  one  hundred  conversions 
the  first  year.  Later  he  was  ap- 
pointed to  Chapel  Hill,  where 
the  University  of  North  Caro- 
lina is  located.  He  was  for 
seven  years  editor  of  the  North 
Carolina  "Christian  Advocate." 
A  series  of  biographical  sketches 

entitled,  "Pioneers  of  Methodism,"  by  him,  attracted  the  attention  of  Bishops  Keener 
and  McTyeire,  Dr.  Charles  F.  Deems  and  other  leading  men  of  the  Church,  and  the 
publication  in  book  form  was  called  for.  Bishop  McTyeire  cites  this  book  as  one  of 
his  authorities  and  quotes  from  it  in  his  History  of  Methodism.  After  eleven  years 
of  service  in  the  North  Carolina  Conference,  Brother  Moore  was  transferred  to  the 
Denver  Conference,  and  stationed  at  Pueblo.  Later  he  served  Trinidad  Station.  In 
1892  he  was  transferred  to  the  St.  Louis  Conference,  where  he  served  West  Plains 
Station,  then  three  years  as  presiding  elder  of  the  Charleston  District,  and  two  years 
as  pastor  of  Wagoner  Place  Church  in  the  city  of  St.  Louis.  He  Was  then  transferred 
to  the  Missouri  Conference  and  stationed  at  Columbia.  He  served  Moberly  Station 
one  year,  and  was  then  appointed  to  Carrollton;  at  the  beginning  of  his  third  year  at 
Carrollton  he  was  appointed,  by  Bishop  Hendrix,  Presiding  Elder  of  St.  Joseph  District. 
In  each  of  the  four  conferences  with  which  he  has  been  identified  he  has  served  on 
important  committees  and  given  himself  fully  to  furthering  the  interests  of  the  Church. 
A  faithful  and  tireless  worker,  ambitious  to  see  the  Kingdom  of  God  advanced,  he  loves 
the  Church,  and  all  her  interests  are  on  his  heart.  Under  his  leadership,  the  St. 
Joseph  District  has  taken  on  new  life  and  the  Church  is  steadily  moving  on  to 
victory. 


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CENTENNIAL    VOLUME    OF    MISSOURI    METHODISM. 


REV.  CORNELIUS  ISAAC   VANDEVENTER. 


Blessed  are  they  who  have  a  noble  past,  a  yesterday  crowded  with 
Figures  and  memories  of  things  beautiful  and  lovable. — Dr. 
Joseph  Parker. 


\ 


/>^-\ 


Rev.  Cornelius  Isaac 
\'anDeventer,  son  of 
Cornelius  and  Marv 
Clark  (Galleher)  Van- 
Deventer,  was  born 
July  25th,  1825,  m  Lou- 
doun County,  Virginia. 
On  his  father's  side  he 
came  of  Presbyterian 
stock,  his  mother's  peo- 
ple being  Methodists. 

Brother  VanDeventer 
received  his  early  edu- 
in  the  common 
-  and  later  at- 
tended Mr.  C.  A.  Lord's 
Seminary  at  Shelby- 
ville.  Mo.,  and  a  school 
at  Philadelphia,  Mis- 
souri. 

Ilis  conver.sion,  which 
he  marks  as  the  most 
important  crisis  in  his 
life,  occurred  during  a 
meeting  held  in  the 
summer  of  1839,  at  the 
Otter  Creek  Camp 
Ground,  in  Monroe 
County,  Missouri.  He 
united  at  once  with  the 
Methodist  Church,  Rev. 
Robert  Jordan  being 
the  preacher  in  charge, 
and  Rev.  Andrew  Mon- 
roe the  pi-esiding  eldei-. 
Of  his  experience  in 
conversion  Brother 
VanDeventer  gives  the 
following  account : 
"After  great  discour- 
agement, on  the  last 
night  of  the  meeting  I 
felt  a  sweet  sense  of 
rest,  peace,  and  of  sins 
forgiven,  with  a  con- 
scious change  of  in- 
clination and  purpose 
to  forsake  the  wi-ong 
and  follow  the  right." 
As  to  growth  in  grace 
he  makes  the  following  statement:  "My  belief  and  experience  in  the  matter  of  growth 
in  grace  is  substantially  that  where  'the  Lord  has  planted  grace'  in  conversion,  the 
conditions  required  being  complied  with,  and  in  propoi-tion  as  they  are  complied  with, 
growth  will  follow  in  the  spiritual  as  in  the  natural  realm,  as  illustrated  in  the 
parable  of  the  leaven." 

Brother  VanDeventer  was  licensed  to  preach  February  22nd,  1844,  by  the  Quar- 
terly Conference  of  the  Shelbyville  Circuit;  Rev.  James  JL  Green,  P.C.,  and  Rev. 
Jesse  Green,  P.E.  In  the  following  September  the  same  body  recommended  him  to  the 
-Annual  Conference  for  admission  on  trial,  and  he  was  admitted  at  the  session  which 
convened  in  St.  Louis  that  same  fall,  Bishop  T.  A.  Morris  presiding. 

On  .\ugust  27th,  1846,  Brother  VanDeventer  was  married  to  Elizabeth  .\nn  Grimes, 
of  Pike  County,  Missouri.  For  nearly  sixty  years  Sister  VanDeventer  lived  to  bless 
his  life  and  to  serve  the  interests  of  the  Church.  To  the  union  were  born  three 
children,  Mary  Elizabeth,  Olin  E.  and  John  W.,  of  whom  only  the  second  survived  the 
mother's  death  in  November,  1905. 


MISSOURI    CONFERENCE— ST.    JOSEPH    DISTRICT. 


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MRS.    ELIZABETH   GRIMES   VANDEVENTER. 


Firm,  unwavering  Trust,  that  knows  no  passing  cloud,  is  a  work 
Of  Time  with  all  who  have  an  inner  personal  nearness  to  the 
Savior. — Dr.  Cunningham  Geikie. 


By  Rev.  Sanford  Preston  Cresap. 

Elizabeth  Grimes  VanDe- 
venter,  daughter  of  Captain 
and  Mr.s.  John  J.  Grimes, 
was  born  in  Pajmesville,  Pike 
Countv,  Missouri,  Januaiy 
.5th.  1830;  died  in  the  family 
home,  in  St.  Joseph,  Mis- 
souri, November  7th,  190-5. 

Sister  VanDeventer  was 
led  to  Christ  and  into  the 
Methodist  Church,  under  the 
ministry  of  Rev.  Jacob  Sig- 
ler,  at  the  early  age  of  eleven 
years.  She  was  married  to 
our  brother,  the  Rev.  C.  I. 
VanDeventer,  August  27th, 
1846,  the  Rev.  Jacob  Lanius 
officiating.  Through  the  long 
period  of  nearly  sixty  years 
these  people  lived  happily  to- 
gether. Of  the  union  were 
born  three  children,  !Mary 
Elizabeth,  Olin  and  John 
William.  Of  these,  Olin  with 
the  husband  survive  the  wife 
and  mother.  As  the  wife  of 
an  itinerant  Methodist 
preacher.  Sister  VanDeven- 
ter was  faithful  in  every  re- 
spect. Cheerful  in  hardship, 
patient  in  trial,  courageous 
and  trustful  in  sorrow,  wise 
and  efficient  in  active  minis- 
tries, she  was  to  her  hus- 
band a  helpmeet  mdeed. 
"And  the  heirt  of  her  hus- 
band did  safely  trust  in  her." 
Her's  was  a  positive  Chris- 
tian character.  To  do  the 
Lord's  work  was  her  highest 
ambition  and  greatest  joy. 
Back  of  her  husband's  large 
success  as  a  Christian  minister,  was  her  stimulating  hope  and  cheer  and  constant 
prayer,  and  her  own  supplementing  ministry. 

She  was  greatly  interested  in  the  Missouri  Conference,  following  the  details  of  its 
work  and  watching  with  anxious  eye  every  step  of  its  progress.  Her  visits  to  the  An- 
nual Confei'ence  sessions  were  bright  oases  in  her  itinerant  experience.  Here  she 
became  acquainted  with  most  of  the  preachers  and  knew  them  to  love  them.  She 
always  showed  interest  in  their  families,  and  often  expressed  anxiety  for  their  comfort. 
It  has  been  an  inspiration  to  St.  Joseph  ilethodism,  through  many  years,  to  have 
had  living  in  their  midst  and  closely  identified  with  their  Christian  life,  Bi-other  and 
Sister  VanDeventer.  Thirty-two  years  they  have  spent  in  this  city.  Six  years  Brother 
VanDeventer  was  pastor  of  the  Francis  Street  Church,  nine  j'ears  Presiding  Elder 
of  the  district,  three  years  pastor  of  Hundley,  one  of  Centenary,  and  one  of  Spruce 
and  Gooding.  During  the  last  twelve  years  in  a  superannuated  relationship  to  the  Con- 
ference, they  have  lived  hei'e,  a  sweet  and  inspiring  benediction  to  all.  The  Francis 
Street  Church  has  been  the  special  beneficiary  of  Sister  VanDeventer's  life  during 
these  years.  She  has  been  a  sister  to  the  aged,  a  mother  to  the  young  and  maturing, 
and  like  a  grandmother  to  the  Church's  children.  May  the  influence  of  her  life,  potent 
and  helpful,  always  linger  with  us,  though  she  be  gone. 


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CENTENNIAL    VOLUME    OF    MISSOURI    METHODISM. 


REV.  GEORGE  T.  HOAGL.\ND. 


Blessed  are  they  that  do  His  Commandments,  that  they  may  have 
Right  to  the  Tree  of  Life,  and  may  enter  in  throufrh  the  gates 
Into   the  city. — St.  Joint. 


By  Rev.  C.  M.  Bishop,  D.D. 

Rev.  Geo.  T.  Hoagland  was 
born  in  Elizabeth,  X.  J.,  Febru- 
ary 7th,  1814,  and  died  at  St, 
Joseph,  Missouri,  October  30th, 
1903.  He  lived  nearly  sixty-five 
years  in  Missouri,  having  come 
to  Boonville  about  the  year  1838. 
From  there  he  moved  to  St. 
Joseph  in  18.^2.  He  was  married 
to  Miss  Nannie  Gale,  of  Eliza- 
beth, N.  J.,  February  2nd,  1842. 
In  their  early  life  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Hoagland  were  members  of  the 
Presbyterian  Church,  but  while 
at  Boonville  they  united  with  the 
Ali'thodist  Episcopal  Church, 
South,  in  which  communion  he 
was  a  devoted  and  faithful  and 
very  useful  member  to  the  end 
of  his  long  life.  Brother  Hoag- 
land was  from  the  time  of  his 
lirst  coming  to  St.  Joseph  con- 
nected with  the  Church,  which  is 
now  known  as  the  Francis  Street 
Church.  He  was  an  officer  in  it 
for  many  years,  being  a  local 
preacher,  a  steward,  Sunday 
School  Superintendent,  and  a 
trustee.  When  his  health  failed 
he  relinquished  all  official  posi- 
tion, except  that  of  trustee,  re- 
questing the  Quarterly  Confer- 
ence not  to  renew  his  license  to 
preach.  But  his  love  for  the 
Church  in  general,  and  his  de- 
votion to  the  local  Church  con- 
tinued to  the  very  end  of  his 
life.  For  many  years  previous 
to  his  death  he  was  unable  to  attend  upon  the  public  services  of  the  Church,  but  he 
never  failed,  during  visits  of  his  pastor,  to  inquire  anxiously  after  all  the  interests  of 
the  work,  and  with  the  increasing  costs  of  the  maintenance  of  the  Church  he  invariably 
inci'eased  his  own  contribution  accordingly.  He  was  a  man  of  much  prayer,  and  a 
great  lover  of  the  Word  of  God.  His  pastor  rarely  ever  visited  him,  when  he  was  able 
to  enter  into  conversation  at  all,  that  he  did  not  find  him  dwelling  upon  some  inspiring 
and  comforting  passage  of  scripture,  which  he  would  quote  as  they  talked  together. 
His  patience  was  remarkable.  He  longed  to  depart  and  be  with  Christ,  but  did  not 
complain.  His  invariable  response  to  the  greeting  of  his  friends  was,  "I  am  waiting." 
Brother  Hoagland  was  unusually  successful  in  business,  and  out  of  the  rewards  of  it 
he  did  much  in  the  way  of  benevolence,  and  in  support  of  the  various  institutions  of 
the  Church.  It  was  characteristic  of  him  that  he  did  not  want  his  benefactions  made 
known  to  the  public,  and  much  that  he  did  was  known  only  to  himself  and  those  whom 
he  helped,  and  perhaps  a  few  confidential  friends  of  the  recipients  of  his  kindness.  In 
this  way  the  writer  has  come  upon  the  knowledge  of  some  noble  deeds  of  which  the 
world  was  entirely  ignorant.  His  works  live  after  him  in  gifts  which  he  made  to 
Central  College,  to  the  cause  of  Missions,  to  the  Memorial  Home  for  the  Aged  in  this 
city,  and  the  Church  of  which  he  was  a  member  for  more  than  fifty  years.  The 
funeral  was  conducted  by  his  pastor,  assisted  by  Rev.  C.  I.  VanDeventer,  who  had 
known  him  intimately  for  more  than  a  half  a  century,  and  who  read  a  beautiful  and 
affecting  tribute  to  his  memory,  during  the  service.  His  aged  widow  and  one  daughter 
and  two  sons  survive  him,  holding  his  life  and  character  in  holy  and  reverent  memory, 
and  hoping  to  meet  him  again  after  the  earthly  end.  He  invested  $20,000  at  one  time 
in  Central  College,  Fayette,   Missouri. 


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219 


MR.  THEODORE  BROWN  HOAGLAND. 


There  is  inspiration  in  a  noble  example  of  generosity,  no  less  than 
In  a  great  thinker  or  leader  among  men. — Bishop  Hendrix. 


By  Rev  C.  I.  VanDeventer. 
Mr.  Theodore  B.  Hoagland, 
son  of  George  T.  Hoagland  and 
Nannie  Gale  Hoagland,  was 
born  at  Booneville,  Missouri,  Oc- 
tober 6th,  1845,  and  in  18.52 
came  with  the  family  to  St. 
Joseph,  Missouri,  where  he  has 
continued  to  reside.  His  parents 
at  the  time  of  his  birth  were 
members  of  the  Presbyterian 
Church,  but  soon  afterwards 
united  with  the  Methodist  Epis- 
copal Church,  South.  In  1878 
he  undertook  the  management  of 
his  father's  business,  which  was 
making  loans  on  real  estate  se- 
curity, continuing  in  that  ca- 
pacity and  as  vice  president  of 
the  Hoagland  Loan  and  Invest- 
ment Companv,  until  his  fath- 
ers death.  October  30th,  1903, 
and  now  is  president  of  said 
company.  The  writer  of  this 
.sketch  has  known  Theodore 
from  his  boyhood.  As  a  young 
man  he  be^an  life  with  apparent 
robust  health  and  flattering 
prospects  for  the  future,  but 
early  in  life  he  became  the  vic- 
tim of  rheumatic  affection,  and 
thoush  employing  all  available 
methods  of  relief,  the  malady 
was  not  removed,  but  rather  in- 
creased, till,  for  a  number  of 
years  he  has  not  been  able  to 
lie  down  or  rise  up  or  enter  or 
leave  his  carriage  without  as- 
sistance, the  latter  being  a  priv- 
ilege he  could  enjoy  only  in  pleasant  weather;  yet  he  has  been  all  these  years  one  of 
the  most  active  business  men  in  the  community,  in  his  line.  Blessed  with  strong,  clear 
and  well  advanced  mental  faculties,  he  has  kept  well  posted  with  the  current  interests 
of  Church  and  State  and  the  literature  of  the  day.  A  wise  counselor  and  sympathizing 
and  helpful  friend  to  the  needy.  His  Christian  character  has  been  one  of  beautiful 
development.  For  thirty  years  he  has  not  crossed  the  threshhold  of  the  Church  of 
God.  Many  of  these  years  having  no  access  to  any  religious  service  outside  of  his 
home.  Since  the  advent  of  the  telephone  he  has  had  connection  with  the  Francis 
Street  pulpit,  which  has  been  a  special  comfort.  He  joined  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
Church,  South,  April  29th,  1881,  under  the  pastorate  of  Rev.  Enoch  K.  Miller,  D.D. 
As  to  when  he  was  converted,  he  says:  "I  can  hardly  tell  when.  The  seed  sown  in 
my  boyhood  days  in  the  home  and  in  the  school,  and  under  the  preaching  of  God's 
ministers,  gradually  grew  and  bore  fruit.  I  have  a  deep  love  for  the  word  of  God, 
which,  combined  with  the  reading  of  good,  religious  books,  has  increased  and  strength- 
ened a  desire  ever  to  grow  better  and  to  be  a  benefit  to  my  fellowman."  His  pastor 
has  lately  requested  different  laymen  to  address  the  congregation  upon  themes  in  the 
spiritual  interests  of  the  Church,  and  suggested  to  Bi'other  Hoagland  that  he  send 
a  letter  to  the  Church,  as  he  could  not  be  present  in  person.  He  did  so,  and  what  a 
letter!  He  served  as  chairman  of  the  Building  Committee  of  the  recently  erected 
Francis  Street  Church,  giving  much  time  and  valuable  service  thei-eto.  The  meetings 
of  the  Board  were  generally  held  in  his  ofhce.  He  feels  not  only  great  interest  in 
the  material  prosperity  of  this  Church,  but  prays  that  through  its  agencies  multitudes 
of  lost  sinners,  from  all  the  walks  of  life,  may  be  saved  from  sin  here,  and  with 
everlasting  life  in  the  world  to  come. 


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CENTENNIAL    VOLUME    OF    MISSOURI    METHODISM. 


REV.  SANFORD  PRESTON  CRESAP. 


Nearness  to  the  risen  Lord  shows  itself  in  the  radiant  energ:y  of 
Quenchless  love  of    God  and  man. — Bishop  Hendrix. 


Ry  Rev.  Charles  C.  Grimes. 

Rev.  Sanford  P.  Cresap  was 
born  April  26,  1869,  in  St. 
Charle.s  Countv,  six  miles  from 
St.  Charles,  Missouri.  His  fath- 
er, William  S.  Cresap,  was  a 
native  of  Maryland,  while  his 
mother,  whose  maiden  name  was 
White,   was   from    Virfinia. 

Brother  Cresap  was  converted 
on  February  20th,  1884.  during 
a  revival  in  the  old  Fifth  Street 
Methodist  Church  at  St.  Charles 
under  the  ministry  of  Rev.  M. 
1..  Gray.  Conviction  of  sin 
lame  under  the  preachinp:  of  a 
st'rmon  by  Brother  Gray  from 
ilie  text:  "Thou  art  weighed 
ill  the  balance  and  found  want- 
ing," and  after  a  four  days' 
struKsrle  he  made  an  uncondi- 
lii)nal  surrender  to  God,  and 
was  received  into  the  church 
.March  2,  188-1.  .\t  the  time  of 
his  conversion  he  felt  called  to 
preach  the  pospel  and  all  sub- 
sequent events  have  been  shaped 
by  this  most  important  crisis 
in  his  life.  "Since  that  time," 
he  writes.  "I  have  studied  con- 
stantly, but  not  always  with 
equal  concentration  and  pur- 
pose, to  know  more  of  C!od.  I 
think  I  have  {rrown  in  grace 
and  in  love  to  God  and  man." 

Brother  Cresap  received  his 
early  education  in  the  public 
schools  and  St.  Charles  College. 
Later  he  attended  Central  Col- 
lege, graduating  from  three  schools  there  and  during  the  winter  of  1901  he  was  a  stu- 
dent in  the  .American  School  of  Classic  Studies,  Rome,  Italy. 

He  was  licensed  to  preach  by  the  St.  Charles  Quarterly  Conference  April  11, 
1887,  Rev.  J.  A.  Snarr  being  the  preacher  in  charge,  and  Rev.  J.  S.  .■VUen  the  Presid- 
ing Elder.  In  the  summer  of  1892  the  same  Quarterly  Conference  recommended  him 
to  the  Annual  Conference  for  admission  on  trial  and  he  was  admitted  at  the  session 
which  met  at  Montgomery  City  the  following  September,  Bishop  Galloway  presiding. 
During  the  same  session  he  was  ordained  Deacon  by  Bishop  Galloway,  and  he  was 
ordained  Elder  by  the  same  bishop  at  Hannibal,  in   1896. 

On  December  27,  1894,  Brother  Cresap  was  married  to  Miss  Sarah  Martha  Pajme, 
a  daughter  of    Rev.  Moses  U.  Payne. 

Brother  Cresap  has  had  gratifying  success  in  the  work  of  the  ministry.  His 
Conference  has  called  him  to  important  stations,  and  in  1906  sent  him  as  a  delegate 
to  the  General  Conference  at  Birmingham,  Alabama.  In  addition  to  the  year  (1901) 
spent  abroad  in  study  and  travel  he  has  served  the  following  appointments  in  the 
order  named:  Gooding  and  Spruce  street,  St.  Joseph;  Maryville;  Moberly;  Columbia; 
and  Francis  Street,  St.  .Joseph.  During  his  pastorate  at  Columbia  a  stone  church 
was  built  costing  $33,600.00,  and  under  his  direction  the  new  Francis  Street  Church 
in  St.  Joseph  was  completed  and  paid  for.  As  a  student  who  has  derived  the  greatest 
inspiration  for  his  life  from  studies  in  the  life  of  Christ,  and  he  is  an  enthusiastic  ad- 
vocate of  Christian  education  and  his  words  on  this  subject  sum  up  the  duty  of 
Missouri  Methodists: 

"We  must  stand  by  our  Central  College  in  order  that  our  Missouri  Methodism,  in 
the  ministry  and  laity,  may  be  intelligent,  religious  and  effective." 


This   is  our  greatest  church   in    Northwest   Missouri.      It    was    projected   under   the  pa: 
buildiriE  cost  about   $85,000.00,   and   the  church   was   dedicated  by   Bishop   Hendnx. 


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JOHN  WESLEY. 


THE   POWER   OF   A   GREAT   PERSONALITY. 


By  Bishop  E.  R.  Hendrix. 

Carlyle  uttered  at  once  a  great  truth  and  stinging  rebuke  when  he  said:  "No 
sadder  proof  can  be  given  of  our  littleness  than  disbelief  in  great  men."  Our  own 
ability  to  inspire  others  is  measured  by  our  ability  to  be  inspired  by  others.  Contact 
with  nobler  natures  arouses  the  feeling  of  unused  power  and  quickens  the  conscious- 
ness of  responsibility.  Where  there  is  no  such  sense  of  unused  power  ai'oused  by 
contact  with  noble  and  great  natures,  there  is  evidence  of  a  mental  and  spiritual  satura- 
tion point  having  been  reached  which  tells  of  hopeless  limitation.  When  a  great 
nature  cannot  inspire,  nothing  can.  God  speaks  to  men  in  men,  now  in  the  prophets  and 
now  in  his  Son.  Those  who  will  not  believe  Moses  and  the  prophets  will  not  be  per- 
suaded though  one  rose  from  the  dead.  Ghosts  cannot  do  what  saints  fail  to  do. 
Unless  there  be  genuine  love  of  the  truth,  there  will  never  be  genuine  obedience  of  the 
truth.  Fear  is  the  law  of  life  of  devils,  who  see  nothing  good  in  God  or  man.  Love 
of  the  good  both  in  God  and  man  sways  both  saints  and  angels.  Satan  sneers,  "Does  Job 
sei-ve  God  for  naught?"  while  the  good  God  challenges  the  world  to  consider  a  perfect 
and  an  upright  man  whose  name  is  a  familiar  one  in  the  court  of  heaven.  The  whole 
question  of  whether  there  be  great  and  good  men  involves  the  question.  Who  can  show 
us  any  good?  and  as  to  whether  there  can  be  a  new  heaven  and  a  new  earth  wherein 
dwelleth  righteousness,  a  fitting  abode  for  such  noble  souls.  A  commonplace  world  is 
good  enough  for  men  without  pride  in  a  noble  ancestry  or  hope  of  a  worthy  posterity. 
Men  must  receive  power  to  become  the  sons  of  God.  They  receive  power  as  they 
exercise  faith  in  the  highest.  Christ,  who  taught  faith  in  God,  ever  taught  faith  in  men. 
"He  that  heareth  you  heareth  me;  and  he  that  rejecteth  you  rejecteth  me;  and  he  that 
rejecteth  me  rejecteth  Him  that  sent  me."  Whenever  God  sends  his  messenger  into  the 
world,  happy  are  they  who  are  prepared  to  know  and  welcome  him. 

The  education  of  the  race  is  due  to  the  domination  of  the  superior  mind;  and,  as 
Emerson  suggests,  "Nor  will  the  Bible  be  closed  until  the  last  great  man  is  born." 
History  at  best  is  biography.  Great  men  whose  biographies  make  up  the  history  of  the 
world  are  not  so  numerous  as  to  require  more  than  one  Hall  of  Fame  for  every  nation. 
The  choicest  spirits  are  those  whose  names  appear  in  the  hearts  of  all  men  and  of 
every  people.  They  are  kindred  spirits  who  are  our  contemporaries,  despite  the  cen- 
turies since  they  ceased  to  talk  with  men.  Death  has  fastened  rather  than  loosened 
the  gi'asp  of  these  mighty  sj  irits  who  rule  us  from  their  urns.  The  longer  the  world 
lasts,  the  more  it  is  ruled  by  its  mighty  dead.  Longfellow  ever  wrought  under  the 
eye  and  guidance  of  Dante.  Tennyson  dies  with  a  copy  of  Shakespeare  in  his  hand. 
Angelo  and  Raphael  have  more  pupils  today  than  when  the  one  swung  the  Pantheon 
in  air  as  the  dome  of  St.  Peter's  and  the  other  was  followed  to  his  grave  by  the  throng 
of  artists  who  bore  his  "Transfiguration"  in  the  funeral  train  as  his  most  daring  con- 
ception and  greatest  achievement.  Homer  is  greater  today  than  when  his  immortal 
epics  were  known  only  in  Greece.  Hamilton  and  Jefl'erson  have  more  followers  today 
than  when  they  taught  their  political  philosophy  from  their  places  as  trusted  advisers 
of  Washington.  John  ^Marshall  is  mightier  in  our  jurisprudence  as  the  great  Chief 
Justice  than  when  his  lucid  and  able  consti'uctions  of  the  constitution  began  to  give 
stability  to  our  government.  Paul,  Luther,  Wesley  are  greater  than  when  their  epistles 
or  theses  or  journals  were  first  given  to  the  world.  It  is  not  only  a  larger  world 
that  they  now  influence  (its  population  having  doubled  since  Wesley  began  his  public 
career),  but  its  facilities  of  communication  have  so  multiplied  that  knowledge  is  now 
shared  by  the  many.  During  the  entire  century  that  gave  us  John  Wesley  and  John 
Howard,  each  in  his  way  alike  an  evangelist  and  philanthronist,  the  facilities  of  travel 
were  no  better  than  they  were  in  the  days  of  .Abraham.  The  world  of  our  day  lays 
the  world  of  every  other  day  under  contribution,  and  hails  as  its  teachers  and  heroes 
the  mighty  of  all  ages.  The  improvableness  of  the  race  is  the  greater  through  the 
inspiration  which  comes  from  the  growing  numbers  of  the  mighty  dead. 


CENTENNIAL    VOLUME    OF    MISSOURI    METHODISM. 


MRS.  LUCY  WADE   MILLER. 


As    the    flower    has    its   debt    to    soil    and    sun,    so    soul    has    its 
Debt  to   God. — Dr.    William   A.  Qiiaylc. 


Her  maiden  name  was  Lucy 
Wade  Farmer,  and  her  parents 
were  James  A.  Farmer  and 
Rebecca  J.  Farmer  (nee)  Now- 
lin.  They  emijrrated  from  the 
State  01  y'lrginia  to  Missouri, 
stopped  in  Ray  County  for  two 
or  three  years,  and  then  came 
to  St.  Joseph  when  the  town 
was  in  its  infancy.  They  were 
Missionary  Baptists,  her  Grand- 
father Nowlin  beinn  a  Baptist 
preacher.  Her  father  died 
while  on  a  visit  to  his  sister, 
and  was  buried  near  Richmond, 
Ray  County,  Missouri.  Several 
years  later  her  mother  died,  and 
Mount  Mora,  the  beautiful  city 
of  the  dead  in  St.  Joseph,  con- 
tains all  that  was  mortal  of 
her.  Mrs.  Miller  is  the  young- 
est of  four  daun'hters,  all  born 
in  V'irjrinia,  except  herself,  her 
birthplace  beinji-  neai'  Richmond, 
Missouri.  She  was  converted 
when  eleven  years  of  age  under 
the  ministry  of  Rev.  C.  I.  Van- 
Deventer,  and  joined  the  Metho- 
dist Church  while  he  was  pastor 
of  the  old  Francis  Sti-eet 
Church  which  stood  on  the 
corner  of  Third  and  Francis 
Streets,  St.  Joseph.  She  was 
assigned  to  the  Wednesday  aft- 
ernoon class,  and  although  she 
was  attending  school  at  the 
Convent  of  the  Saci-ed  Heart, 
Mrs.  Miller  was  such  a  thor- 
ough Methodist,  loved  its  teachings  and  practices  so  well,  she  would  ask  to  be  excused 
every  Wednesday  afternoon  at  three  o'clock  to  attend  her  class;  and  how  she  did  enjoy 
those  meetings,  for  the  Holy  Spirit  was  truly  with  them.  She  can  truly  say  with 
David  of  old:  "The  Lord  is  my  strength  and  my  shield,  my  heart  trusted  in  Him, 
and  I  am  helped,  therefore  my  heart  greatly  rejoiceth;  and  with  my  song  will  I  praise 
Him."  On  the  21st  day  of  December.  1864,  she  was  united  in  maniage  to  Mr.  Daniel 
C.  Miller  of  Tennessee.  God  gave  them  three  children,  two  boys  and  one  girl.  The 
death  angel  claimed  her  precious  girl  baby  when  two  years  old.  Her  two  sons,  Eugene 
Wade  Miller,  and  Perry  Clarence  Miller,  are  of  great  comfort  to  her  as  she  grows 
older.  They  are  true  Methodists,  greatly  interested  in  the  advancement  of  the  church, 
and  are  known  as  the  Miller  Brothers  of  Agency.  Missouri.  Her  husband  died  May 
12th,  1894,  at  Excelsior  Springs.  They  had  gone  there  hoping  the  change  would 
prove  beneficial  to  his  health,  but,  alas,  not  so.  The  dear  Lord  said  to  him:  "It  is 
enough,  come  up  higher."  He  was  a  devout  Christian,  a  loving  husband  and  father. 
Oh,  how  she  misses  his  companionship  and  wise  counsel.  But  these  broken  family 
links  only  serve  to  make  Heaven  nearer  and  dearer  to  her. 

It  is  something  sweet  to  think  of,  in  this  world  of    care, 
Though   dear  friends  have   left   us,   their  bright   spirits  are 
Something  sweet  to  think  of.     Hark!    the  angels  say. 
Call   them  not   back  again;    they  are   with  you   every  day." 


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REV.   W.   W.  REDMAN. 


Life's  a   debtor  to   the   grave;    dark   lattice!     Letting-   in   pternf 
Day. — Young. 


By  Rev.  C.  I.  VanDeventer. 

-l^iU^f-iJ^■J^■  ^^'^™a"  was  born  in  what  is  now  Clark  County,  Indiana,  December 
14th,  1,99  He  was  converted  at  a  camp-meeting-  in  Jefferson  County,  Kentucky,  and 
'i'"/^  i?,'q^  *^^  church  September  12th,  1817.  He  was  licensed  to  exhort  December 
Itth,  1819  and  licensed  to  preach  June  10th,  1820,  and  received  on  trial  in  the 
Missouri  Conference  September  14th,  1820.  He  was  elected  secretary  of  his  Con- 
ference fourteen  times.  He  was  thirteen  years  Presiding-  Elder,  and  three  times 
elected  a  deleg-ate  to  the  General  Conference,  including  the  memorable  session  of  1844 
He  was  a  good  preacher,  studious  and  devout,  and  a  kind  and  faithful  Presiding  Elder 
and  pastor,  and  combined  in  a  large  degree  the  vigor  and  attractiveness  of  vouth 
7l\a  ."u     "^r.K,?^    advancing  years.     He  died  at   Danville,   Missouri,   October"  31st, 

lb4J  m  the  fiftieth  year  of  his  age.  The  end  came  suddenly,  of  heart  failure,  but 
found  him  ready.  He  was  very  generally  and  favorably  knovVn  as  an  itinerant  min- 
ister of  the  gospel  in  .Missouri  for  more  than  twentv-nine  years.  Having  possessed 
naturally  a  strong  constitution  and  enjoyed  generaly,  very  good  health,  his  labors  were 
very  extensive,  and  greatly  blessed,  in  turning  many  from  darkness  to  light,  and 
from  the  power  of  Satan  unto  God,  and  in  building  up  the  Church  of  Christ.  During 
his  Illness  he  spoke  frequently  of  his  religious  conditions  and  his  hopes— that  thev 
were  comfortable;  that  he  was  not  afraid  to  die;  that  he  knew  in  whom  he  trusted. 
His  end  was  peaceful.     "He  rests  from  his  labors,  and  his  works  do  follow  him  " 


224  CENTENNIAL    VOLUME    OF    MISSOURI    METHODISM. 


MR.  J.\MES   K.\Y. 


The  Holy  Spirit's  greatest  book  is  a  Life. — Bishop  Heiidri.v. 


By  Rev.  C.  I.  Va.nDeventer. 

James  Kay,  son  of  James  and  Sarah  Waganal  Kay,  was  born  at  Culpepper  Court 
House,  Virginia,  November  1st,  1816.  Later  he  moved  with  the  family  to  the  State 
of  Tennessee.  He  was  married  at  Dover,  Tennessee,  March  3d,  1836,  to  Miss  Eliza 
Bailey,  who  survives  him.  Two  sons,  Rueben  and  Henry,  were  bom  to  them,  both 
of  whom  are  now  deceased.  Mr.  Kay  was  converted  and  joined  the  Methodist  Epis- 
copal Church  in  1838,  and  at  its  organization  became  a  member  of  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  Church,  South.  He  moved  with  his  family  to  Saint  Joseph,  Missouri,  A.  D., 
18.51,  and  died  November  11th,  1893,  in  Saint  Joseph,  Missouri,  having  given  to  the 
Church  of  his  choice  forty-three  years  of  unusually  faithful  and  fruitful  service.  The 
writer  of  this  brief  sketch  became  his  pastor  in  1852  and  in  that  and  other  capacities 
was  intimate  with  him  to  the  day  of  his  lamented  death.  He  was  first  a  general 
merchant,  and  later  a  wholesale  dry  goods  merchant,  in  which  business  he  continued 
until  retiring  from  active  business.  Energetic,  enterprising  and  prosperous,  he  was 
the  soul  of  honor  and  integrity  in  secular  life,  in  the  Chuich  he  abounded  in  labors; 
class  leader,  chorister  before  the  days  of  pipe  organs  and  choirs,  steward,  trustee 
and  general  secretary,  a  worker  in  all  the  departments  of  the  Sunday  School  and  an 
especially  happy  and  successful  solicitor  as  well  as  contributor  for  financial  aid  in 
the  interests  of  the  Church  he  so  dearly  loved.  He  watchfully  guarded  the  House  of 
the  Lord  and  the  parsonage  and  looked  after  the  interests  of  the  pastor's  family 
with  constant  and  loving  care.  He  was  upright  and  faithful  in  his  Christian  life, 
and  ever-zealous  for  the  purity  and  success  of  the  Church.  He  was  present  and 
participating  in  all  the  services  of  the  sanctuary  till  "age  and  feebleness  extreme" 
prevented.  Quick  in  his  movement  with  character  in  his  walk,  prompt,  always  on 
time  and  wanting  others  to  be  so.  Like  Zaccheus  he  was  small  in  stature  but  big  in 
brain  and  heart.  This  old,  historic  church  (Francis  Street),  first  and  last,  has  num- 
bered many  good  men  and  women  of  precious  memory,  whose  names  are  in  the 
Book  of  Life;  but  there  has  been  only  one  James  Kay.  He  "went  up  through  much 
tribulation"  and  "rests  from  his  labors  while  his  works  do  follow  him." 

One  of  his  sons.  Rev.  Henry  Kay,  was  one  of  the  best  men  of  the  Missouri  Con- 
ference. He  was  abundant  in  labors,  and  he  had  a  host  of  friends  wherever  he  served 
as  pastor. 


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REV.  JOHN   CALHOUN   CALDWELL   DAVIS. 


Oh,  that  we  might,  in  our  moments  of  gladness,  imitate  the 
Blessed  in  Heaven  who,  amid  their  greatest  joys,  ever  associate 
Their  happiness  with  the  death  of  Christ. — Dr.  F.  B.  Meyer. 


Rev.  John  Calhoun  Caldwell  Davis  was  born,  March  24th,  18.32,  in  Lewis  County, 
Kentucky.  He  is  a  son  of  Ishmael  Davis  and  Nancy  McDonald  Davis,  both  members 
of  the  Jlethodist  Episcopal  Church,  South.  He  was  converted  February  21st,  1850,  at 
Mount  Moriah  Church,  Buchanan  County,  Missouri,  under  the  ministry  of  Rev.  M. 
R.  Jones.  He  was  licensed  to  preach  in  1852,  and  was  admitted  into  the  Missouri  Con- 
ference in  1853.  He  was  ordained  Deacon,  September  30th,  1855,  at  Richmond,  Mis- 
souri, by  Bishop  John  Early;  he  was  ordained  Elder  by  Bishop  Robert  Paine,  Septem- 
ber 18th,  1859,  at  St.  Joseph,  Missouri.  Between  the  years  1853  and  1875,  the  year  of 
his  death,  he  served  the  following  appointments:  Liberty,  Platte  City,  St.  Joseph, 
Weston,  Yellow  Creek,  Kirksville,  Richmond,  New  Market,  Rushville,  New  Market, 
Plattsburg.  In  1874  he  took  a  supernumerary  relation  in  connection  with  the  Francis 
Street  Church  at  St.  Joseph,  Missouri.  His  ministry  was  fruitful  and  many  were 
added  to  the  church.  Davis  Chapel,  in  Platte  County,  Missouri,  was  built  during  the 
time  he  was  in  charge  of  that  work;  also  the  church  at  Rushville,  Missouri.  His 
education  was  received  at  the  public  schools  of  Rock  House  Prairie  and  St.  Joseph, 
Missouri.  He  married  Miss  Mary  G.  Clay  March  26th,  1855,  and  the  names  of  their 
children  are  as  follows:  William  Bascom  Davis,  Frank  Claude  Davis,  Edna  Ann 
Davis,  now  Mrs.  Albert  M.  Ray,  Robert  Lee  Davis,  Frances  Byrd  Davis,  now  the  wife 
of   Rev.  W.  F.  McMurry,  D.  D.,  Marvin  IMiddleton  Davis,  and  Mary  Alice  Davis. 


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CENTENNIAL    VOLUME    OF    MISSOURI    METHODISM. 


DANIEL  MORTON,  M.   D. 


Let  your  Culture  be  as  the  generous  sunlight  and  the  fertilizing 
Showers,  falling  like  the  Divine  love  upon  the  just  and  the 
Unjust. — Bishop  Candler. 


Dr.  Daniel  Morton,  one  of  the 
prominent  suigeons  of  St.  Jo- 
seph, and  vt'idely  known  as  an 
able  .speaker  and  writer  on 
surgical  and  historical  subjects, 
was  born  November  25th,  1861, 
at  Russellville,  Logan  County, 
Kentucky,  in  the  Logan  Female 
Academy,  of  which  his  father 
was  at  that  timo  president.  He 
is  the  son  of  Rev.  David  Mor- 
ton, D  .D.,  and  Hannah  Wilson 
(Bottomley)  Morton,  his  father 
being  the  founder  ot  the  Church 
Extension  Society  of  the  Meth- 
odist Episcopal  Church,  South. 
His  ancestors  were  among  the 
pioneers  of  America,  settling  in 
Virginia,  Maryland  and  Penn- 
sylvania prior  to  the  Revolution. 
Until  1878  Dr.  Morton  was  a 
student  at  Bethel  College,  Rus- 
sellville,  Kentucky.  After  the 
removal  of  the  family  to  J^ouis- 
ville,  Kentucky,  in  1S79,  Dr. 
Morton  entered  the  High  School 
of  that  city,  remaining  until 
1SS2.  He  was  graduated  from 
the  University  of  Louisville, 
Medical  Department,  in  1887. 
The  entire  winter  of  1887-1888 
was  spent  in  attendance  on  lec- 
tures at  Columbia  College,  New 
York  City.  Surgery  has  always 
been  his  specialty,  and  he  has 
built  up  a  reputation  in  this 
branch  of  medicine  extending 
not  only  through  the  territory 
contiguous  to  St.  Joseph,  but  over  the  neighboring  states  from  which  he  draws  a 
very  extensive  practice.  He  was  appointed  assistant  surgeon  of  the  St.  Joseph  and 
Grand  Island  Railway  by  Dr.  E.  S.  Garner.  On  August  1st,  1898,  he  was  appointed 
Chief  Surgeon  of  the  St.  Joseph  and  Grand  Island  Railway,  and  of  the  Kan.sas  City 
and  Omaha  Railway,  and  served  as  such  until  January  1st,  1904.  The  succeeding  years 
continued  to  be  filled  with  duties  of  a  public  character,  while  a  surgical  practice  ab- 
sorbed his  time  and  energies  far  beyond  that  of  ordinaiy  practitioners.  His  contri- 
butions to  the  Medical  press  have  been  numerous  and  along  the  lines  of  medical  edu- 
cation and  surgery.  Aside  from  these  he  has  also  written  a  biography  of  his  father, 
Dr.  David  Morton,  and  a  history  of  the  Morton  family,  entitled,  "The  Mortons  and 
their  Kin,"  as  well  as  a  history  of  the  Ladies'  Union  Benevolent  Association  for  the  first 
twenty-five  years  of  its  existence.  Dr.  Morton  was  married  on  March  8th,  1894,  to  Miss 
Fannie  E.  Johnson.  Dr.  Morton  has  been  a  member  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church, 
South,  since  the  age  of  twelve  years.  He  is  President  of  the  St.  Joseph  City  Church 
Extension  Board  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  South.  This  Board  is  doing 
much  for  the  forward  movement  of  Methodism  in  St.  Joseph.  Dr.  Morton's  family  has 
held  membership  at  Hundley  Church  since  1898;  his  children  representing  the  fifth 
generation  in  a  direct  line  of  Methodists.  In  addition  to  the  various  responsibilities 
associated  with  so  many  offices.  Dr.  Morton  has  always  been  ready  to  perform  the 
duties  of  a  good  citizen,  taking  an  active  interest  in  all  that  concerns  the  welfare 
of  St.  Joseph. 


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REV.  M.  B.  CHAPMAN,  D.  D. 


The  world  is  thy  field,  make  it  a  garden,  strew  flowers  in  the 
Wilderness,  and  plant  the  Rose  of  Sharon  in  the  Desert. — Dr. 
Wm.   E.  Munsey. 


By   Rev.  C.   I.  VanDeve.nter. 

Rev.  Mark  Boatner  Chapman, 
son  of  William  W.  Chapman 
and  Saluda  C.  Chapman,  was 
born  October  22nd,  1846,  at 
Clinton,  Louisiana.  He  was 
converted  when  twelve  years 
old  and  licensed  to  preach  when 
fourteen,  and  was  known 
throughout  the  South  as  the 
"boy  preacher."  At  the  age  of 
sixteen  he  entered  the  Confed- 
erate army  and  was  a  Chaplain 
during  the  war.  After  the  war 
he  attended  the  South-irn  Uni- 
versity at  Greensborough,  Ala- 
bama. He  was  admitted  ori 
trial  in  the  Louisiana  Confer- 
ence of  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
Church,  South,  in  1867,  ana 
transferred  to  the  Missouri  Con- 
ference in  the  fall  of  1S68,  ana 
appointed  to  South  St.  Josv-p!\ 
On  the  1.3th  day  of  May,  186f'. 
he  was  married  to  Miss  Maggie 
F.  Harries  of  St.  Joseph.  In 
the  fall  of  1869  he  was  stationed 
at  Columbia;  in  1870,  appointed 
to  the  Chillicothe  Station,  re- 
maining two  years;  in  1872,  ap- 
pointed to  the  Fulton  Station. 
His  health  failing,  at  the  follow- 
ing Conference,  in  1873,  he  re- 
ceived a  supernumerary  rela- 
tion in  connection  with  the  Fran- 
cis Street  Station,  St.  Joseph, 
which  relation  was  continued 
from  year  to  year,  to  1881,  when 
he  was  appointed  to  the  Weston 
ind  Platte  City  cha-ge.    In  1832, 

to  the  Plattsburg  Station ;  in  1883  and  1884  he  was  Presiding  Elder  on  the  Plattsburg 
District;  appointed  to  the  Columbia  Station  in  1885,  and  was  a  delegate  to  the  Gen- 
eral Conference  of  1886.  In  the  fall  of  1886,  he  started  on  his  trip  around  the 
world,  being  absent  eleven  months.  In  1887,  he  was  stationed  at  Hannibal  and  re- 
turned to  the  Station  in  1888;  was  re-appointed  in  1889,  and  early  in  the  Conference 
year,  was  transferred  to  the  Little  Rock  Conference  and  appointed  to  the  First 
Church,  Little  Rock,  where  he  remained  two  years.  The  next  four  years  he  was 
Editor  of  the  St.  Louis  Christian  Advocate,  then  he  was  transferred  to  the  Bal- 
timore Conference  and  appointed  to  the  Trinity  Church,  remaining  three  years; 
was  then  transferred  to  the  Louisville  Conference  and  stationed  at  the  Walnut 
Street  Church,  remaining  three  years;  from  there  he  was  transferred  to  the  South- 
west Missouri  Conference  and  stationed  at  Troost  Avenue  Church,  Kansas  City, 
Missouri,  remaining  two  years,  when,  on  account  of  failing  health,  he  was  trans- 
ferred to  the  Los  -Angeles  Conference  and  stationed  at  Trinity  Church,  Los  Angeles, 
remaining  one  year.  From  there  he  was  transferred  to  the  St.  Louis  Conference  and 
stationed  at  Fredericktown.  The  next  two  years  he  was  Presiding  Elder  on  the 
Charleston  District.  In  the  fall  of  1905  he  received  a  superannuated  relation  to  the 
St.  Louis  Conference,  and  during  the  following  year  supplied  the  HoUester  Station 
in  the  Pacific  Conference,  and  in  1906  returned  to  St.  Joseph,  Missouri,  where  he 
now  resides.  In  1889,  he  nublished  his  "Lands  of  the  Orient,"  and  later  his  book 
on  Archaeology.  "Mounds,  Monuments  and  Inscriptions."  The  degree  of  D.  D.  was 
conferred  on  him  by  the  St.  Charles  College  and  also  by  the  Greensborough  Univer- 
sity, Alabama,  about   1888. 


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REV.  C.  C.  SELECMAN. 


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REV.  CHARLES  CLAUDE   SELECMAN. 


Nothing   more   contributes   to   maintain    our   common    sense   than 
Living  in    the   universal    way   with   multitudes   of   men. — Goethe. 


Rev.  Charles  Claude  Selecman  was  born  October  13th,  1874,  in  Andrew  County, 
Missouri,  near  Savannah;  he  is  a  son  of  I.  H.  Selecman  and  Josephine  E.  Selecman, 
both  staunch  members  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  South.  As  far  back  as  he 
can  trace  them,  his  ancestors  have  all  been  Methodists.  He  was  converted  in  1886, 
at  Bedford  Chapel,  in  Savannah  Circuit,  under  the  ministry  of  Rev.  D.  F.  Bone,  and 
joined  the  church  at  that  time.  While  kneeling  at  the  mourner's  bench  praying  the 
only  prayer  he  knew,  "Lord  be  merciful  to  me,  a  sinner,"  and  during  the  singing 
of  that  grand  old  hymn,  "I  will  arise  and  go  to  Jesus,"  the  light  came  into  his  soul 
and  he  was  very  clearly  converted.  During  a  subsequent  revival,  some  five  years 
later,  he  surrendered  to  a  call  to  preach,  which  he  had  dimly  felt  since  early  child- 
hood. His  college  days  were  spiritually  helpful,  and  godly  teachers  were  a  great 
blessing  to  him,  especially  Prof.  J.  W.  Kilpatrick,  who  took  quite  an  interest  in  him 
and  manifested  his  kindness  in  many  ways.  He  was  licensed  to  preach  by  the  Fayette 
Quarterly  Conference,  in  1891;  Rev.  W.  A.  Hanna,  preacher  in  charge,  and  Dr.  E.  K. 
Miller,  Presiding  Elder;  was  recommended  to  the  Annual  Conference  for  admission 
on  trial  by  the  Gallatin  District  Conference,  in  1898;  Rev.  J.  H.  Pritchett,  D.  D.,  Pre- 
siding Elder,  and  was  received  into  the  Annual  Conference  on  trial  at  Memphis,  Mis- 
souri, in  1898;  Bishop  W.  A.  Candler,  presiding;  ordained  Deacon  by  Bishop  Granbery 
at  Fulton,  Missouri,  in  1900;  ordained  Elder  by  Bishop  Wilson  at  Chillicothe,  Missouri, 
in  1902.  During  his  college  days  he  served  as  supply  for  five  months  at  each  of  the 
following  places:  Maryville  Circuit,  Union  Star  Circuit,  and  Jamesport  Station.  Ap- 
pointments filled  are  as  follows:  Pattonsburg  Station;  Centenary  Church,  St.  Joseph, 
Missouri;  Bernard  Circuit;  Olive  Street  Church,  St.  Joseph,  Missouri;  Mexico  Station; 
Conference  Missionary  Evangelist,  being  the  first  in  the  church  to  be  appointed  to 
this  new  office.  About  seven  hundred  persons  have  been  received  into  the  church  during 
his  ministry.  He  secured  subscriptions  to  remodel  Barnard  parsonage,  and  raised 
quite  a  large  sum,  $4,000.00,  to  make  e.xtensive  improvements  on  Olive  Street  Church, 
St.  Joseph,  Missouri.  He  received  his  education  at  the  Savannah  High  School,  and 
Central  College,  where  he  completed  the  Junior  year,  and  represented  Missouri  in  the 
Interstate  Oratorical  contest.  He  was  married  to  Miss  Bessie  K.  Beckner,  April  27th, 
1899,  and  they  have  two  children,  Francis  Asbury  Selecman  and  Sarah  Josephine  Selec- 
man. From  June,  1906,  to  September,  1906,  he  visited  England,  Scotland,  France, 
Germany  and  Italy. 


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CENTENNIAL    VOLUME    OF    illSSOURI    METHODISM. 


REV.  STANLEY  WILLIS  HAYNE,  A.  B. 


There  is  a  mold  already  prepared  in  which  our  new  life  is  to  be 
Cast,  a  holy  example  of  perfect  humanity  to  which  we  are  to  be 
Conformed. — Binlioj)  Hendrijt. 


Rev.  Stanley  Willis  Hayne 
was  born  October  11th,  1877, 
in  Niagara  County,  New  York. 
He  i.s  a  son  of  I).  Frank  Hayne 
and  S.  Delia  Hayne,  both  of 
whom  were  members  of  the  Pres- 
byterian Church,  until  after  he 
entered  the  ministry  of  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  Church, 
South.  They  are  now  membeis 
of  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
Church,  South,  at  Melro.se 
Church,  Kansas  City,  Missouri. 
He  was  converted  at  Melrose 
Church,  Kansas  City,  in  1894, 
under  the  ministry  of  Rev.  J. 
W.  Howell,  and  in  a  meeting 
conducted  by  Rev.  C.  M.  Haw- 
kins. He  joined  the  church  the 
same  month,  March,  in  which  he 
was  converted.  He  was  im- 
pressed bv  the  ministry  of  the 
word,  and  the  personal  influence 
of  his  Sunday  .School  teacher 
and  A.  S.  Rankin,  both  of  whom 
were  active  members  of  the 
church  and  friends.  He  gave 
his  heart  to  God  and  felt  a  clear 
assurance  of  faith  and  accept- 
ance with  Him.  He  feels  that 
he  has  grown  in  grace  since 
1897,  from  which  time  he  has 
tried  to  be  faithful.  He  was 
licensed  to  preach  at  the  regular 
session  of  the  District  Confer- 
ence of  the  Kansas  Citv  District 
in  .June  1898;  Rev.  C.  M.  Bishop, 
pastor,  and  Rev.  W.  T.  McClure, 
Presiding  Elder;  he  was  recommended  to  the  Annua!  Conference  by  the  District 
Conference  of  the  Atchison  District  of  the  Western  Conference  held  at  Potter, 
Kansas,  in  May,  1899;  he  was  admitted  to  the  Southwest  ^Missouri  Conference,  on 
trial,  in  September,  1899,  at  Neosho,  Missouri;  Rev.  C.  H.  Briggs,  Presiding  Elder, 
and  Bishop  Granbery,  presiding.  He  was  ordained  Deacon  by  Bishop  \.  W.  Wilson 
at  Chillicothe,  Missouri,  in  September,  1902;  ordained  Elder  by  Bishop  E.  R.  Hen- 
drix  at  Columbia,  Missouri,  in  1894.  He  has  served  the  following  appointments: 
Centenary  Church,  St.  Joseph,  Mis.souri,  one  year;  Spruce  Street  Church,  St.  Joseph, 
two  years;  Savannah  Station,  three  years.  One  hundred  and  eighty  persons  have 
been  received  into  the  church  under  his  ministry.  He  attended  the  Kansas  City 
High  School  and  Central  College,  Fayette,  Missouri,  from  which  he  graduated  in 
1901.     He  was  married  to   Miss  Jessie  Pearl   Davis  September  7th,  1904. 


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REV.  WALTER  GILWELL  BORCHERS,  A.  M. 


How   I   would    love   to    rise   at   the   last   day   in   the   midst    of   a 
Multitude   of   heathen    converts! — Bishop   Marvin. 


Rev.  Walter  Gihvell  Borchers 
was  born  September  27th,  1876, 
on  a  farm  near  Moberly,  Mis- 
souri. His  parents,  B.  F.  Bor- 
chers and  Susan  M.  Borchers, 
are  both  members  of  the  Meth- 
odist Episcopal  Church,  South. 
He  was  converted  at  Pleasant 
View  Church,  fear  miles  East 
of  Cairo,  Missouri,  under  the 
ministry  of  Rev.  E.  M.  Capp, 
in  Au^st,  1893.  He  was  bap- 
tized and  received  into  the 
church  at  Moberlv,  Missouri,  in 
August,  1894,  by  Dr.  J.  H. 
Pritchett.  His  conversion  fol- 
lowed a  long  struggle  with  self 
and  the  devil.  He  says  that  he 
knew  but  little  of  the  things  of 
God  when  he  started,  but  there 
has  been  so  decided  an  improve- 
ment in  his  knowledge  of  His 
word  and  will  and  his  love  for 
Him  and  those  for  vx'hom  He 
died,  that  he  dare  not  try  to 
tell  about  it  lest  he  exaggerate 
it.  Loving  God  and  man  has 
now  become  the  business  and 
joy  of  his  life.  He  was  licensed 
to  preach  by  the  Mexico  District 
Conference,"  March  28th,  1896; 
Rev.  Robert  White,  preacher  in 
charge,  and  Rev.  E.  K.  Miller, 
D.  D.,  Presiding  Elder;  was  rec- 
ommended to  the  Annual  Con- 
ference for  admission  on  trial 
by  the  St.  Joseph  Conference  in 
April,  1903,  and  was  received 
mto  the  Annual  Conference  on  trial  that  same  year;  Rev.  J.  A.  Mumpower,  Presiding 
Elder,  and  Bishop  Charles  B.  Galloway,  presiding.  He  was  ordained  Deacon  by 
Bishop  John  C.  Granbery,  September  16th,  1900,  at  Fulton,  Missouri.  Most  of  his 
appointments  have  been  served  as  supply  while  working  his  way  through  school. 
He  served  Keytesville  Circuit,  three  months,  during  vacation;  Cairo  Circuit,  three 
months  and  one  year  following;  Elmo  Circuit,  one  year;  Centenary  Church,  St. 
Joseph,  Missouri,  three  months,  during  vacation;  Hyde  Park  Church,  St.  Joseph, 
two  years,  with  the  exception  of  three  months  off  the  last  of  the  second  year,  when 
he  went  to  Brazil  as  a  Missionary.  He  has  received  about  one  hundred  persons  into 
the  church.  The  church  at  Elmo,  Missouri,  was  built  under  his  pastorate  and  the 
enterprise  of  building  a  new  church  at  Hyde  Park.  St.  Joseph,  launched  before  he 
started  to  Brazil.  He  attended  Mobei-ly  High  School,  Central  Academy,  and  Central 
College,  Fayette,  Missouri.  Some  books  which  have  been  beneficial  to  him  are  "Moody's 
Sermons,"  "Quiet  Talks  on  Power  and  Prayer,"  "Missionary  Principles  and  Practice," 
"The  Making  of  a  Man,"  "Paul  Crandall's  Charge,"  "Drummond's  Addresses,"  "How  to 
Bring  Men  to  Christ,"  "Soul  Winning  Stories,"  and  the  "Gospel  of  Life."  Brother 
Borchers  thinks  that  without  well  equipped  Christian  Colleges  to  train  both  the  laymen 
and  the  clergj',  the  church  of  the  present  and  the  future  would  find  herself  unable  to 
grapple  with  the  rapidly  growing  problems;  her  affairs  would  not  be  wisely  directed, 
her  ministry  would  not  command  the  respect  of  the  thinking  public,  and  in  the  chief 
positions  of  the  business  world,  where  brains  are  at  a  premium,  she  would  be  with- 
out qualified  representatives  to  prove  the  practical  benefits  of  having  the  principles 
of   Christianity   incorporated    in   a    life. 


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CENTENNIAL    VOLUME    OF    MISSOURI    METHODISM. 


REV.  JOHN   HOLLAND. 


And  they  that  be  wise  shall  shine  as  the  brightness  of  the 
Firmament;  and  they  that  turn  many  to  righteousness  as  the 
Stars  forever  and   ever. — Daniel. 


By  Rev.  A.  B.  Culrertson,  A.  M. 

Rev.  John  Holland,  the  son  of 
William  and  .Margaret  Holland, 
was  born  near  Hannibal,  Mis- 
souri, December  loth,  1857.  His 
parents  were  pious  Methodists 
and  Iheir  precept  and  example 
.served  to  start  their  son  in  the 
right  direction.  When  a  lad  of 
fifteen  years  during  a  series  of 
meetings  in  Park  Church,  con- 
ducted by  Rev.  J.  H.  Pritchett, 
D.  D.,  he  was  brought  under 
powerful  conviction  for  sin,  and 
through  the  suggestion  of  his 
mother  was  induced  to  go  to 
the  altar  and  seek  pardon. 
.\fter  a  hard  struggle  the  light 
came,  and  sweet  peace  tilled  his 
soul.  He  was  licensed  to  preach 
by  the  Quarterly  Conference  of 
-■irch  Street  Church,  Hannibal, 
August,  1875,  and  recommended 
to  the  Jlissouri  Annual  Con- 
ference for  admission  on  trial 
.■\ugust,  1876.  In  the  following 
September  the  Conference  ad- 
mitted him.  Bishop  D.  S.  Dog- 
gett  ordained  him  Deacon  the 
15th  of  September,  1878,  and 
he  was  ordained  Elder  by  Bish- 
op George  F.  Pierce  the  18th 
of  September,  1881.  The  High 
School  and  College  of  Hannibal 
together  with  private  tutorship, 
constitute  his  educational  ad- 
vantages. His  wife's  maiden 
name  was  Miss  Emma  Fowler. 
Thoy  were  married  September 
18th,  1878.  She  is  a  consecrated  and  efficient  woman,  and  many  souls  have  been 
pointed  to  the  light  by  her  words  of  instruction.  C.  F.,  Minetta,  Paul  Kendol,  and 
John  Hort  are  their  children.  "Barns  Notes  on  the  New  Testament,"  "Tongue  of 
Fire,''  "Life  and  Times  of  Jesus"  (by  Edersheim),  "Parables  of  our  Lord"  (by 
Marcus  Dods),  "The  Story  of  John  G.  Paton,"  "The  Mind  of  the  Master,"  "Life  and 
Epistles  of  the  Apostle  Paul,"  he  has  .studied  with  much  profit.  It  may  be  truly 
said  of  Rev.  John  Holland,  "He  is  mighty  in  prayer."  God  has  used  him  in  the 
conversion  of  hundreds  of  souls.  Two  churches  have  been  built  under  his  direc- 
tion, a  number  of  churches  and  parsonages  have  been  repaired, — one  church  on 
his  last  work  at  a  cost  of  .$2,100.00.  His  call  to  the  ministry  was  made  a  subject 
of  prayer,  on  his  knees,  under  an  apple  tree  in  his  father's  orchard.  No  doubt  as 
to  his  divine  call  has  ever  troubled  him.  His  tields  of  labor  have  been  Kirksville 
Circuit,  one  year;  Kahoka  Mission,  one;  Troy  Circuit,  one;  Frankford  Circuit,  two; 
Jonesburg  Circuit,  three;  New  Florence  Circuit,  three;  A.shley,  one;  Prairieville,  one; 
Clarksville,  two;  Clarence,  two;  Sturgeon,  one;  Fayette,  two;  .-Vrmstrong,  three; 
Keytesville,  one;  Clifton  Hill,  three;  Clark  and  Cooper  charge,  three;  Agency,  1907. 
The   Christian   College   is,  to  his  mind,   indispensible  to  both   church   and   state. 


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233 


REV.  BRITTON  PAYNE  TAYLOR,  A.  M. 


The    way   to    God   is   by   the    road    of   men; 

Find  they  far  Heaven   in   near  humanity. — Arnold. 


Rev.  Britton  Payne  Taylor  was  born  at  Reform,  Calloway  County,  Missouri, 
June  1st,  1871;  his  father,  Robert  H.  Taylor,  and  mother,  MaryE.  Taylor,  both  be- 
longred  to  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  South.  He  was  converted,  November 
26th,  1888,  at  Reform,  Missouri,  under  the  ministry  of  Rev.  Willis  G.  Shackleford. 
All  his  life  he  was  disposed  to  think  of  the  religious  life  seriously,  and  in  a  meet- 
ing at  Reform  in  1887,  under  the  preaching  of  Rev.  Willis  G.  Shackleford,  he  was 
convicted  of  sin,  but  would  not  yield  until  in  1888,  in  a  similar  meeting,  he  was 
saved;  he  was  converted  while  sitting  at  home  on  Sunday  afternoon.  He  has 
grown  in  grace  by  doing  active  work  as  Sunday  School  teacher  and  also  in  the 
League  work,  and  since  he  consecrated  his  life  to  the  ministry,  has  found  his  deepest 
jijy  and  greatest  growth  in  the  study  of  the  life  of  Christ.  He  was  licensed  to 
preach  by  the  Mexico  District  Conference  at  Centralia,  Missouri,  in  April,  1900; 
Rev.  Rice  H.  Cooper,  Presiding  Elder;  was  recommended  to  the  Annual  Conference 
for  admission  on  trial  by  the  same  Quarterly  Conference  at  the  same  time,  and 
was  received  into  the  Annual  Conference  on  trial  in  September,  1900,  at  Fulton,  Mis- 
souri; Rev.  R.  H.  Cooper,  Presiding  Elder,  and  Bishop  J.  C.  Granbery,  presiding; 
was  ordained  Deacon  by  Bishop  E.  R.  Hendrix,  October  l-5th,  1906,  at  the  New  Fran- 
cis Street  Church,  St.  Joseph,  Missouri.  The  appointments  which  he  has  served  are 
the  following:  For  the  Fourth  Quarter,  (June,  Julv  and  August),  1901-1902,  at 
Lawson  Station;  1902-1903,  at  Lawson  Station;  190.3-1904,  Hundlev  Station,  St. 
Joseph,  Missouri;  1904-190.5,  Hundley  Station,  St.  Joseph,  Missouri;  190.5-1906,  Hund- 
ley Station,  St.  Joseph,  Missouri;  1906-1907,  Hundley  Station,  St.  Joseph,  Missouri. 
He  has  received  one  hundred  and  ninety-six  persons  into  the  church,  and  the  sub- 
scription for  the  parsonage  at  Lawson,  Missouri,  was  secured  during  his  pastorate 
there.  He  attended  the  public  schools,  graduated  from  the  Kirksville  Normal  School 
in  1899,  attended  Missouri  University  in  summer  of  1900,  and  graduated  from  Central 
College  in  1902.  He  was  married  to  Miss  Carrie  E.  Turner,  June  25th,  1902,  and 
they  have  two  children.  Iris  Sylvia  and  Mary  Caroline.  He  thinks  his  conversion  has 
been  the  most  imnortant  crisis  in  his  life.  Some  of  the  books  which  have  helped  him 
most  are  "The  Life  of  Jas.  A.  Garfield,"  Poems  of  Longfellow,  Bryant  and  Words- 
worth, "The  Son  of  Man,"  and  "Theology  of  the  New  Testiment."  He  recommends 
very  strongly  the  Christian  College  as  the  one  true  source  from  which  the  church 
and  state  must  draw  real  manhood  for  the  promotion  of  the  Kingdom  of  God  on 
earth. 


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CENTENNIAL    VOLUME    OF    MISSOURI    METHODISM. 


REV.  JAMES  TODD  McDONALD. 


Have   ye  never  read  out  of  the   mouths   of  babes  and   sucklings 
Thou  has  perfected  praise. — Mattheiv  xxi,  16. 

Joseph  Todd,  son  of  .Absalom 
and  Martha  C.  McDonald,  was 
born  June  2.'Jrd,  1853,  in  Ray 
County,  .Missouri.  His  parents 
were  Methodists.  He  was  con- 
verted and  joined  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  Church,  South,  in  a 
prove  near  Lawson  in  1868.  His 
conversion  was  clear  and  bright. 
When  nineteen  years  old  he 
met  with  an  accident  and  was 
unable  to  walk  for  six  months. 
He  reviewed  his  studies  and  se- 
cured a  certificate,  and  began 
teaching  school  and  continued 
until  1876.  In  187.'),  was  licensed 
to  exhort  by  the  Quarterly  Con- 
ference of  Liberty  Circuit,  W. 
C.  Campbell,  pastor  in  charge, 
at  Kearney,  Missouri.  In  .Au- 
gust, 187.5,  was  given  Local 
Preacher  license  by  the  Quarter- 
ly Conference  of  Polo  Circuit 
at  Cottonwood  Church,  T.  H. 
Swearingen,  pastor  in  charge. 
He  posses.sed  gifts  as  a  revival- 
ist from  the  beginning.  In  1876, 
he  conducted  a  meeting  near 
Knoxville  and  forty  persons 
were  converted.  The  same  year 
he  was  recommended  by  the 
Quaiterly  Conference  of  Polo 
Circuit  for  admission  into  the 
Missouri  Conference  and  was 
received  at  Hannibal;  W.  E. 
Dockery,  Presiding  Elder,  and 
Bishop  H.  N.  McTyeire,  presid- 
ing. Was  ordained  Deacon  at 
Richmond,  September  12th,  1880,  by  Bishop  J.  C.  Keener;  and  Elder  at  Plattsburg  Sep- 
tember 17th,  1882,  by  Bishop  J.  C.  Granbery.  Served  at  Rothville,  Queen  City,  Gentry- 
ville,  Troy,  Prairieville,  Kahoka,  Maysville,  Breckenridge,  Jamesport,  Lineville  and 
Ravenwood.  In  1893,  desiring  to  travel  as  .an  evangelist,  he  took  a  location  and  held 
a  number  of  successful  meetings  w-ith  many  conversions. 

In    1894,  he   vyas   readmitted   and   served   Briscoe,   New   Florence,   Vandalia,   Bow- 
ling Green.     During  these  years  about  fifteen  hundred  souls  were  converted  and  twelve' 
hundred  and   forty-one  joined  the  church.     Also  five  churches  were  built  and   several 
churches  and   parsonages   repaired. 

Having  lost  the  reading  vision  of  one  eye,  in  1900,  at  Fulton,  he  took  a  super- 
numerary relation  and  was  appointed  Superintendent  of  the  St.  Joseph  District  by 
the  State  Superintendent  of  the  Children's  Home  Society  of  Missouri.  He  has  held 
this  position  for  seven  years.  In  1906,  he  was  left  on  the  effective  list  and  appointed 
Superintendent  of  the  St.  Joseph  District  for  "The  Children's  Home  Society  of 
Missouri"  by  Bishop  J.  S.  Key.  In  this  work  he  has  been  preeminently  successful, 
having  provided  homes  for  nearly  four  hundred  children  and  securing  an  endow- 
ment of  $2,100.00  for  the  society.  His  district  now  ranks  as  the  best  in  the  state. 
He   has   many   friends,   especially   among   the   children. 

He  was  married  to  Miss  Ida  B.  Henton,  May  2.5th,  18S1.  He  has  two  lovely 
daughters  living,  Laura  IMunsey  and  MaDonna.  Laura  graduated  in  the  St.  Joseph 
High  School  June  6th,  1907.  She  is  quite  a  musician,  having  been  employed  as 
pipe  organist  of  the  Hundley  Methodist  Church  for  nearly  three  years.  MaDonna 
is  fifteen  years  of  age  and  is  in  the  High  School.  She  is  a  great  favorite  among 
the  young  people  and  is  a  good  worker  in  the  Sunday  School  and  church.  His  wife 
is  the  President  of  the  Woman's  Home  Missionary  Society  of  Hundley  Church  and 
a  member  of  the  Board  of  the  Young  Women's  Christian  Association  of  St.  Joseph,. 
Missouri. 


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2.3.5 


REV.    CHARLES    WILLIAM    TADLOCK,    A.    M. 


Christianity  is   Life;    it   grows,   dominates,   and   takes   possession 
Of  a   soul  like  the  owner  of  a   Palace. — Dr   William  A.  Quayle. 


Rev.  Charles  Wil- 
liam Tadlock  was 
born  in  Buchanan 
County,  Missouri, 
February  11th,  1874. 
He  is  a  son  of  Birk- 
head  Tadlock  and 
Martha  Tadlock, 
both  parents  being 
members  of  the 
Methodist  Episcopal 
Church,  South.  He 
was  converted  in 
1893,  under  the  min- 
istrv  of  Rev.  W.  J. 
Parvin,  at  Mt.  Mo- 
riah  Church,  on  Ed- 
gerton  Circuit,  and 
joined  the  church  the 
same  year  and  at  the 
same  place.  His  con- 
version was  in  the 
old  fashioned  way. 
He  was  deeply  con- 
victed for  several 
days  during  a  revi- 
val meeting,  but 
never  manifested  any 
interest  until  the 
night  of  his  conver- 
sion. Then  he  made 
a  complete  surrender 
of  himself  to  God, 
and  God  wonderfully 
blessed  him.  He  has 
never  doubted  his  ex- 
perience at  that  time. 
Since  his  conversion 
he  has  grown  in 
grace  as  he  has  come 
to  a  better  under- 
standing of  the  Bible- 
Every  new  truth  has 
added  strength  and 
inspiration  to  his 
life,   and   as   he   has 

seen  the  transforming  power  of  the  Word  on  other  lives,  his  faith  in  its  pow- 
er grows  stronger.  He  has  always  had  a  deeper  hunger  for  truth,  and  God  is 
graciously  satisfying  that  hunger  by  His  word.  He  was  licensed  to  preach,  April 
12th,  1895,  by  the  Plattsburg  District  Conference;  Rev.  R.  H.  Cooper,  Presiding 
Elder,  and  Rev.  W.  J.  Parvin,  preacher  in  charge.  He  was  recommended  to  the 
Annual  Conference  by  the  St.  Joseph  District  Conference,  and  was  received  into 
the  Annual  Conference  in  1899;  Rev.  W.  F.  McMurry,  D.  D.,  Presiding  Elder,  and 
Bishop  Granbery  presiding.  He  was  ordained  Deacon  by  Bishop  Candler  at  St. 
Joseph,  Missouri,  September  8th.  1901;  was  ordained  Elder  by  Bishop  E.  R.  Hen- 
drix,  September  4th,  1904.  He  has  served  the  following  appointments:  Warrenton 
Circuit,  two  years;  Vandalia  Circuit,  one  year;  Olive  Street,  St.  Joseph,  his  pres- 
ent pastorate,  1904-1907.  He  has  received  about  two  hundred  persons  into  the 
church.  He  attended  the  public  schools  and  graduated  from  Central  College,  in 
1901.  He  was  married  to  Miss  Cora  Elizabeth  Karns,  October  7th,  1903,  and  one 
little  boy  was  born  to  them,  who  has  since  died,  Reginald  K.  Tadlock.  He  thinks 
the  most  important  crisis  in  his  life  was  when  he  felt  the  call  to  the  ministry.  He 
had  planned  another  course,  and  it  was  only  after  a  conflict  that  he  surrendered 
and  entered  the  ministry. 


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CENTENNIAL    VOLUME    OF    MISSOURI    METHODISM. 


REV.   MARION   MOORE. 
Non   .so/«   jHitic    vivet   homo,  sed   ex   qtiovis   verbo   prodeunte   per 
Os  Dei. — Jesus. 

Man    shall    not    live    by    bread    alone,    but   by   every    word    that 
Proceedeth  out  of  the  mouth  of  God. 

IJev.  Marion  Moore,  son  of 
Wesley  T.  Moore  and  Ledotia 
Moore,  was  born  near  Louisa, 
Lawrence  County,  Kentucky. 
Both  parents  were  members  of 
the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church, 
South;  they  were  old  fashioned 
Christians,  always  held  family 
prayer  in  the  evening  and  occa- 
sionally frettinji:  happy  and 
shouting.  He  was  converted 
when  only  six  or  seven  years 
old.  He  is  very  certain  that  the 
witness  of  the  Spirit  was  given 
him  at  that  time.  His  conver- 
sion was  due  to  the  gracious  in- 
lluences  that  surrounded  him  at 
that  age.  His  father's  house 
was  at  that  time  the  preaching 
place.  For  some  years  after  his 
conversion  he  was  a  backslider, 
but  was  reclaimed  when  about 
eighteen  years  old  through  the 
agencies  of  the  Sunday  School, 
Ihe  Bible  and  his  uncle,  David 
Moore.  He  united  with  the 
church  soon  after  he  was  re- 
claimed and  very  soon  there- 
after was  put  to  work  as  Sun- 
day School  Superintendent  and 
class  leader.  He  was  licensed  to 
preach  in  the  spring  of  1883  by 
Quarterly  Conference  of  Blaine 
Circuit,  Catlettsburg  District, 
Western  Virginia  Conference;  Rev.  C.  Dean  was  preacher  in  charge  and  Rev.  S.  F. 
McClung  was  Presiding  Elder;  was  recommended  for  admission  on  trial  into  the 
Western  Virginia  Annual  Conference  in  the  fall  of  1883,  by  the  same  Quarterly 
Conference  and  the  same  body  of  men;  was  received  on  trial  in  the  Western  Vir- 
ginia Conference  at  Hutington,  Virginia,  in  1883;  Rev.  Fletcher  Golden,  Presiding 
Elder,  and  Bishop  J.  C.  Granbery,  presiding;  ordained  Deacon  by  Bishop  J.  C. 
Keener  at  Ashland,  Kentucky,  October  17th,  188.t;  ordained  Elder  by  Bishop  Robert 
K.  Hargrove  September  6th,  1891,  at  Maryville,  Missouri.  Appointment.s  served: 
Hawksnest  Circuit,  Western  Virginia  Conference,  1883-188.">;  Elmo  Circuit  as  supply 
from  April  till  September,  1889;  Fairfax  Circuit,  1889-1891;  Savannah,  1891-1892; 
in  1892  transferred  to  the  Indian  Mission  Conference,  but  finding  that  the  Missouri 
Conference  did  not  have  enough  preachers  to  supply  the  work,  he  had  this  transfer 
canceled,  and  at  the  ensuing  Indian  Mission  Conference  he  was  assigned  to  Ard- 
more,  Indian  Territory;  he  preached  that  year  and  the  one  following,  1892-1894,  at 
Skidmore,  Missouri;  Mound  Citv  Circuit,  1894-1896;  Wakenda  Circuit,  1896-1898; 
Guilford  Circuit,  1898-1899;  New  Hampton  Circuit,  1899-1901;  Edinburg  Circuit, 
1901-1902;  Union  Star  Circuit,  1902-1904;  Fairfax  Circuit.  1904-1906;  his  present 
work  is  Barnard  Circiut.  About  four  hundred  and  fifty  persons  have  been  received 
into  the  church  during  his  ministry.  He  has  assisted  very  materially  in  buying  and 
paying  for  several  churches  and  parsonages.  His  education  was  received  at  the 
common  schools  in  Lawrence  County,  Kentucky,  also  at  a  Baptist  Institution  in  John- 
son County  Kentucky,  and  the  Wesleyan  College  at  Millersburg,  Kcntuckv.  He  en- 
tered Vanderbilt  University  in  188.5  as  a  Biblical  student  and  completed  tbe  English 
Theological  course  in  1888.  He  was  married  to  Miss  Eva  L.  Bolen.  May  23rd,  1893, 
and  they  have  five  children,  viz:  Eva  L.,  Robert  Paul,  Helen  D.,  Wesley  Bolen  and 
Marion  Moore.  Probably  his  reclamation  from  sin  when  eighteen  years  old  has 
been  the  most  important  crisis  in  his  life.  He  believes  the  Christian  College  is  an 
absolute  necessity  for  the  permanence  and  success  of  both  church  and  state. 


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237 


REV.   DAVID    RICE    SHACKLEFORD. 


And   only   the  heart   which   has   sympathy  with   spiritual   things 
Can   recognize  their   full   meaning. — Dr.  Cunningham  Geikie. 


--t 


David  Rice,  son  of  Willis 
Green  and  Louisa  Henderson 
Shackelford,  was  born  March  2, 
183-1,  near  Danville,  Montgom- 
ery County,  Missouri.  His  fath- 
er, while  being  a  man  of  exem- 
plary character,  was  not  a  mem- 
ber of  any  church.  His  mother 
was  a  devout  Methodist. 

After  makiUfV  the  most  of  the 
educational  advantages  offered 
by  the  public  schools  of  his  na- 
tive county,  a  Grammar  School 
and  a  brief  stay  in  Howard 
High  School,  Brother  Shackel- 
ford entered  the  training  school 
of  the  early  itinerant — "Brush 
College."  That  he  made  good 
use  of  his  time  is  shown  by  the  ; 
books  that  have  been  the  com-  j 
panions  of  his  ministry:  "Wat- 
son's Institutes,"  "Smith's  Har-  ' 
mony  of  the  Divine  Dispensa- 
tions," "G  e  i  k  e's  Work  s," 
"Smith's  Sacred  Annals,"  and 
"Clark's  Commentary." 

In  June,  1851,  Brother  Shack- 
elford  attended   a   meeting  held 
on   the  old    Bethel   Campground, 
near  the  line  between  Montgom- 
ery and  Callaway  Counties.     Al- 
ready interested  in  his  religious 
welfare,    he    soon    came    under 
strong    conviction    of    sin,    gave 
his    heart    to    God    and    united 
with  the  church;  Rev.  Jesse  Sut- 
ton being  the  preacher  in  charge 
and  Rev.  George  Smith  the  Pre- 
siding   Elder.      Speaking   of    this    event    and    of    his    subsequent    experience    he    says: 
"My  conviction  was  very  clear,  and  while  my  experience  has  not  been  of  the  ecstatic 
character,  and  I   have  felt  myself  growing  in  a  knowledge  of  God,  a  stronger  will  to 
please  God  in  all  things,  and  a  deeper  love  for  my  fellow  men.     My  appreciation  of 
Divine  things  grows  more  precious  as  my  years  advance." 

A  question  which  involved  the  great  crisis  of  Brother  Shackleford's  life  occurred 
in  the  settlement  of  his  call  to  the  ministry.  Deciding  to  enter  this  work,  he  was 
licensed  to  preach  and  recommended  to  the  Annual  Conference  for  admission  on  trial 
by  the  Quartei-ly  Conference  of  the  Danville  Circuit  in  August,  18.56;  Rev.  A.  E. 
Sears,  pastor  in  charge,  and  Rev.  N.  G.  Berryman,  Presiding  Elder.  He  was  admitted 
to  the  Conference  the  next  month  at  the  session  which  met  in  Louisiana,  Missouri; 
Bishop  Pierce  presiding.  He  was  ordained  Deacon  at  Chillicothe  in  1858  by  Bishop 
Early,  and  ordained  Elder  at  St.  Charles  in  1860  by  Bishop  Kavanaugh. 

On  November  1.3,  1860,  Brother  Shackleford  was  married  to  Miss  Eleanor  Mitchell. 
Four  children  were  given  to  this  union:  Joseph  Lee,  Kate  Elizabeth,  Mary  Louisa 
and   David   Robert. 

During  his  long  ministry  he  received  into  the  church  over  a  thousand  members  and 
assisted  in  the  erection  of  a  number  of  churches  and  parsonages  throughout  the  Con- 
ference. In  1S64  he  was  silenced  from  proiching  for  several  months  by  the  military 
authorities  and  he  located  for  two  years  in  1879.  In  1897,  he  superannuated,  having 
served  the  following  charges  in  the  order  given:  Carrollton  Circuit;  Unionville  Mis- 
sion; Parkville;  Weston:  Savannah;  Colony:  St.  Lonis  Circuit:  Rocheport;  Keytesville; 
Plattsburg;  De  Kalb;  Platte  City;  Hydesburg;  Shelbina;  Clarence;  Savannah:  St. 
Joseph  Circuit;  Rloomington;  Pleasant  Grove;  Albany  Circuit;  Rocheport;  .\shland; 
Dewitt;  Clifton  Hill;  Glasgow  Circuit:  Monroe  City  Circuit;  Springhill;  Rushville; 
Barnard;   Mound  City;   Spruce  Street,  St.  Joseph. 


238  CENTENNIAL    VOLUME    OF    MISSOURI    METHODISM. 


REV.  ARAS  BISHOP  COX,  .M. 
AT  AGIC  OF  ill. 


The  hand  of  our  God  is  upon  all  them  for  good  that  seek  Him. 

— Ezra. 


Dr.  Aras  Bishop  Cox  was  born  in  Floyd  County,  Virginia,  the  2.^th  day  of  January 
1816,  and  died  at  the  home  of  his  son.  Dr.  C.  B.  W.  Cox,  near  Brewster,  Blaine  County, 
Nebraska,  on  the  ;iOth  day  of  January,  1907,  being  ninety-one  years  and  five  days  old, 
and  had  been  a  practicing  physician  and  Methodist  minister  for  sixty-live  years.  The 
subject  of  this  sketch  was  licensed  to  preach  by  Rev.  Mr.  Catlett,  Presiding  Elder  in 
Virginia,  in  1S42.  He  was  ordained  for  the  oflice  of  Deacon  in  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
Cliurch,  South,  Holston  Conference,  by  Bishop  James  O.  Andrew,  on  the  21th  day  of 
October,  1847,  at  Jonesborough,  Tennessee.  He  was  ordained  to  the  office  of  an  Elder 
by  Bishop  John  Early,  at  Marian,  Virginia,  on  the  26th  day  of  October,  1W.)7.  He  was 
married  to  Miss  Phebe  Edwards  in  Allegheny  County,  North  Carolina,  February  23rd, 
184.5.  In  1861,  he  entered  the  Confederate  army  as  Captain  of  Company  "A,"  12th 
Regiment,  North  Carolina  Volunvei.os.  He  also  commanded  a  comj'any  from  Allegheny 
Courty,  North  Cnrolina,  and  later  was  appointed  Chaplain  of  the  i2th  R;?girifcnt  of 
North  Carolina  Volunteers.  He  was  under  Colonel,  later  General,  J.  J.  Petigrew,  and 
served  to  the  close  of  the  war.  He  came  West  in  1868,  and  settled  at  Hamburg,  Iowa, 
in  1869.  He  was  as.sociated  in  the  practice  of  medicine  and  surgery  for  a  number  of 
years  with  Dr.  Bray.  He  organized  the  first  Methodist  Class  in  the  Jlethodist  Episcopal 
Church,  South,  at  Hamburg,  Iowa.  He  was  instrumental  in  building  a  church  edifice  at 
this  place,  which  was  dedicated  by  Rev.  Dr.  Miller,  of  Missouri,  in  the  summer  of 
1871.  He  joined  the  Missouri  Conference  and  was  circuit  rider  on  the  Hamburg  and 
Rockport  Circuits.  He  assisted  in  building  Cox's  Chapel  on  the  Hamburg  Circuit,  in 
Atchi.son  County,  Missouri.  He  moved  to  Madi.son,  Nebraska,  in  1882,  engaged  in  the 
practice  of  medicine,  and  preached  regularly  Sabbath  days  in  country  school  houses 
and  churches  in  the  town.  In  188.1,  he  moved  to  the  "Loud  Country,''  afterward  Blaine 
County,  Nebraska,  with  his  wife  and  three  .sons,  Edward  M.  Cox,  Charles  B.  W.  Cox 
and  Albert  S.  A.  Cox,  engaging  in  the  practice  of  medicine  and  continuing  to  preach, 
as  was  his  custom  on  Sabbath  days.  He  was  totally  blind  for  three  years,  until  Dr. 
GifTord,  an  eminent  occulist  of  Omaha,  removed  a  cataract  from  his  eyes.  In  his  eighty- 
fifth  year  he  wrote  a  history  entitled,  "Foot  Prints  on  the  Sands  of  Time,"  and  several 
hundred  copies  were  published.  He  was  a  great  admirer  of  Dr.  D.  R.  McAnally, 
and  he  could  not  remember  when  the  St.  Louis  Christian  Advocate  was  not  in  his  home. 
Dr.  A.  B.  Cox  was  endowed  with  a  strong,  aggressive  nature,  and  to  some  degree  was 
prejudiced,  as  are  most  men  of  strong  character  and  .sterline  princiole.  He  was  a  man 
endowed  with  strong  mental  powers.  He  believed  in  the  "old  South"  and  never  changed 
his  views. 


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239 


DR.  A.  B.  COX, 

AGE  58. 
Chaplain  of   Confederate  Army 


DR.  A.  B.  COX, 
AGE  3S. 


240  CENTENNIAL    VOLUME    OF    MISSOURI    METHODISM. 


REV.  WILLIAM  LOUIS  SCARBOROUGH. 


Not  what   I   have,  but  what  I  do,  is  my   kingdom. — Carhjle. 


Rev.  William  Louis  Scarborough,  son  of  Richard  .\.  Scarborough  and  Rcbtcca  A. 
Scarborough,  was  born  in  Albany,  Missouri,  December  22nd,  1871;  both  parents  were 
members  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  South.  He  was  converted  at  Albany, 
Missouri,  in  1885,  under  the  ministry  of  Rev.  J.  W.  Keithly,  and  joined  the  church  the 
same  night  at  that  place.  He  was  induced  to  go  to  the  altar  by  a  sister  and  was  happily 
converted  in  the  old  fashioned  way.  His  growth  in  grace  has  been  steady,  but  his  dis- 
position to  do  God's  will  grows  stronger  each  day,  and  his  love  for  men's  souls  is  pro- 
portionately increased.  He  was  licensed  to  preach  by  the  Gallatin  Distrct  Conference 
at  Lineville,  Iowa,  in  April,  1897;  Rev.  E.  C.  McVoy  was  preacher  in  charge  and  Rev. 
Z.  M.  Williams,  D.  D..  Presiding  Elder;  was  recommended  to  the  .Annual  Conference 
for  admission  on  trial  by  the  same  District  Conference  at  Lineville,  Iowa,  in  April, 
1897,  and  was  received  into  the  Annual  Conference  on  trial  in  1897,  Rev.  Z.  M.  Wil- 
liams, D.  D.,  Presiding  Elder,  and  Bishop  Fitzgerald  presiding;  was  ordained  Deacon 
by  Bishop  J.  C.  Granbery  at  Fayette,  Missouri,  September  3rd,  1899,  and  ordained 
Elder  by  Bishop  W.  A.  Candler  at  St.  Joseph,  Missouri,  September  8th,  1901.  Appoint- 
ments filled  are  as  follows:  Lock  Springs  Circuit,  one  year;  Union  Star  Circiut, 
three  years;  Lineville  Station,  four  years;  Gooding,  St.  Joseph,  Missouri,  two  years. 
He  built  the  church  at  Union  Star,  Missouri.  His  education  was  received  at  the  High 
School  of  Albany,  Missouri.  He  was  married  to  Miss  Lurah  Lee  Kirtley,  November 
30th,  1902.  His  submission  to  God's  will  in  entering  the  ministry  has  probably  been 
the  most  important  crisis  in  his  life.  He  considers  the  Christian  College  of  vital  im- 
portance and  the  hope  of  the  church  for  the  future. 


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241 


REV.  BEN.JA.MIX  ROBINSON  BAXTER. 


This  then  is  the  message  which  we  have  heard  of  Him,  and 
Declare  unto  you,  that  God  is  light,  and  in  Him  is  no  darkness 
At  all.— Sf.  John. 


By  Rev.  C.  I.  VanDeventer. 
Rev.  Benjamin  Robinson  Baxter,  son  of  Stephen  and  Ann  Gray  Baxter,  was  born 
in  Clay  County,  Missouri,  July  10th,  1824.  His  parents  were  members  of  the  Meth- 
odist Episcopal  Church,  and  at  its  organization  united  with  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
Church,  South.  He  was  converted  and  united  with  the  church  in  his  sixteenth  year 
and  was  licensed  to  preach  and  recommended  to  the  Annual  Conference  for  admission 
on  trial  in  1844,  by  the  Liberty  Circuit  Quarterly  Conference;  Rev.  W.  W.  Redman 
being  Presiding  Elder,  and  the  Rev.  E.  M.  Marvin,  preacher  in  charge.  His  first  ap- 
pointment was  to  the  Savannah  Circuit  as  junior  preacher,  remaining  in  the  Savannah 
District  till  1848,  when  he  was  transferred  to  the  Indian  Mission  Conference,  and 
back  to  the  Missouri  Conference  in  18-52.  He  was  ordained  Deacon  in  1846,  by  Bishop 
Paine,  and  Elder  in  1848,  by  Bishop  Andrew,  and  from  this  time  until  1860,  his 
appointments  were  to  the  Savannah  Circuit,  Savannah  Di.strict  and  Oregon  Circuit, 
where  he  located.  He  was  married  to  Miss  Ellen  Angeline  Tate,  April  27th,  1847.  To 
them  were  born  fourteen  children,  (three  pairs  of  twins)  ;  nine  of  the  children  hav- 
ing died,  five  in  infancy.  His  widow  and  five  children  survived  him.  Brother  Baxter 
was  more  than  ordinarily  promising  at  the  beginning  of  his  ministry,  and  he  rapidly 
developed  into  a  leading  and  popular  preacher.  Soon  after  his  location  in  1860.  on 
account  of  the  war  troubles  in  ;Missouri,  he  went  West,  being  connected  in  his  trip 
with  the  noted  "Russell"  Freighting  Con^pany.  But  he  continued  to  magnify  his 
oflice  as  a  Christian  minister,  often  preaching  from  the  rear  of  one  of  the  Comp'any's 
wagons,  and  at  Denver,  where  they  tarried  some  time,  large  congregations  flocked  to 
hear  him.  In  186.5,  he  moved  with  his  family  to  Helena,  Montana,  where  he  was  en- 
gaged in  Missionary  work  for  three  years.  Tn  1869.  he  was  re-admitted  into  the 
Columbia  Conference  and  again  located  in  1875,  remaining  in  active,  useful  service 
till  his  death,  January  17th,  1894,  at  his  home  in  the  Willemette  Valley,  Oregon.  His 
end  was  peace  and  triumph.  He  told  his  beloved  wife  there  was  not  a  cloud  between 
him  and  his  Lord.  First  and  last  he  was  instrumental  in  doing  much  good.  His  ser- 
vices were  in  special  demand  from  the  beginnig,  and  no  doubt  many  will  rise  up  in 
the  last  day  and  call  him  blessed.  His  godly  parents  lived  in  the  bounds  of  my  first 
circuit.  We  were  members  of  the  same  Conference  Class.  His  convictions  were  strong 
and  his  friendship  ardent,  and  we  loved  each  other  to  the  end.  May  the  seeds  of 
gospel  truth,  sown  by  him  in  all  of  the  fields  of  his  eventful  life,  produce  abundant 
fruit,  and  may  we  meet  again  in  the  New  Jerusalem. 


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MISSOURI  CONFERENCE. 


REV.  A.  P.  PARKER,  MISSIONARY  TO   CHINA. 


1 806— CENTENNIAL  APPOINTMENTS—  1 906. 


GALLATIN   DISTRICT. 


Presiding:  Elder H.  L.  Davis 

Gallatin    Station T.    H.    B.    Anderson 

Jamcsport  Station G.  A.  Stanton 

Jamesport  Circuit To  be  supplied 

Albany  Station I.    A.    Snarr 

Union  Star  Circuit.  .Sup  by  S.  A.  Smart 

Maysville    Station P.    M.    Cain 

Weatherby  Circuit J.  M.  Tinnell 

Eagleville  Ct Sup.  by  G.  W.  Trotter 

New  Hampton  Ct R.  F.  Davis 

Denver  Ct S.   D.  Gose 


Lineville  Sta J.  W.  Tanquary 

Lineville  Ct Sup.  by  W.  C.  Jackson 

Edinburp:  Ct 0.  Blackburn 

Lock  Springs  Ct To  be  supplied 

Breckinridge  Ct C.   B.  Campbell 

Supernumerary,  J.  L.  Taylor 

Spring  Hill  Ct J.  C.  Carney 

Pattonsburg  Ct J.  A.  Medley 

McFall   Ct W.   A.   Chapman 

Jameson  Ct M.  F.  Crowe 


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REV.  HOWARD  LORENZO   DAVIS. 


Man   never    thinks   as   when    the    Spirit   of   God   holds    him    with 
Some  great   Truth. — Bishop  Hendrix. 


By  Rev.  T.  H.  B.  Anderson,  D.D. 

We  put  into  the  galaxy  of 
names  and  faces  found  in  this 
volume  that  of  our  beloved  Pre- 
siding Elder,  Rev.  H.  L.  Davis. 

His  parents,  Harvy  S.  and 
Nancy  H.  Davis,  were  Virgin- 
ians; both  are  living  in  Hunne- 
well,  Shelby  County,  Missouri. 
Howard  L.,  subject  of  this 
sketch,  was  born  in  Highland 
County,  Virginia,  April  8th, 
1860.  He  was  converted  in 
1875,  Oak  Dale,  Missouri,  Rev. 
Thompson  Penn,  pastor,  and  be- 
came a  member  of  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  Church,  South,  at  that 
meeting.  His  conversion  wa.= 
manifestly  of  the  New  Testa- 
ment type,  as  he  has  become  a 
stalwart  in  the  Kingdom  and  pa- 
tience of  Jesus   Christ. 

He  was  licensed  to  preach  by 
the  Quarterly  Conference  oi 
Hunnewell  Circuit,  held  at  An- 
drew Chapel,  August  23rd,  1884, 
Rev.  Wm.  Rush,  D.D.,  P.E.,  and 
Rev.  H.  W.  James,  P.C.  At  the 
same  time  and  place  he  was  rec- 
ommended to  the  Annual  Con- 
ference for  admission  on  trial. 
The  Conference  met  this  time  at 
Shelbina,  September  17th,  1884, 
with  Bishop  Linus  Parker  pre- 
siding. Two  years  later  he  was 
ordained  deacon  at  St.  Joseph, 
Missouri,  by  Bishop  H.  N.  Mc- 
Tyeire;  Elder,  Septembe'-  9th, 
1888.  at  Gallatin,  by  Bishop  E. 
R.  Hendrix.  He  has  traveled  Missions  and  Circuits,  filled  Stations,  and  is  now  Pre- 
siding Elder  of  the  Gallatin  District.  He  had  added  to  the  Church  a  goodly  number 
of  members;  has  built  churches  and  been  helpful  otherwise  financially. 

His  literary  acquirements  were  not  lacking.  He  attended  Shelbyville  High  School, 
Central  College  and  St.  Charles  College — all  Missouri  schools.  He  has  improved  the 
time  since;  never  reads  an  indifferent  book;  has  a  well  selected  library,  and  is 
constantly  adding  to  it  new  books — the  latest  and  best.  He  has  a  strong  grasp  on 
the  doctrines  of  the  Church,  and  knows  how  to  preach  them.  His  mind  is  logical; 
the  major  and  minor  premise  are  before  you  as  he  delivers  the  message. 

He  was  married  September  12th,  1888,  to  Miss  Etta  S.  Trussell,  Big  Rapids, 
Michigan.  She  belongs  to  the  i\Iarys,  Dorcases  and  Lydias  of  the  Bible.  Six  children 
were  born  unto  them :  Hendrix  Davis,  Florence  Davis,  Ruth  Davis,  Wilbur  Davis, 
Raymund  Davis  and  Howard  Davis,  Jr.  Brother  Davis  possesses  characteristics  that 
make  him  a  remarkably  useful  minister;  is  a  true  man;  his  friendships  are  reliable; 
he  stands  squarely  with  his  brethren;  he  wages  unceasing  warfare  against  vice, 
stupidity  and  selfishness.  Our  brother  has  developed  largely  the  fortiter  en  re.  His 
heart  never  beats  feebly;  his  blood  never  moves  sluggishlv;  his  pulse  indicates  good 
health,  courage  and  constancy.  The  saloon,  gamblinsr  hell.  Sabbath  desecration  and 
other  evils  destroying  our  boys  and  girls  have  found  him  an  unrelenting  foe. 

He  was  a  faithful  pastor;  no  pains  spared  to  improve  spiritual  conditions.  A 
believer  in  revivals.  God  gave  him  times  of  refreshing.  No  minister  is  further  removed 
from  ritualism.  He  improved  church  property,  increased  salaries,  and  left  his  suc- 
ces.sor  invariably  a  thoroughly  organized  church.  This  is  his  first  year  as  Presiding 
Elder,  but  the  harness  sets  snugly,  and  he  is  giving  great  satisfaction.  He  is  meeting 
fully  the  expectation  of  all  who  knew  him. 


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REV.  THOMAS  HART  BENTON  ANDERSON,  D.D. 

We  are  only  stionp  as  we  are  pood;  we  only  universalize  the 
Gospel  as  we  make  it  beautiful,  in  temper,  spirit,  benevolence, 
Sympathy  and   love. — Dr.   Joseph   Parker. 

By  Bishop  O.  P.  Fitzgerald. 

What  shall  we  call  him?  He 
has  so  many  titles  that  it  is  not 
easy  to  answer  this  question. 
When  I  first  knew  him  he  was 
a  boy  preacher  in  California. 
Then  he  was  "Bent"  Anderson, 
almost  beardless,  lively,  progres- 
sive. Afterwards  he  was  pas- 
tor, presiding  elder,  chaplain, 
college  president,  and  doctor  of 
divinity.  All  these  titles  belong 
to  him  legitimately.  But  there 
is  one  that  looks  better  to  me 
on  the  printed  page  than  all  of 
these  put  together.  Brother  .A.n- 
derson  is  that  name  which  looks 
best  and  gets  closest  to  the 
hearts  of  his  brethren.  The 
name  given  him  at  his  birth  tells 
the  story  of  his  nativity.  The 
man  child  thus  named  was  born 
in  Missouri  when  the  massive, 
big-brained  old  Senator  was  in 
his  prime,  and  was  already  rec- 
ognized in  some  degree  as  the 
apostle  of  metallic  currency  and 
territorial  expansion.  They 
never  made  Benton  President  of 
the  United  States,  but  he  looks 
bigger  in  the  historical  per- 
spective standing  flat-footed  on 
his  record  as  a  public  man  than 
would  a  score  of  the  little  poli- 
ticians that  have  been  lifted  into 
that  high  office  by  party  machin- 
ery, even  though  they  should  all 
be  put  together.  Let  me  now 
lift  my  hat  to  the  colossal  old 
Missouri  statesman,  while  at  the  same  time  I  would  send  a  greeting  to  the  "Benf 
Anderson  whose  rising  into  celebrity  as  a  preacher  was  observed  by  me  in  California 
in  the  long  ago,  in  which  we  are  both  looking  back  with  hearts  that  are  tender.  His 
sun  is  sinking  to  a  peaceful  setting  among  those  Missourians  who  are  the  children 
of  sturdy  fathers  who  had  strong  convictions,  and  of  praying  mothers  who  made 
Bethels  of  their  moving  tents  as  they  journeyed  westward  as  pioneers. 

"Bent"  .Anderson's  rise  as  a  preacher  was  rapid  in  California.  He  had  both  the 
swing  and  sweep  of  the  old  Missouri  Methodist  fathers,  and  the  electric  touch  of  young 
California. 

He  was  born  in  Chariton  County,  Missouri,  on  May  26th,  1842.  The  names  of 
his  parents  were  Josiah  and  Rachel  Anderson,  both  of  whom  were  members  of  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  Chui'ch.  South.  He  was  converted  near  Eagleville,  Harrison 
County,  Missouri,  in  July,  18.56,  the  Rev.  E.  K.  Miller,  D.D.,  preaching  the  sermon. 
The  same  day  he  joined  the  Church  on  probation.  His  conversion  was  of  the  kind 
that  our  fathers  called  "powerful."  "I  never  doubted  it,"  he  said.  Thirty-three  years 
afterward  he  had  an  experience  which  gave  him  greater  peace,  clearer  light,  and 
deeper  love.  He  held  to  the  Wesleyan  doctrine  of  Christian  Perfection  as  preached  by 
the  fathers  of  Methodism.  The  degree  of  D.D.  was  conferred  unon  him  in  1882.  by 
the  Military  College  of  Kentucky.  Was  chaplain  to  the  Senate  of  California  in  1868; 
Grand  Lodge  of  A.  F.  and  A.  M.",  1880-8.3;  Grand  Orator,  188.5;  chairman  of  Committee 
on  Foreign  Correspondence,  etc.  He  has  received  into  the  Church  about  2,000  members. 
Filled  our  best  stations  in  Pacific  Conference — Sacramento.  San  Francisco,  Santa  Rosa, 
Fresno,  Colusa.  In  Missouri  Conference:  Richmond,  Moberly,  Shelbina,  now 
Gallatin. 


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DR.  WILLIAM   LEWIS  BROSIUS. 


Whoever  implants  a  broad,  unselfish  sentiment  in  the  heart  of  a 
Child  achieves  an  immortal  work. — Bishop  Atkins. 


Dr.  William  Lewis  Brosius,  son  of  George  Washington  Brosius  and  Martha  L. 
Brosius,  was  born  April  7th,  18.53,  at  Gallatin,  Missouri.  Both  parents  were  members 
of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  South.  He  was  converted  in  1861,  at  Gallatin, 
Missouri,  under  the  ministry  of  Rev.  Joseph  Devlin,  and  joined  the  Church  then  and 
there  before  he  was  eight  years  old.  He  was  converted  at  the  old-fashioned  mourner's 
bench  and  peace  came  to  him  while  on  his  knees.  It  is  his  desire  to  honor  Christ  by  a 
life  growing  better  and  more  useful  as  the  years  go  by.  He  received  his  education  in 
the  common  schools  of  Gallatin,  was  graduated  from  the  Missouri  Medical  College,  at 
St.  Louis,  Missouri,  and  from  the  Illinois  School  of  Electro-Therapeutics,  at  Chicago, 
also  attended  New  York  Post  Graduate  School  and  Hospital,  in  New  York  City.  He 
was  married  to  Miss  Mollie  Price  at  Nashville,  Tennessee,  in  1882,  and  they  have 
two  children.  Lou  Etta  Brosius  and  William  Lewis  Brosius.  He  considers  the  most 
important  crisis  in  his  life  was  when  God  for  Christ's  sake  gave  him  personal  evidence 
of  His  favor.  His  conversion  changed  the  whole  tenor  of  his  life,  and  enriched  it  in 
every  way.  Dr.  Brosius  has  been  a  factor  in  the  social  life  of  Gallatin,  and  his  family 
is  one  of  the  best.  He  is  deeply  interested  in  his  Church,  and  always  ready  to  respond 
to  her  calls. 


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REV.  J.ACOB  ANDREW  SNARR. 


The  Day  of  Goodness  hastens  on  to  still  fuller  (jlory,  and  enlarges 
Itself  into  the  splendors  of  Eternity. — Dr.  Joseph  Parker. 


His  parents  were  William  and 
Eliza  Snarr.  They  were  mem- 
bers of  the  Lutheran  Church. 
He  was  born  in  Shenandoah 
County,  Virtrinia,  .April  28lh, 
18.56.  He  wa.s  converted  in  1873, 
in  a  Presbyterian  Church,  in 
Montgomery  County,  .Missouri, 
during  a  sermon  preached  by  Dr. 
Lacy,  a  Presbyterian  preacher, 
and  in  June  following  joined  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  Church, 
South,  at  High  Hill,  Mo.  A 
brief  account  of  his  conversion: 
The  preacher  likened  a  sinner  to 
one  bearing  a  very  heavy  burden, 
which  was  crushing  him,  and  he 
was  crying  out,  as  he  struggled 
up  a  steep  and  rocky  way.  And 
when  urged  to  let  go  his  load, 
which  was  bearing  him  to  the 
earth,  in  response  he  stooped  and 
picked  up  another  stone  and  laid 
it  on  his  heavy  burden.  Then  I 
saw  myself,  trusted,  and  let  go 
my  bUiden.  His  Christian 
growth  has  been  varied  with 
sometimes  assurances  of  accept- 
ance with  God  when  not  a 
shadow  intervened.  Mountain 
tops  he  reached,  but  could  not 
tarry  there;  try  as  he  would, 
he  must  descend  into  valleys, 
where  he  has  dwelt,  traveled  and 
worked.  He  can  say  that  his 
faith  in  his  Lord  has  never 
faltered  for  a  moment.  "P^or  I 
know  Him  whom  I  have  be- 
lieved." .As  he  loves  God  he  loves  men.  He  was  licensed  to  preach  May  11th,  1878, 
by  the  Quarterly  Conference  of  the  Jonesburg  Circuit;  Rev.  J.  M.  O'Bryen,  P.C.,  and 
Rev.  M.  R.  Jones,  P.E.  The  following  Quarterly  Conference  of  the  same  charge  and 
year,  recommended  him  to  the  Annual  Conference  for  admission  on  trial.  At  the 
Annual  Conference  held  in  Macon,  Missouri,  September,  1878,  he  was  admitted  on 
trial;  Bishop  David  S.  Doggett  presiding.  He  was  ordained  Deacon  by  Bishop  John 
C.  Keener,  at  Richmond,  Mo.,  September,  1S80,  and  Elder  by  Bishop  John  C.  Gran- 
bery,  Plattsburg,  Missouri,  September,  1882.  He  has  served  the  following  works  in 
order:  Queen  City  Circuit,  Memphis  Circuit,  Hannibal-.Arch  Slieet  Station,  Canton 
Circuit,  St.  Charles  Station,  Louisiana  Station,  Canton  Station,  Glasgow  Station,  New 
Fi-anklin  Circuit,  Macon  Station,  Chillicothe  District,  Shelbina  Station,  Canton  Station, 
Macon  District,  Albany  Station.  He  has  received,  in  his  own  works,  into  the  Church 
800  members.  He  has  held,  in  his  own  charges  forty-two  revival  meetings,  and  as- 
sisted his  brethren  in  other  charges  in  eighty-four  revival  meetings.  He  rebuilt  the 
Trinity  Church  on  the  Queen  City  Circuit,  also  built  McKendree  Church,  and  bought 
the  parsonage  on  the  Canton  Station.  He  attended  the  public  schools  at  Jonesburg 
and  Montgomery  City,  and  the  Shelbyville  Seminary,  Shelbyville,  Mo.  He  married 
Miss  Minnie  D.  Gray,  in  Memphis,  Missouri,  October  14th,  1884.  His  children  are: 
Eugene  Gray,  who  died,  aged  two  years;  Myrtle  Josephine,  Lois  Flowers,  and  Andrew 
Paul  Snarr.  He  was  called  to  the  ministry  in  his  boyhood,  and  it  became  more  em- 
phatic as  he  grew  to  young  manhood.  He  never  doubted  it.  He  hesitated  to  obey, 
though  not  to  open  rebellion,  but  wished  to  get  the  Lord's  consent  to  substitute  one 
of  the  professions.     Brother  Snarr  is  one  of  our  best  preachers. 


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PROFESSOR  WILLIAM  H.  PRITCHETT,  A.M. 


Truth    is    the    provision    God    has    made    for    the    intellect. — Dr. 
James  \V.  Lee. 


Professor  W.  H.  Pritchett,  A. 
M.,  is  a  resident  of  Kentucky, 
where  he  has  been  a  citizen  tor 
the  past  seven  years.  For  six 
years  he  has  been  president  of 
Vanderbilt  Training  School  at 
Smith's  Grove,  Kentucky.  On 
April  10th,  1907,  he  bought  at  a 
big  outlay  one  of  the  most  de- 
sirable school  properties  in  the 
State  of  Kentucky — the  Louis- 
ville Training  School  for  Boys, 
at  Beechmont — the  most  beau- 
tiful of  all  the  suburbs  of  Louis- 
ville, Kentucky.  He  expects  to 
make  it  the  model  school  of  Ken- 
tucky; will  limit  its  attendance 
to  one  hundred,  and  have  a 
most  thorough  preparatory 
course  in  connection  with  mili- 
tary features.  Professor  Pritch- 
ett is  the  oldest  son  of  Rev. 
J.  H.  Pritchett,  D.  D.,  for  years 
the  leading  spirit  of  the  Mis- 
souri Conference.  The  son  was 
born  December  19th,  1858,  and 
so  is  not  yet  fifty  years  of  age. 
He  graduated  from  Central  Col- 
lege, Fayette,  Missouri,  in  1880, 
and  has  constantly  taught  for 
over  a  quarter  of  a  century.  The 
following  memorandum  is  tak- 
en from  the  volume,  "Notable 
Men  of  Kentucky";  "President 
W.  H.  Pritchett,  A.M.;  Graduate 
Central  College,  Fayette,  Mo., 
1880;  Professor  Ancient  and 
Modern   Languages  at   Howard- 

PajTie  College,  1881;  Professor  Languages  at  Pritchett  College,  Glasgow,  Missouri,  in 
1881-1884;  Professor  Languages  and  Sciences  at  Pajmesville  Institute  for  1884-1886; 
President  PaNmesville  Institute,  1886-1892;  President  Northwest  Missouri  College,  Albany, 
Missouri,  1892-1900;  President  -J.  M.  A.  College,  TuUahoma,  Tennessee,  1900-1901;  Pres"i- 
dent  Logan  Female  College.  Russellville,  Kentucky,  1901-1902;  President  Smith's  Grove 
Vanderbilt  Training  School,  Kentucky,  1902-1907.'  He  has  thus  taught  in  or  been 
president  of  some  of  the  leading  schools  in  three  different  states.  The  History  of 
Howard  County,  Missouri,  says  of  him:  "He  is  a  man  of  a  teaching  family — father, 
two  uncles,  eight  cousins,  three  brothers,  have  all  held  high  positions  as  college  presi- 
dents and  specialists  in  this  and  other  states.  President  Pritchett  is  a  leader,  not  only 
in  college  circles,  but  holds  advanced  places  in  his  Church  and  other  circles.  He  is 
abreast  of  the  age  in  which  he  lives.  Keeps  up  with  and  ahead  of  the  times  in  which 
he  lives,  and  will  make  his  mark,  no  matter  where  he  goes."  A  correspondent  of  the 
Central  Jlethodist,  Louisville,  Kentucky,  has  the  following  kind  words  to  say  of  him : 
"He  is  recognized  as  one  of  our  best  business  laymen  in  the  entire  Church.  Our 
Louisville  Conference  evidently  recognizes  him  as  a  leader.  »  *  *  x},e  citizens  of 
the  staid  old  town  of  Russellville  have  learned  that  he  is  one  of  the  most  thorough 
teachers,  most  patient  disciplinarians,  and  withal,  one  of  the  strongest  minds  ever  in 
its  midst.  As  an  educator,  we  haven't  his  superior  in  this  state.  Socially,  he  is  at  home 
in  any  circle,  yet  modest.  He  has  strong  religious  convictions,  as  have  all  true  men, 
yet  he  is  perfectly  free  from  offensive  extremes  and  partisanism.  Financially,  he  keeps 
all  comers  up — never  performs  his  own  business  in  a  loose,  unsystematic  way.  In  short, 
he  is  one  of  the  best  all  around  men  to  be  found  anywhere." 


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REV.  STEWART  SANFORD  HARDIN. 


life. 


The  Ascent  of  Man  is  not  only  the  noblest  problem  which  Science 
Can  ever  study,  but  the  practical  bearings  of  this  Theme  are  great 
Beyond    any    other   on    the    roll    of    knowledge. — Dnimmotid. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  was 
born  in  Henry  County,  Ken- 
tucky, November  16th,  1839.  He 
came  with  his  parents,  Georfte 
Washington  Haidin  and  .Martha 
Sanford  Hardin,  to  Sullivan 
Jounty,  Missouri,  in  1851.  His 
irrandfalher  was  Benjamin  Har- 
din, of  Henry  County,  Ken- 
lucky.  The  Hardin  family  is 
me  of  the  largest  and  most  in- 
:luential  families  of  Kentucky. 
.\'ot  only  in  Kentucky,  but  in  the 
"states  of  Indiana,  Illinois  and 
..lissouri,  and  some  of  the  other 

lore  Western  states  have  mem- 
';ers  of  this   family  held  places 

'f    responsibility    in     state     and 

hurch. 
Mr.  Hardin  was  converted  at 

he  age  of  fourteen;   licensed  to 
ireach  in  December,  1859,  by  the 

Juarterlv  Conference  of  the 
.Milan  Circuit,  with  Rev.  E.  A. 
Sears,  P.E.,  and  Rev.  Isaac  Nay- 
lar,  P.C.  He  joinei  the  Missouri 
Conference  at  Weston,  Mo.,  Sep- 
tember, 1868;  located  in  1870, 
and  entered  Conference  again  in 
September,  1876.  He  was  or- 
dained local  Elder  at  the  same 
Conference  by  Bishop  McTyeire, 
having  been  ordained  local  Dea- 
con by  Bishop  Kavanaugh  at 
Weston  in  1868.  Before  joining 
Conference  he  taught  several 
terms  of  school,  which  served  as 
a  good  introduction  into  public 
During  his  itinerant  career  he  served  the  following  charges:      Lineville,  Milan, 


Edinburg,  Jamesport,  Lorraine,  .Jameson,  Missouri  City,  Platte  City,  Pattonsburg  and 
Breckenridge.  During  his  twenty-two  years  of  service,  he  spent  nineteen  of  them  in 
only  one  Presiding  Elder's  District.  .Again,  he  served  three  separate  pastorates  at 
Lineville,  two  separate  pastorates  at  Jameson  and  also  at  Jamesport,  showing  that  he 
had  wearing  qualities  with  the  people  he  had  served  and  that  they  sought  him  agam. 
Such  a  record  with  a  Methodist  preacher  is  rather  unusual.  Very  few  will  have 
served  in  so  small  a  territory  for  so  long  a  time.  Within  this  territory  will  be  found 
hundreds  who  came  into  the  Church  under  his  ministry,  for  he  was  usually  very  suc- 
cessful in  his  meetings. 

From  his  boyhood,  he  was  an  omnivorous  reader.  He  has  perhaps  read  more 
books  than  any  other  man  of  his  age  in  the  state.  He  has  been  a  hard  and  patient 
student  all  his  life.  Having  given  his  chief  attention  to  his  professional  studies,  he  is 
one  of  the  very  best  informed  theoloeians.  His  sermons  are  always  strong  and  force- 
ful— one  of  the  ablest  thinkers  of  his  Conference.  In  disposition  he  is  retiring  and 
timid,  disliking  notoriety  in  a  marked  degree. 

Preferring  the  Presbyterial  to  the  Episcopal  form  of  church  government,  in  1895 
he  withdrew  from  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  South,  and  united  with  the  Cum- 
berland Presbyterian  Church,  serving  since  then  various  congregations  of  this  Church 
within  the  bounds  o*'  the  Chillicothe  Presbyterv.  He  has  been  twice  chosen  to  represent 
his  Presbytery  in  the  General  Assembly.  In  September,  1906,  he  moved  to  Texas 
County,  Missouri,  near  Cabool,  where  he  now  lives  on  his  farm.  He  has  been  a  con- 
tributor to  various  periodicals  all  his  life,  but  especially  to  church  periodicals. 

In  1861  he  was  married  to  Miss  Esther  Ann  Kinney,  who  is  a  native  of  Missouri. 
To  this  union  was  born  five  children:  ^lelville  Coxe.  .Arthur  Bascom,  Leonidas  Marvin, 
Effie  Erdeen,  Charles  Bledsoe,  all  of  whom  are  living  at  this  date  except  the  last 
named,  who  died  at  six  years  of  age. 


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REV.  JOHN  EDWIN   SQUIRES. 


Because   Christianity   develops   the   highei-    Personality,   it   is   the 
Religion  of  Progress. — Bishop  Rendri;c. 


Rev.  John  Edwin  Squires  was  born  in  Carroll  County,  Missouri,  near  DeWitt, 
July  l-5th,  1855.  He  is  a  son  of  John  Squires  and  Sarah  J.  Squires.  He  grew  up 
on  a  farm  near  Bedford,  Missouri,  where  he  was  converted  in  1877,  under  the  min- 
istry of  Rev.  R.  H.  G.  Keeran,  and  shortly  after  was  licensed  to  pieach  by  Dr.  J.  P. 
Nolan;  Rev.  H.  Leeper,  being  pastor  in  charge.  He  attended  Central  College  and  later 
Vanderbilt  University,  whei-e,  in  188.3,  he  completed  the  English  and  Tliaologioal  ciurse, 
taking  the  founder's  medal  for  excellence  in  scholarship  in  that  Department.  His  first 
appointment  was  Arch  Street,  with  Dr.  W.  M.  Rush,  Presiding  Elder.  At  his  next 
appointment,  Kirksville,  Jlissouri,  he  was  married  to  Miss  Cassia  A.  Gilliam  of  Rock- 
port,  Missouri,  by  Dr.  Wesley  G.  Miller,  then  pastor  of  Francis  Street  Church,  at  St. 
Joseph.  Missouri.  They  have  six  children,  all  in  the  parsonage  home  at  this  time. 
From  Jamesport,  he  was  transferred  to  the  Denver  Conference  by  Bishop  Hendrix,  and 
two  years  later,  by  the  same  authority,  to  the  Montana  Conference,  where  he  spent 
the  six  following  years.  Ten  years  ago  he  went  to  California,  and  from  Stockton  charge 
was  sent  to  San  Francisco,  his  present  work,  at  the  last  session  of  the  Pacific  Confer- 
ence. He  has  been  identified  with  the  Interdenominational  work  of  the  Kingdom  during 
the  past  fifteen  years,  and  is  now  a  member  of  the  Civic  Betterment  Federation  of  San 
Francisco,  of  the  Anti-Saloon  League,  and  is  President  of  the  California  Sunday  School 
Association.  The  men  who  have  most  influenced  his  ministerial  life,  in  the  ord^r  of 
time  and  of  value,  are:  Rev.  H.  H.  Craig,  Dr.  J.  P.  Nolan  and  Bishop  E.  R.  Hendrix. 
His  personal  experience  has  often  been  most  enriched  by  the  fellowship  of  humble  men 
and  women  whose  pastor  he  has  been.  He  says  if  he  had  many  lives  to  live,  all  of  them 
would  be  given  to  the  Christian  ministry. 


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REV.  WILLIS  GREEN  SHACKLEFORD. 


The   highest   work  of   our   Holy   Religion   is   simply   to   make   us 
Men. — Bishop  Hendri.c. 


Rev.  Willis  Green  Shakleford  was  born  near  Danville,  Missouri,  in  IS-'W.  His 
parents,  W.  G.  Shackelford  and  Louisa  .'Vnn  Shackelford,  were  both  members  of  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  South.  He  was  converted  in  18.51,  under  the  ministry 
of  Rev.  Jesse  Sutton,  and  joined  the  Church  at  that  time.  He  was  converted  at  the 
old  Bethel  Camp  Ground  during  a  severe  thunder  storm,  and  the  testimony  of  his 
acceptance  with  God  was  very  clear.  His  growth  in  grace  has  been  constant,  and  he  has 
realized  much  of  the  things  of  God  and  a  love  more  perfect  to  God  and  man.  He  was 
licensed  to  preach  in  1872;  Rev.  Isaac  Thompson,  preacher  in  charge,  and  Rev.  M.  R. 
Jones,  Presiding  Elder;  was  recommended  to  the  Annual  Conference  by  the  Quarterly 
Conference  of  New  Harmony  Circuit,  in  1878,  and  was  received  into  the  .Annual  Confer- 
ence that  same  year;  Rev.  S.  W.  Cope,  Presiding  Elder,  and  Bishop  Doggett,  presiding. 
He  was  ordained  Deacon  by  Bishop  Keener  in  1880;  ordained  Elder  by  Bishop  Gran- 
bery  in  1882,  at  Plattsburg,  Jlissouri.  He  has  served  the  following  appointm,:/its: 
Mexico  Circuit,  1878-1880;  .Madison  Circuit,  1881-188.3;  Sturgeon  Circuit,  1884-188.5; 
Bead.sville  Circuit.  1886-1890;  Humphrev  Circuit,  1890-1892;  Linneus  Circuit,  1892; 
Osborn  Circuit,  1893;  Maysville  Circuit,  1894-1895;  Edinburgh  Circuit,  1896-1899;  Pat- 
tonsburg,  1900;  McFall,  1901.  About  four  hundred  persons  have  been  received  into  the 
Church  under  his  ministry.  Under  his  pastorate  a  church  near  Mexico,  Missouri,  was 
built.  He  received  his  education  in  the  public  schools.  He  was  married  to  Miss  Pauline 
E.  Be.shears,  in  September,  1858,  and  they  have  six  children,  William  R.  Shackelford, 
John  E.  Shackleford,  Leonidas  E.  Shackleford,  Mary  Z.  Shackleford,  Abbie  L.  Shackle- 
ford  and  Cora  E.  Shackleford.  Brother  Shackleford  is  one  of  our  good  men,  and  he  has 
done  faithful  service. 


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REV.   BRADFORD    HEWLET    TRIPP. 


As  in  the  East  the  shepherd  always  precedes  the  flock,  so  does 
Jesus  ever  keep  in  front  of  the  soul  that  trusts  and  ioves  Him. — 
Dr.  F.  B.  Meyer. 


Rev.  Bradford  Hewlet  Tripp 
was  born  January  10th,  1812,  a 
Lyons,  Clinton  County,  Iowa. 
He  is  a  son  of  Stephen  Tripp 
and  Eva  Eliza  Tiipp,  who  were 
members  of  the  Methodist  Epis- 
copal Church,  South,  for  a  num- 
ber of  years.  He  was  converted 
in  May,  1868,  .it  .Millville,  Grant 
County,  Wisconsin,  under  the 
ministry  of  Rev.  Kellogj:,  and 
joined  the  Church  at  the  time  (.!' 
his  conversion.  He  v.'as  ctii- 
verted  at  a  class  meetinsj  held 
after  the  morning  service  con- 
ducted by  the  pastor,  and  wa- 
almost  at  once  called  to  the  min- 
istry. For  thirty-nine  years  hi- 
soul,  watered  by  divine  favo: 
and  cultivated  by  infinite  lovu. 
has  grown  and  developed  a 
deeper  knowledge  of  God  and  a 
sweeter  arid  stronger  love.  He 
was  licensed  to  preach  by  the 
Quarterly  Conference  of  the  Bell 
and  Flint  Factory  Circuit  of  the 
North  Alabama  Conference  on 
March  11th,  1871;  Rev.  M.  E. 
Johnston,  preacher  in  charge, 
and  Rev.  A.  F.  Driskill,  Presid- 
ing Elder.  He  was  recommend- 
ed for  admission  on  trial  into 
the  Missouri  Conference  by  the 
Quartei'ly  Conference  of  the 
Jamesport  Circuit,  on  Septem- 
ber 11th,  1875,  and  was  received 
into  the  Annual  Conference,  Oc- 
tober   10th,    1875,    at    Glasgow, 

Missouri;  Rev.  S.  W.  Atteberry,  Presiding  Elder,  and  Bishop  John  C.  Keener,  presid- 
ing. He  was  ordained  Deacon  by  Bishop  John  C.  Keener,  October  10th,  1875,  at 
Glasgow,  Missouri.  He  has  filled  the  following  appointments:  Gallatin  Circuit,  two 
years;  Scottsville  Circuit,  two  years;  Gallatin  Circuit,  one  year;  Princeton  Mission, 
one  year;  Gallatin  Circuit,  one  year;  Tinney's  Point,  one  year.  At  the  Conference 
held  at  Chillicothe  in  September,  188.3,  he  asked  for  and  was  granted  a  location. 
Under  his  ministry  there  have  been  many  conversions  and  many  additions  to  the 
Church.  Under  his  pastorates  two  churches  have  been  built,  a  parsonage  on  the 
Gallatin  Circuit,  and  one  on  the  Scottsville  Circuit.  He  was  married  to  Miss  Emma 
Engle,  June  8th,  1866,  and  the  names  of  their  children  are  Seth  J.  Tripp.  Martha  A. 
Tripp,  Charles  A.  Tripp,  Lewis  D.  Tripp,  Daisy  D.  Tripp,  William  F.  Tripp,  Grace  L. 
Tripp  and  ^Merville  L.  Tripp.  He  says  that  the  most  important  crisis  in  his  life  was 
the  conflict  with  Satan  about  his  call  to  the  ministry,  and  the  current  of  his  life 
turned  when  he  won  the  victory. 


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REV.   GRAFTON   TANQUARY. 

'Tis   our   Jehovah   fills   the   heavens;   as    long   as    He    shall    reign 
Almighty,    we  are   strong. —  Young. 


Rev.  Grafton  Tanquary  was  born  near  Winchester,  Virginia,  August  18th,  1824. 
His  father  was  not  a  member  of  any  church,  but  his  mother  was  a  Quaker.  He  moved 
with  his  parents  to  Ohio  in  IS.'JO,  and  after  attending  one  of  the  best  private  schools 
of  the  times  for  a  number  of  yeai\s,  he  engaged  in  milling  with  his  father  and  then 
for  himself,  shipping  flour  to  Cincinnati.  In  1848  he  was  married  to  Miss  Rebecca 
Jacoby;  of  this  union  seven  children  were  born;  four  are  living,  two  sons  and  two 
daughters.  All  belong  to  the  Church  and  are  loyal  and  faithful.  The  girls  are  in 
Tucumcora,  New  Mexico.  One  son  lives  at  Osborn,  Missouri,  and  has  been  for  several 
years  a  faithful  steward  and  Sunday  School  Superintendent.  One,  Rev.  ,1.  W.  Tan- 
quary, is  a  preacher  in  the  Missouri  Conference.  Grafton  E.  Tanquary,  the  youngest 
son,  died  in  1902.  and  was  for  a  number  of  years  a  member  of  the  Missouri  Conference. 
Brother  Tanquary  was  converted  and  joined  the  Church  in  1840,  and  felt  that  he 
ought  to  preach  the  Gospel,  but  he  quenched  the  Spirit  and  for  years  lived  in  a 
backslidden  .state,  but  attending  a  camp  meeting  in  Clark  County,  Missouri,  in  186.3, 
conducted  by  Rev.  C.  I.  VanDeventer,  renewed  his  covenant  with  God  and  was  licensed 
to  preach.  He  was  admitted  on  trial  into  the  Missouri  Annual  Conference  at  Hanni- 
bal, Missouri,  in  186.5.  He  was  ordained  Deacon  by  Bishop  Marvin,  at  Macon  City, 
in  1867,  and  was  ordained  Elder  by  Bishop  McTyeire  at  Hannibal,  in  1876.  He 
traveled  the  following  circuits:  Colony.  Newark,  Florida,  Liberty,  Osborn,  Millville, 
Polo,  Platte  City,  Linneus,  Edgerton,  Kingston  and  Patttonsburg.  He  was  a  good 
preacher  and  his  ministry  bore  fruit.  Many  souls  were  converted  under  his  plain, 
pointed  and  forceful  preaching.  ^lany  mature  men  and  women  came  to  God  under  his 
ministry.  As  an  itinerant  preacher,  he  was  a  success  and  went  chee''fully  and  will- 
ingly to  the  work  assigned.  He  was  a  fine  mixer  and  visited  from  house  to  house. 
The  people,  the  children  as  well  as  the  old  folks,  were  glad  to  see  "Uncle  Tan,"  as  they 
called  him,  come,  and  sorry  when  he  left.  He  never  forgot  a  name  or  face;  he  could 
meet  a  number  of  children,  learn  their  names  and  readily  call  them  by  name  the  next 
time  he  saw  them.  He  saw  the  bright  side  of  everything,  and  always  had  a  kind  word 
for   each  brother  at    Conference. 


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REV.  JOHN   WILLIAM  TANQUARY,  A.B. 


Converted  human  nature,  in  the  whole  circle  of  its  wonderful 
Endowment  and  possibilities,  is  the  noblest  work  of  God. — Bishop 
Tigert. 


By  Mrs.  R.  K.  Brown. 

Rev.  John  Wm.  Tanquary  was 
born  in  Old  Town,  Ohio,  March 
25th,  1854.  His  father  and 
mother,  Rev.  Grafton  and  Re- 
becca Tanquary,  were  Metho- 
dists. His  father  was  for  a 
number  of  years  a  traveling 
preacher  in  the  Missouri  Con- 
ference. His  parents  came  to 
Missouri  when  John  was  a  child, 
settling  in  Clark  County.  When 
about  eleven  years  of  age  he 
was  crippled  by  having  his  foot 
caught  in  a  threshing  machine. 
At  fifteen,  he  was  sent  to  Shel- 
byville  High  School,  where  he 
graduated,  taking  the  A.B.  de- 
gree in   1874. 

He  was  simply  and  truly  con- 
verted, with  a  number  of  others, 
at  a  meeting  held  in  the  old 
chapel  of  Shelbyville  High 
School.  Mr.  Terrell,  his  faith- 
ful Sunday  School  teacher,  and 
Mi-s.  Alex  Irwin,  an  earnest 
Church  worker,  were  both  in- 
strumental in  leading  him  to 
Christ. 

After  graduating  he  engaged 
in  teaching  in  Millville,  Ray 
Countv,  Missouri.  In  1879  and 
1880,  'he  attended  Central  Col- 
lege. In  the  summer  of  1880, 
he  took  a  trip  across  the  plains 
with  an  invalid  brother,  travel- 
ing three  thousand  miles  in  a 
covered  wagon.  Coming  back 
to  Ray  County,  he  again  en- 
gaged in  teaching;  was  County  School  Commissioner  two  terms;  principal  of  the  Law- 
son  Schools  four  years,  and  the  Hardin  School  one  year.  About  this  time  his  father 
died  and  he  went  to  Patton.sburg  to  be  a  help  and  comfort  to  his  mother  and  sisters. 
He  was  principal  of  the  Pattonsburg  School  one  year;  was  appointed  postmaster  in 
1893,  which  office  he  held  four  years.  Here  he  became  more  earnest  in  Church 
work,  the  pastors  of  the  Church  using  him  in  every  way.  He  was  placed  on  a 
Campaign  Committee  by  the  District  Conference  for  Northwest  Missouri  College,  and 
made  educational  addresses  over  the  District.  He  also  became  interested  in  League 
work  and  became  more  consecrated  by  seeking  more  earnestly  and  more  prayerfully  to 
know  the  will  of  God.  He  was  licensed  to  preach  and  recommended  for  admission  into 
the  Annual  Conference  at  the  Gallatin  District  Conference,  held  in  Lineville,  Iowa,  in 
1897.  Rev.  J.  A.  Glenville  was  his  pastor  and  Rev.  Z.  M.  Williams,  D.D.,  the  Presiding 
Elder.  He  was  received  on  trial  at  the  Annual  Conference  at  Albany,  Mo.,  Bishop 
Fitzgerald  presiding.  He  was  ordained  Deacon  by  Bishop  Granbery  at  Fayette,  Mo., 
in  1899;  Elder  in  1901,  at  St.  Joseph,  Missouri,  by  Bishop  Candler,  assisted  by  Bishop 
Hendrix,  who  preached  the  sermon  at  Hundley  Church. 

He  has  served  the  following  churches:  Union  Star,  Lock  Springs  and  Jamesport 
Circuits,  Cowgill,  Jamesport  and  Maysville  Stations,  and  is  now  serving  the  Lineville 
Station. 

He  was  married  to  Miss  Elizabeth  E.  Brown,  March  12th,  1901.  He  has  always 
been  of  an  unusually  cheerful  and  bright  disposition,  which  trait  has  made  him  quite 
popular  with  the  young  people  and  children  in  whom  he  takes  so  much  interest  and 
strives  to  aid  in  their  advancement  along  both  intellectual  and  spiritual  lines. 


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REV.  J.AMES   MONROE   TINNELL. 


Faith  and  divine  p:iace,  uniting  in  the  believer,  are  equal  to  any 
Emergency  that  may  arise   in   his  life. — Dean   Tillett. 


Rev.  James  Monroe  Tinnell  was  born  Mai'ch  6th,  187.5,  at  Turnersville,  Robertson 
County,  Tennessee.  He  is  a  son  of  James  T.  Tinnell  and  Mary  B.  Tinnell,  both  mem- 
bers of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  South.  He  was  converted  at  Ralston  Station, 
Tennessee,  in  the  year  1889,  under  the  ministry  of  Rev.  G.  W.  Wilson,  and  joined 
the  church  at  Sharon,  Tennessee,  in  1901,  Rev.  B.  L.  Harris  being  the  preacher  in 
charge.  Being  very  young,  it  was  not  a  hard  struggle  foi  him  to  come  to  the  point 
where  he  saw  his  lost  condition.  He  .dimply  gave  himself  to  Christ  and  He  honored 
the  gift  by  changing  his  whole  nature  and  freeing  him  from  sin.  His  growth  in  grace 
has  been  very  marked;  after  his  conversion  he  studied  the  Bible,  attended  all  the 
services  of  the  Church,  Sunday  School  and  Epworth  League,  which  created  within  him 
a  desire  for  greater  things,  .so  he  applied  himself  to  the  conditions  of  God,  who  led  him 
into  a  deeper  understanding  of  His  works  and  ways.  He  was  licensed  to  preach  by  the 
Union  City  District  Conference,  July  28th,  1904;  Rev.  B.  L.  Harris,  pastor,  and  Rev. 
G.  B.  Baskerville,  Presiding  Elder.  He  was  recommended  to  the  .Annual  Conference 
for  admission  on  trial  by  the  Gallatin  District  Conference,  April  .'Jrd,  1905,  at  Jameson, 
Missouri;  was  received  into  the  Annual  Conference  on  trial  during  the  Conference  year 
of  1905-1906;  Rev.  W.  A.  Hanna,  Presiding  Elder,  and  Bishop  E.  R.  Hendrix,  presiding. 
He  served  the  Lineville  Circuit,  1904-1905,  as  a  supply;  Pattonsburg  Circuit,  190.3-1906; 
his  present  work  is  Weatheby  Circuit,  where  he  has  been  since  1906.  Thirty-one  per- 
sons have  been  received  into  the  Church  under  his  ministry.  He  attended  the  Sharon 
Training  School  three  years.  He  was  married  to  Miss  Grace  Adair,  September  27th, 
1905,  and  they  have  one  boy,  Howard  Lee  Tinnell.  He  considers  the  call  to  preach 
as  the  most  important  crisis  in  his  life.  Some  of  the  books  which  have  helped  him  are 
Wesley's  Sermons  and  Notes,  Watson's  Institutes,  Plutarch's  Lives,  Natural  Law,  and 
many  others.  His  father  and  mother  died  while  he  was  in  his  second  year,  so  he  was 
reared  without  parents.     The  God  of  the  fatherless  has  been  his  helper. 


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REV.   SAMUEL   DAVID   GOSE. 


His  is  love  beyond  a  brother's, 

Costly,  free,  and  knows  no  end. — John  Newton. 


Rev.  Samuel  David  Gose  was  born  near  Edinburi?,  Gi'undv  County,  Missouri, 
August  22nd,  1870.  He  is  a  son  of  William  D.  Gose  and  Martha  J.  Gose.  Both 
parents  belonged  to  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  South.  He  was  converted  at  Old 
Hatton  Chapel,  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  South,  in  Grundy  County,  Missouri, 
under  the  ministry  of  Rev.  David  McAllen,  during  the  winter  of  1892,  and  joined 
that  Church  during  the  meeting.  He  had  been  reared  in  the  Church  and  around  the 
family  altar,  had  not  drifted  far  in  sin,  hence  his  conversion  was  not  of  the  kind 
that  showed  marked  change.  Just  a  definite  stand  for  Christ,  and  a  calm  peace  and 
assurance,  was  all.  His  growth  in  grace  has  been  steady  and  continuous.  He  is 
stronger  in  love,  in  faith  and  a  willingness  to  do  God's  will  than  ever  before.  He  was 
licensed  to  preach  by  the  Gallatin  District  Conference,  in  May,  1900,  at  Union  Star, 
Missouri;  Rev.  G.  W.  Trotter,  preacher  in  charge,  and  Rev.  D.  F.  Bone,  Presiding 
Elder;  was  recommended  to  the  .\nnual  Conference  for  admission  on  trial  that  same 
year  and  by  the  same  District  Conference;  was  admitted  on  trial  into  the  Missouri 
Annual  Conference  in  September,  1900;  Rev.  D.  F.  Bone,  Presiding  Elder,  and  Bishop 
J.  C.  Granbery,  presiding.  He  was  ordained  Deacon  by  Bishop  Wilson,  September  7th, 
1902,  at  Chillicothe,  Missouri.  He  has  served  the  following  appointments:  Weatherby 
Circuit,  1900-1901;  New  Hampton  Circuit,  1901-1902;  Pattonsburg  Circuit,  1902-1903; 
Lock  Springs  Circuit,  1903-190-5;  Denver  Circuit,  190-5-1907.  He  has  received  about 
one  hundred  persons  into  the  Church.  He  attended  the  common  country  schools,  Edin- 
burg  Academy,  and  State  Normal  at  Kirksville,  Missouri.  He  was  married  to  Miss 
Florence  M.  Hooper,  July  24th,  1902,  and  they  have  one  little  daughter,  Mattie  Jewell 
Gose.  Some  of  the  books  which  have  helped  him  most  are  Doggett's  Sermons,  Munsey's 
Sermons,  Wesley's  Sermons,  Moody's  Sermons,  and  Drummond's  Natural  Law  in  the 
Spiritual  World.  Brother  Gose  thinks  the  Christian  College  is  the  right  arm  in  pre- 
paring for  the  future  development  of  the  Church,  and  the  one  thing  in  the  state  which 
keeps  the  citizenship  from  drifting  into  materialism  and  infidelity,  the  stepping  stones 
to  immorality. 


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REV.  CH.ARLES  BERNARD  CAMPBELL. 


There    is   no  happiness   for   Man   but    in   the    Lovf    of   God. — Dr. 
John  E.  Godhe'j. 


Rev.  Charles  Bernard  Camp- 
bell was  born  January  14lh, 
1866,  in  Buchanan  County,  .Mis- 
souri. His  father,  .John  H. 
Cambpell,  was  a  Cumberland 
Presbyterian,  and  his  mother, 
Jane  Campbell,  was  a  member 
of  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
Church,  South.  He  was  convert- 
ed January  10th,  1887,  at  Tur- 
ney,  Clinton  County,  Missouri, 
in  a  mcetinji'  held  by  the  pastor. 
Rev.  J.  Y.  Blakey.  "  He  had  had 
deep  and  clear  convictions  from 
a  very  early  iige,  and  these  had 
restrained  him  all  along  the 
way.  His  conversion  was  grad- 
ual and  seemingly  made  com- 
plete by  prayer,  repentance,  e.\- 
rMcise  of  faith,  public  profession 
and  reliaious  activity.  Ho  has 
no  doubt  as  to  advancement  in 
principal  and  essential  things. 
What  seemed  rather  visionary  at 
an  earlier  date  has,  by  reason 
and  experience,  become  well 
fixed  and  sure.  He  has  found 
the  habit  of  his  life  to  be  sym- 
pathy for  all  men  and  a  per- 
petual spii'it  of  praise  for  the 
manifold  mercies  and  wondrous 
love  of  God.  He  was  licensed  to 
preach  by  the  Osborn  Circuit 
of  the  Pfattsburg  District  Con^ 
ference,  September  3rd,  1892; 
Rev.  W.  G.  Shackelford,  pastor, 
and  Rev.  J.  M.  O'Bryen,  Presid- 
ing Elder.  The  Quarterly  C'on- 
ference  of  Osborn  Circuit  recommended  him  for  admission  on  trial  into  the  ,\nnual 
Conference  in  August,  1893,  and  he  was  received  on  trial  into  the  Annual  Conference 
at  Monroe  City  in  September,  1893;  Rev.  R.  H.  Cooper,  Presiding  Elder,  and  Bishop 
Haygood,  presiding.  He  was  ordained  Deacon  by  Bishop  O.  P.  Fitzgerald,  at  Albany, 
Missouri,  September  .5th,  1897;  ordained  Elder  by  Bishop  John  C.  Granbery  at  Fayette, 
Missouri,  September  3rd,  1899.  Brother  Campbell  has  served  the  following  charges: 
Maryville  Circuit,  one  year;  Guilford  Circuit,  two  yeai's;  Springhill,  two  yeai's;  Skid- 
more  Circuit,  three  years;  Spruce  Street,  St.  Joseph,  one  year;  B'eckenridge  and 
Mooiesville,  one  year;  was  reanpointed  to  Breckenridge  and  transferred  by  Bishop  Key 
soon  after  Conference  to  the  Oklahoma  Conference  and  put  in  charge  of  Earlboro  and 
Wewoka.  About  two  hundred  and  seventy-six  persons  have  been  taken  into  the 
Church  under  his  ministry.  Under  his  na=tor-ites  a  parsonage  was  built  on  the  Mary- 
ville Circuit,  one  at  Guilford,  also  the  Bethel  Church  on  the  Guilford  Circuit,  and  now 
building  a  church  at  Wewoka.  His  education  was  obtained  at  the  oublic  schools,  with 
one  year  in  Northwest  Missouri  College,  at  ."Mbany,  M'ssouri.  He  was  married  to 
Miss"  Sarelda  Ann  Potter.  October  10th.  1888,  and  one  little  girl  was  born  to  them, 
who  is  now  deceased.  He  thinks  possibly  the  most  important  crisis  in  his  life  was 
trying  to  decide  whether  he  would  do  the  work  he  knew  God  had  called  him  to  do. 
This  conviction  was  certain  and  unmistakable  from  the  time  he  was  fourteen  years 
of  age,  and  he  had  no  peace  of  heart  or  mind  until  he  surrendered  and  entered  upon 
his  life-work  in  the  ministry.  Some  of  the  books  that  have  been  helpful  to  him  are 
"Pilgrim's  Progress"  and  the  "Bible  Looking  Glass.'' 


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REV.   MANSFIELD   FENTON   CROWE. 


At  his  conversion,  the  whole  face  of  nature  seemed  to  rise  fresh 
And  smiling,  as  from  a  baptism  of  Infinite  Love. — Dr.  D.  R. 
Mc  Anally. 


Rev.  Mansfield  Fenton  Crowe 
was  born  April  2nd,  1861,  near 
Centerville,  Reynolds  County, 
Missouri.  He  was  reared  in 
Oregon  County,  Missouri,  his 
father  having  moved  his  family 
South  just  the  year  before  his 
death  in  the  Confederate  army. 
He  is  a  son  of  John  Fenton 
Crowe  and  Mary  Ann  Crowe, 
both  of  whom  died  when  he  was 
about  two  years  of  age.  He  was 
converted  in  November,  1888,  at 
Columbia,  Missouri,  under  the 
ministry  of  Rev.  John  M.  Crowe. 
He  joined  the  Church  during  the 
same  meeting  in  which  he  was 
converted.  He  had  gone  to  the 
altar  several  times  without  be- 
ing satisfied.  At  a  six  o'clock 
prayer  meeting  the  next  morn- 
ing, after  all  his  friends  had 
prayed  earnestly  for  him,  the 
meeting  closed,  and  he  was  not 
saved.  As  they  started  to  leave 
the  room,  he  felt  himself  lost  as 
never  before,  and  calling  might- 
ily upon  the  Lord,  he  received 
forgiveness  and  wondrous  light 
in  his  soul,  sometime  between 
starting  and  passing  out  of  the 
door.  His  growth  in  grace  was 
retarded  for  some  time  by  his 
not  being  willing  to  take  an  ac- 
tive part  in  the  services  of  the 
Church.  With  compliance  with 
duty  came  a  corresponding 
growth  in  grace,  but  it  was  not 

until  after  his  third  year  in  the  ministry  that  he  discovered  the  greater  privileges  of 
believers  to  have  a  closer  walk  with  God.  This  knowledge  came  to  him  by  reading 
the  books  of  the  ministerial  course  and  by  hearing  Dr.  Beverly  Carradine,  the  great 
apostle  of  entire  satisfaction.  Through  his  instrumentality,  God  for  Christ's  sake 
gave  him  a  great  spiritual  blessing.  It  came  by  consecration  and  faith  on  his  part. 
He  was  licensed  to  preach  by  the  District  Conference  at  Kingston,  Missouri,  February 
7th,  1894;  Rev.  R.  L.  Thompson,  Presiding  Elder.  The  Quarterly  Conference  of 
Francis  Street  Church,  St.  Joseph,  Missouri,  recommended  him  to  the  Annual  Con- 
ference for  admission  on  trial,  August  20th,  1894;  Rev.  J.  M.  O'Bryen,  Presiding 
Elder,  and  Rev.  John  A.  Beagle,  preacher  in  charge;  was  received  into  the  Annual 
Conference  that  same  year  at  Carrollton,  Missouri;  Rev.  J.  M.  O'Bryen,  Presiding 
Elder,  and  Bishop  E.  R.  Hendrix,  presiding.  He  was  ordained  Deacon  by  Bishop 
Charles  B.  Galloway,  September  6th,  1896,  at  Hannibal,  Missouri;  was  ordained 
Elder  by  Bishop  John  C.  Granbery,  September  16th,  1890,  at  Fulton,  Missouri.  He  has 
served  the  following  charges:  Wilcox  Circuit,  one  year;  Craig  and  Forest  City 
Circuit,  one  year;  Gooding  Church,  South  St.  Joseph,  two  years;  Warrenton  Circuit, 
three  years;  Vandalia,  two  years;  Edinburg  Circuit,  one  year;  he  is  now  serving  his 
third  year  at  Jameson,  Missouri.  He  has  received  about  six  hundred  persons  into  the 
Church.  Several  churches  and  parsonages  have  been  built  and  bought  under  his 
pastorate.  He  attended  public  schools  in  South  Missouri,  the  University  of  Missouri, 
at  Columbia,  Missouri,  and  Central  College,  Fayette.  He  was  married  to  Miss  Ollie 
Elmore,  July  3rd,  1883.     Four  children  were  born  to  them,  all  of  whom  are  dead. 


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MISSOURI  CONFERENCE. 


CHILLICOTHE    DISTRICT   EPWORTH    LEAGUE    CONFERENCE   AT 

NORBORNE. 


1 806  -CENTENNIAL  APPOINTMENTS     1 906. 


CHILLICOTHE  DISTRICT. 


Presiding:  Elder C.   Grimes 

Chillicothe   Sta T.   W.   Alton 

Chillicothe  Ct E.  M.  Capp 

Supernumerary,  W.  T.  Merrill 

Linneus  Ct W.  E.  Tinney 

Browning  Ct L.  R.  Sparks 

Greencastle  Ct Sup.  by  R.  J.  McDaniel 

Milan  Sta H.  L.  Davenport 

Milan  Ct Sup.  by  D.  H.  Myers 

Humphreys   Ct N.    F.   Johnson 


Triplett  Ct J.  W.  Ramsey 

Brunswick  Sta W.  J.  Parvin 

De  Witt  Ct J.  A.  Mitchell 

Carrollton   Sta W.  T.  Whiteside 

Norborne   Sta J.  N.  Boyd 

Norborne  Ct T.  B.  Price 

Mt.  Olive  Ct H.  Neighbours 

McBee   Ct J.    D.    Sprague 

Bogard  Ct W.  O.  G.  Potter 

Hale  Ct C.  G.  Hill 


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REV.  CHANEY   GRIMES. 


All  effectual   preaching  is   done  with  the  Holy  Ghost  .sent  down 
From  Heaven,  and   herein  is  the  philosophy  of  preaching. 

— Bishop   Marvin. 

By  Rev.  Charles  O.  R.a.nsford. 
Rev.  Chaney  Grimes  was  born 
in  Tuscarawas  County,  Ohio, 
May  25,  1843.  His  parents, 
Charles  and  Sarah  Chaney 
Grimes,  were  Methodists  of  the 
most  pronounced  type.  Family 
worship  was  their  invariable 
custom — the  father  and  mother 
alternated  in  conducting  the 
services.  Reared  in  such  an  at- 
mosphere the  godly  example  and 
admonitions  and  prayers  of  his 
parents  strongly  impressed  him 
and  he  was  converted  at  home 
when  about  nine  years  old,  while 
singing  a  song  beginning  with 
the  following  lines: 
"The      pearl      that     worldlings 

covet 
Is  not  the  pearl  for  me." 

His  parents  and  pastor  and 
Christians  generally  seemed  to 
think  him  too  young  for  relig- 
ious impressions,  and  no  par- 
ticular religious  instructions 
were  given  him.  His  mother 
died  when  he  was  about  nine 
years  old  and  he  was  left  to  the 
care  of  his  sisters  and  relatves. 
At  a  Methodist  revival  in  In- 
diana, when  he  was  about  fif- 
teen, he  was  again  permitted 
to  know  the  pardoning  mercy  of 
God  and  united  with  the  Meth- 
odist Episcopal  Church.  At 
this  time  he  was  deeply  im- 
pressed that  it  was  his  duty  to 
preach,  but  did  not  then  yield 
to  the  conviction.    He  came  west 

in  1865  and  in  1867  he  was  married  to  Miss  Nannie  Griffith.  In  the  winter  of  1868 
and  1869  he  and  his  wife  united  with  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  South,  at  Grif- 
fith's Grove,  Maryville  Circuit,  Missouri  Confei-ence.  He  was  licensed  to  preach  the 
following  summer  by  the  Quarterly  Conference  of  this  charge.  Rev.  D.  C.  O'Howell, 
Presiding  Elder,  and  Rev.  H.  A.  Davis  pastor  in  charge.  In  the  fall  of  1870  he 
traveled  this  same  work  as  a  supply.  Rev.  W.  E.  Dockery,  Presiding  Elder.  He  was 
admitted  on  trial  in  the  Missouri  Conference  at  Palmyra.  September,  1871.  He  was 
ordained  Deacon  by  Bishop  Wightman  at  Carrollton,  September,  1873,  and  Elder  at 
Glasgow,  September,  1875,  by  Bishop  Keener.  His  appointments  have  been  as  fol- 
lows: Osborne  Circuit,  two  years,  1871-1872;  Linneus  Circuit,  four  years,  1873-1876; 
Carrollton  Station,  two  years,  1877-1878;  Richmond  Station,  four  years,  1879-1882; 
Moberly  Station,  one  year,  1883;  Columbia  Station,  one  year,  1884;  Chillicothe  Sta- 
tion, two  years,  1885-1886;  Marj-ville  Station,  one  year,  1887;  Tenth  Street,  St 
Joseph,  two  years,  1888-1889;  Gallatin  Station,  one  year.  1890;  Dearborn  Circuit,  one 
year,  1891;  Macon  District,  three  years,  1892-1894;  Hannibal  District,  four  years, 
1895-1898;  Plattsburg  District,  four  years,  1899-1902;  Chillicothe  District,  four  years, 
1903-1907. 

His  first  wife  died  at  Richmond,  June  7,  1882,  and  he  was  married  to  Miss  Flora 
y.  Crellin  in  Chillicothe,  Missouri,  November  9.  1887.  His  ministry  has  been  unvary- 
ingly successful  and  fruitful  in  great  good  and  as  a  Presiding  Elder,  which  office  he 
has  filled  continuously  for  fifteen  years,  he  has  rendered  the  church  most  excellent 
service.  His  administration  has  been  wise  and  progressive,  and  a  conspicuous  suc- 
cess, particularly  with   the  young  people. 

His  sons,  Rev.  Charles  Chaney  Grimes  and  Edwin  Grimes,  are  bright  young  men 
of  promise;  the  former  is  an  exceptionally  brilliant  young  preacher  in  the  Missouri 
Conference. 


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THE  NEW  CHILLICOTHE  CHURCH. 


By   Rev.   Edgar   C.   McVoy. 

The  new  church  at  Chillicothe,  which  was  dedicated  by  Bishop  E.  R.  Hendrix, 
during  August,  1903,  represents  much  in  the  way  of  zeal  and  consecration  on  the 
part  of  that  noble  membership. 

It  is  a  commodious  and  sightly  building,  constructed  of  buff  brick,  trimmed  with 
stone,  and  has  the  appointments  of  the  modern  church — Sunday  School  Class  Rooms, 
Ladies'   Parlors,  Pastor's  Study,  a  large  and  well  arranged  Basement,  etc. 

The  art  glass  which  is  used  throughout  the  building  is  of  fine  quality  and  the 
memorial  windows  (there  are  several)  are  unusually  handsome.  The  total  cost  was 
about  $18,000.00,  exclusive  of    pipe  organ  and  decorating. 

In  this  brief  sketch  it  will  not  be  possible  to  mention  the  names  of  the  many 
whose  contributions  and  efforts  made  this  building  possible.  Never  was  a  church 
blessed  with  a  nobler  band  of  women;  they  gave  unsparingly  of  their  energies  and 
means  to  bring  this  enterprise  to  a  successful  issue  and  too  much  praise  cannot  be 
given  them.  Without  their  aid  the  church  could  not  have  been  built — their  names 
are  surely  written  in  Heaven. 

But  mention  must  be  made  of  three  noble  laymen,  whose  names  are  inseparably 
connected  with  this  church — they  are:  Brothers  J.  A.  Grace,  W.  H.  Mansur  and  L. 
A.  Currin.  It  is  no  disparagement  to  the  others  to  say  that  these  three  men  labored 
more  faithfully  than  them  all  in  this  enterprise.  Of  the  three.  Captain  Mansur  alone 
remains  to  enjoy  this  earthly  temple — the  other  two  are  reaping  the  reward  of  long 
and  devoted  service.  The  pastor  in  charge  at  that  time  shall  always  hold  in  special 
love  and  honor  these  brethren,  as  well  as  many  others  who  rendered  such  unselfish 
service  in  the  task  of  building  this  new  church. 

Rev.  M.  L.  Gray,  Presiding  Elder  of  the  Chillicothe  District  at  that  time,  also 
gave  invaluable  counsel  and  assistance  in  the  carrying  to  completion  of  this  enterprise. 

May  this  church  always  be  a  great  spiritual  power  in  that  community,  may 
thousands  yet  be  saved  at  her  altars,  and  may  the  pastor  who  worked  with  these 
consecrated  men  and  women  in  building  this  good  house  to  the  Lord,  meet  them  every 
one,  at  last,  in  that  city,  where  temples  are  not  built  with  hands,  and  where  we  may 
worship  in  unbroken  fellowship. 


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261 


MR.  JAMES   ABERNATHY   GRACE. 


Every  man   has   a  glorious   Destiny  within   his   grasp. 

— Bishop  Marvin. 


By  Mrs.  Ida  Grace  Stewart. 

James  Abernathy  Grace  was 
born  in  Springfield,  Hamp- 
shire County,  West  Virginia, 
April  19th,  1835.  He  "  was 
reared  in  the  Presbyterian 
Church,  under  the  strict  disci- 
pline taught  and  practiced  by 
that  worthy  people  in  earlier 
days.  When  about  twenty  years 
old  he  was  converted  during  a 
Methodist  revival  meeting  at 
Philippi,  West  Virginia,  and 
joined  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
Church,  South,  of  which  he 
was  a  loyal  member  the  re- 
mainder of  his  life,  over  fifty 
years.  In  1858  he  came  west 
and  went  into  the  general  mer- 
cantile business  at  Scottsville, 
Sullivan  County,  Missouri,  on 
borrowed  capital,  with  no  se- 
curity other  than  his  industry, 
energy  and  Christian  character. 
How  well  these  charact^arisdcs 
served  him  is  attested  by  the 
degree  of  success  he  attained. 
In  1860  he  moved  his  business 
to  Maadville,  Missouri,  on  the 
Hannibal  &  St.  Joe  Railroad, 
then  just  built.  On  October 
4th,  ISfi'J  he  was  married  to 
Miss  Tilitha  Gordon  of  Living- 
ston County,  Missouri.  To 
them  were  born  eleven  children, 
one  of  whom  died  in  infancy; 
the  remaining  ten  are  living  at 
the  present  time.  In  1865  and 
1866  he  was  in  business  in 
Bedford,  Missouri,  and  in  1867  he  moved  to  Chillicothe,  Missouri,  where  he  con- 
tinued to  reside  until  his  death,  June  25th,  1906.  During  these  years  he  was  variously 
encaged  in  the  dry  goods,  hardware,  wholesale,  tobacco,  farming  implement  and  lum- 
ber business.  In  1889  he  received  a  severe  blow  in  the  death  of  his  wife,  which 
left  him  alone  to  rear  a  large  family  of  small  children,  but  God  gave  him  strength 
and  wisdom  to  perform  his  work  and  spared  him  to  see  them  all  grown.  The  church 
was  dear  to  his  heart  and  he  was  always  found  in  his  pl.^ce  in  the  sanctuary  when 
not  hindered  by  illness.  It  was  among  his  chief  joys  to  contribute  of  his  means 
to  the  support  and  advancement  of  Christ's  kingdom  on  earth,  and  he  chose  the  most 
quiet  and  unostentatious  manner  of  making  his  gifts.  He  often  expressed  a  soul- 
hunger  for  the  old-time  class-meeting  and  loved  to  testify  to  the  saving  power  of  the 
Holy  Spirit.  Being  a  man  of  many  cares,  frail  of  body,  and  delicate  in  health,  he 
often  referred  to  himself  as  a  living  monument  of  God's  grace  and  mercy.  In  the 
language  of  a  beloved  friend,  "his  experience  lifted  him  above  the  ordinary  and  gave 
him  a  place  among  the  sons  of  God."  There  was  never  a  doubt  in  his  mind  as  to  the 
reality  of  the  religion  of  Jesus  Christ  and  his  life  was  a  living  testimony  to  its 
genuineness.  His  last  act  in  this  life  was  to  attend  the  Sunday  evening  "worship 
where  he  entered  into  the  service  with  characteristic  fervor.  About  ten  o'clock  he 
retired  to  rest  and  passed  away  during  sleep,  seemingly  without  a  struggle.  A  beauti- 
ful close  to  a  beautiful  life — to  go  to  sleep  on  earth  and  awake  in  Heaven. 


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REV.  SAMUEL  WRIGHT   COPE. 


The  wireless  messape  from  Heaven  must  be  received  from  Heaven 
And  transmitted   by  some  attuned  instrument. — ISinluip  Hvndrix. 


By  Rev.  Bowman  D.  Sifple. 

Rev.  Samuel  Wright  Cope 
was  born  in  Blount  County, 
Tennessee,  February  14,  1826, 
dedicated  to  the  Lord  in  baptism 
in  infancy,  removed  to  Missouri 
with  his  parents  when  about 
five  years  of  age  and  settled  in 
Montgomery  County,  professed 
religion  publicly,  and  united 
with  the  Methodist  Church 
when  thirteen,  at  the  old  camp- 
ground near  Danville,  but  fre- 
(juently  declared  publicly  that 
there  had  never  licen  a  day  that 
he  could  lemember  when  the 
love  of  God  was  not  shed 
abroad  in  his  heart.  Mr.  Cope 
taught  school  two  years  and 
then  attended  school  at  Ozark 
Institute,  nea'-  Fayctteville, 
.Arkansas;  was  licensed  to  ex- 
ho)t  in  1848;  licensed  to  preach 
Feliruary  3,  1849,  by  the  War- 
rentoii  Circuit,  at  old  F,bene/.er 
Chiinii,  entered  the  t'-aveling 
conncviion  in  the  Mis.souri  Con- 
ference, 1849,  and  was  .>ont  to 
the  Louisiana  Circuit.  During 
this  year  he  was  married  to 
Miss  Louisa  Stew.jrt  who  lived 
four  years  r.nd  six  months  .-.fter 
the  marr\igB.  For  thirty-eight 
years  he  traveled  different 
charges  and  districts,  always 
hopeful  joyful,  full  of  pleas- 
antry of  the  purest  kind  and 
made  the  world  infinitely  bftter 
to  thousands  of  peop.e.  He  triveleJ  Ii.exico  ar.d  St.  Charles  Circuits,  Canton  and 
Fulton,  Hannibal  and  St.  Joseph  Stations.  April  1,  1856,  he  wis  married  to  Miss 
Martha  Jane  Scott,  daughter  of  Colonel  John  Scott,  a  prominent  lawyer  of  that  city. 
He  was  then  appointed  to  Columbia  and  Fayette  Circuits.  In  the  latter  field  in  the 
year  18.58-59  were  converted  and  added  to  the  church  E.  R.  Hendrix,  C.  C.  Woods  and 
S.  W.  Atterbery.  Other  charges  were  Savannah,  Weston,  Platte  City,  High  Hill,  Chilli- 
cothe  Station  and  Spring  Hill;  then  Plattsburg,  Chillicothe  and  Mexico  Districts,  and 
Jamesport,  Jameson  and  Bedford  Circuits.  Upon  the  failuie  of  sight  of  the  old 
veteran  he  accepted  the  superannuated  relation  in  1887  and  continued  until  his  death. 
May  7,  1899. 

Mr.  Cope  was  an  enthusiastic  on  the  doctrines  of  infant  baptism  and  infant 
church  membership  and  kindred  doctrines.  He  believed  that  a  a  child  could  live  a 
correct  life  so  that  the  approval  of  the  Lord  might  dwell  upon  it  from  infancy.  The 
Quarterly  meeting  was  a  great  day  in  his  best  days.  Some  great  theme  consumed 
him  and  entertained  the  great  congregation.  He  believed  in  preaching  doctrines  and 
preached  them,  not  for  controversy,  but  for  instruction.  When  unable  to  travel  regu- 
larly he  spent  his  time  writing,  or  dictating  to  another  to  write,  his  maturest  thoughts. 
He  became  the  author  of  the  following  books:  "The  Great  Evil  and  Its  Remedy," 
"The  Christian  Ministry,"  "In  Lieu  of  Preaching,"  "Marriage,  Home  and  Heaven," 
"New  Songs  of  Praise"  (quite  a  number  of  these  songs  he  composed),  and  "The 
Story  of    a  Happy  Life,"  his  own  life  story,  told  in  a  helpful  manner. 

Whenever  strength  permitted  he  was  ready  to  preach  to  the  last.  His  life  was 
pure,  zealous  and  very  faithful.  He  excelled  as  a  pastor,  visiting  from  house  to  house, 
sympathizing  with  all  men  in  joy  and  sorrow. 


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REV.  WILLIS   E.   DOCKERY. 


The  period  of    the   Redemption   will   abide  forever   in    the   Records 
Of    the  Ages  as  Gkjd's  brightest  manifestation  of  Himself. 

— Bishop  Marvin. 


The  now  lamented  Willis  E. 
Dockery  was  the  son  of  Alex- 
ander Dockery  and  Nancy 
Dockery,  who  were  members  of 
the  Baptist  Church.  His  was  a 
sudden  and  grand  conversion, 
at  twenty  years  of  r.ge;  this 
occurred  at  the  home  of  Isom 
Ware,  near  Spi-ing  Hill,  Mis- 
souri, under  the  preaching  of 
Rev.  Edwin  Robinson.  He 
joined  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
Church,  South,  at  Gee's  Creek 
Church  in  1816.  He  grew  in 
grace,  conducted  prayer-meet- 
ings, and  did  what  he  t-ould  in 
a  private  way  until  he  was 
licensed  to  preach  by  the  Crav- 
ensville  Quarterly  Conference; 
Rev.  Horace  Brown,  Presiding 
Elder.  He  was  recommended  by 
this  same  Quarterly  Conference 
for  admission  into  the  Annual 
Conference  in  1848.  Bishop 
Andrew  presided  over  the  Con- 
ference in  1848,  at  which  he 
was  received  on  trial ;  Rev. 
Horace  Brown  was  the  Presid- 
ing Elder.  He  was  ordained 
Deacon  by  Cishop  Robert  Paine 
at  the  Conference  held  in  St. 
Joseph,  Missouri,  in  18.52;  v>as 
ordained  Elder  by  Bishop  James 
O.  Andrew  .it  the  Palmyra  ^  on- 
ferenoe  in  18)3.  At  the  Con- 
ference of  1851  he  vas  leceived 
into      full         connection.      Rev. 

Andrew  Monroe  presiding.  He  served  the  following  charges:  Linneus  Circuit,  1848; 
Trenton  Circuit,  1849;  Milan  Circuit,  18.50-1851;  Gallatin  Circuit,  1852;  Richmond, 
iS53-18o4;  New  Market  Circuit,  185.5-1856;  Hvdesburg,  1857-1858;  Macon  Citv,  :'&59- 
1860;  Keytesville,  1861-1862;  Linneus,  1863-1864;  Chillicothe  District,  1865-1868; 
St.  Joseph  District,  1869-1870;  St.  Charles  District,  1871-1872;  Plattsburg  District, 
1873-1875;  Chillicothe  Station,  1876;  Tenth  Street,  St.  Joseph,  1S77-1S79;  Spring 
Hill,  1880;  Paris  Circuit,  1881-1882;  Liberty,  1883;  Cameron  Station.  1884-1885; 
Brookfield,  1886;  Tripplett  Circuit,  1887;  Gallatin  District,  1888  1889.  At  the  Con- 
feren'i'e  held  in  Chillicothe  in  1883  he  was  located  at  its  own  request  and  was  re- 
admitted the  next  year.  He  traveled  Liberty  Circuit  as  a  locil  preacher  in  the  in- 
terval. Rev.  Samuel  C.  Littlepage,  now  of  Texas,  and  Miss  Hulda  Glaze,  afterward 
the  wife  of  Rev.  H.  A.  Davis,  were  among  the  three  thousand  persons  converted  under 
his  ministry.  Brookfield  class,  Hughes'  Church,  St.  John,  Van  Ausdale,  Wintersville, 
Crumpacker  Church,  Hurst  Church,  Locust  Creek  Church,  and  others  were  organ- 
ised, and  fifteen  churches  and  two  parsonages  were  built  during  his  active  pastor- 
ates. He  attended  private  schools  about  four  years.  He  was  married  to  Miss  Sarah 
Ellen  McHaney,  January  13th,  1842.  Ex-Governor  Alexander  Monroe  Dockery,  their 
only  child,  was  converted  when  a  boy.  Baldwin's  "Armageddon,"  and  "The  Problem 
of  Human  Life,"  by  Wilford  Hall  are  among  the  many  books  which  were  of  help 
to  him.  Brother  Dockery's  declining  days  were  spent  principally  at  the  home  of  his 
adopted  daughter,   where  he  passed  peacefully   to  his  reward  above. 


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rp^"^  M.'*! 


MEMORIAL    METHODIST    CHURCH,    CARROLLTON,    MISSOURI. 


By  Will   S.   Holliday. 

The  first  Methodist  Society  organized  in  Carrollton,  Missouri,  was  in  1812.  At 
that  time  Carrollton  was  on  the  frontier  and  services  were  held  in  log  houses  occupied 
by  the  Methodist  people.  A  few  years  later  the  Christian  people  united  and  a  church 
house  was  erected,  the  building  being  used  by  the  various  denominations.  After  a 
few  years  the  Methodists  assisted  the  Presbyterians  in  erecting  a  small  building,  and 
they  used  this  jointly  for  some  years. 

In  1868  the  Southern  Methodists  erected  a  substantial  brick  housn  of  worship 
and  this  was  used  by  the  congregation  until  our  handsome  new  church  was  built 
in  1899. 

In  1898  Rev.  W.  B.  Wheeler  was  sent  to  Carrollton,  and  he  began  to  agitate 
the  question  of  a  new  church.  Within  a  year  he  had  the  project  well  jnder  way. 
'Captain  William  M.  Eads,  J.  N.  Tuley,  S.  W.  Grace,  Captain  John  Harrison  and  wife 
of  St.  Louis,  Mrs.  Sarah  Earickson,  Warren  Minnis,  and  others  responded  to  the  call 
liberally,  the  old  building  was  sold  to  the  brethren  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church, 
and  our  new  church   was  a   certainty. 

J.  N.  Tuley,  William  M.  Eads,  Dr.  M.  W.  Craton,  and  Dr.  George  R.  Highsmith 
were  appointed  on  a  building  committee  to  act  with  the  pastor  and  active  work  w.as 
commenced.  The  building  was  completed  the  latter  part  of  November  and,  on  De- 
cember 10,  1899,  was  dedicated  by  Dr.  W.  B.  Palmore,  editor  of  the  St.  Louis 
Christian  Advocate.  The  total  cost  of  the  building,  equipped  with  handsome  furni- 
ture, pipe  organ,  pulpit,  and  other  necessities,  represented  a  cash  outlay  of  $12,.500. 
When  the  church  was  dedicated  this  was  all  paid  except  $1,100,  which  amount  was 
paid  in  full  the  following  year,   Rev.  H.  C.  Garrett  finally   securing  the  money. 

Every  window  in  the  church  is  a  beautiful  memorial  window,  placed  there  by 
the  relatives  of  the  old  saints  who  for  years  had  been  pillars  of  Methodism  in 
Corrollton  and  Missouri.  On  account  of  these  beautiful  memorial  windows  the  church 
was   named   the  "Memorial    Methodist   Church." 

During  the  year  1906  the  congregation  at  Carrollton  erected  a  splendid  par- 
sonage on  the  church  lot,  paid  for  it  when  completed,  and  now  the  Carrollton  con- 
gregation has  one  of  the  most  beautiful  church  properties  in  the  Missouri  Confer- 
ence.    This  parsonage  was  built  under  the  pastorate  of    Rev.  Warren   T.  Whiteside. 


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CARROLLTON    PARSONAGE. 

This  is  one  of  our  newest  parsonages  and  one  of  the  best.  This  enterprise  was 
begun  and  completed  under  the  pastorate  of  Rev.  Warren  T.  Whiteside.  This  house 
is  an  honor  to  Brother  Whiteside  and  to  our  congregation  at  Carrollton. 


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CENTENNIAL    VOLUME    OF    MISSOURI    METHODISM. 


REV.   MARTIN    LUTHER    EADS. 


For    so    an    entrance    shall    be    ministered    unto    you    abundantly 
Into  the  EverlastinK  Kingdom  of   our  Lord  and  Saviour. 

—St.  Peter. 
Rev.  Martin  Luther  Eads  was 
born  in  Louisa  County,  Vir- 
ginia, April  6th,  1782.  He  mar- 
ried Mi.ss  Elizabeth  Collins  of 
Spottsylvania,  Virginia,  in  1811, 
and  of  this  union  there  were 
ten  children.  Brother  Eads' 
mother  was  a  piou.s  member  of 
the  church,  by  whom  his  mind 
was  early  impres.sed  with  the 
importance  of  a  relipious  life, 
who  stored  his  mind  with  the 
knowledge  of  our  holy  religion. 
He  was  happily  converted  to 
God  in  1814,  throuj?''!  the  instru- 
nentality  of  the  Methodist 
Church  and  lived  a  devoted  ad- 
'ocate  of  its  doctrines  and 
isages.  He  was  licensed  to 
ireach  in  1815,  in  Virginia,  and 
n  181G  moved  to  Harrison 
County,  Kentucky.  Just  the 
time  he  entered  the  itinerant 
connection  is  not  known.  His 
first  Circuit  was  Lexingtjn, 
Kentucky.  After  this  he  trav- 
eled a  number  of  Circuits  in 
Kentucky.  In  1889  he  moved  to 
Knox  County,  Missouri;  and  in 
1840  he  was  appointed  to  the 
Monticello  Circuit,  Missouri 
Conference;  1841,  Shelbyville 
Circuit,  two  years;  at  the  close 
of  this  year  he  located,  but  en- 
tered the  traveling  connection 
again  in  1850;  Huntsville  Cir- 
cuit, two  years;  1852,  Keytes- 
ville  Circuit,  two  years;  1854, 
Paris  Circuit;  l.^.").",,  i'lalle  City  Circuit;  1856,  granted  a  supernumerary  relation  and 
appointed  to  the  Hydesburg  Circuit,  with  Rev.  Louis  Baldwin;  1857,  Huntsville  Cir- 
cuit, with  Rev.  James  Penn;  1858,  owing  to  ill  health  he  did  not  take  an  appoint- 
ment; 1859,  Sturgeon,  Missouri;  1860,  Wellsville  Circuit;  1861,  Emerson  Circuit; 
1862,  the  Missouri  Conference  held  no  session;  1863,  he  was  granted  a  superannuated 
relation  in  which  he  continued  until  God  called  him  home,  January  7th,  1870,  age 
seventy-seven  years  and  nine  months.  Brother  Eads'  character  passed  at  each  session 
ol  the  Conference  showing  the  esteem  in  which  he  was  held  by  his  brethren  in  the 
mrViistry.  He  was  a  faithful,  zealous  preacher  for  more  than  fifty  years.  In  all 
this  time  he  never  disappointed  a  congregation,  was  an  industrious  and  energetic  man 
in  all  his  undertakings.  He  preached  his  last  sermon  in  November  before  his  death 
in  January.  It  was  marked  with  more  than  usual  force  and  pathos.  For  several 
years  he  was  a  great  sufferer,  but  he  evinced  much  resignation  to  the  will  of  God. 
During  his  last  illness  he  frequently  expressed  himself  as  anxious  to  depart  and  be 
with  Christ,  and  when  asked  if  he  was  willing  to  die,  he  said:  "Yea,  more;  I  am 
anxious  to  go  home."  When  a  song  was  being  sung  his  spirit  seemed  to  rise  above 
the  pain  of  body  and  sorrows  of  earth  into  a  deeper,  sweeter  communion  with  God. 
His  last  remark  was:  "Tell  my  brethren  that  God's  mercy  extends  even  to  mo,  and 
the  atonement  is  broad  enough  for  me  to  rest  upon  forever."  He  died  as  tranquil  as 
a  summer  evening's  setting  sun. 


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HON.   WILLIAM   MARTIN   EADS. 


His     knowledge,    irradiated     by     the     brightness  of     God  shines 
With   a   new  Celestial   clearness. — £>?-.  Bushnell. 


William  Martin  Eads,  son  of 
Rev.  Martin  L.  Eads,  of  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  Church, 
South,  was  born  in  Harrison- 
ville,  Kentucky,  May  10th,  1832. 
At  the  age  of  six  his  father  was 
transferred  to  the  Missouri  Con- 
ference and  Missouri  became  his 
home.  In  1849  he  entered  How- 
ard High  School,  Fayette,  Mis- 
souri, which  was  afterward 
merged  into  Central  College. 
Here  he  distinguished  himself 
by  arduous  work.  His  resolute 
will  and  marked  individuality 
even  so  early  characterizing 
him.  In  this  age  of  liberal  edu- 
cation it  is  difficult  to  under- 
stand how  one  at  that  period 
could  so  scan  the  horizon  and 
grasp  the  wonderful  possibilities 
of  a  College  education,  and  un- 
dertake it  dependent  upon  one's 
own  personal  exertion.  He 
worked  nights,  mornings  and 
Saturdays,  and  met  his  living- 
expenses.  His  tuition  he  paid 
after  marriage.  Near  the  close 
of  his  graduation  in  18.53, 
President  Davis  of  Central  Col- 
lege was  I'emoved  to  Lexington, 
Missouri,  and  Mr.  Eads  was 
chosen  to  fill  his  unexpired 
term.  He  commenced  life  by 
teaching  in  Brunswick,  and 
later  in  Carrollton,  which  place 
was  his  home,  with  only  slight 
intermission,    until    death.       All 

spare  moments  during  school  terms  were  devoted  to  reading  law.  He  commenced 
practice  with  Colonel  J.  B.  Hale.  Hale  &  Eads  became  the  most  successful  firm  in 
the  fifth  Judicial  district,  celebrated  in  criminal  practice  and  land  litigation.  He  was 
a  staunch  Democrat,  took  active  part  in  county,  state  and  national  politics,  and  was 
a  delegate  to  every  state  and  national  convention  for  many  years.  He  won  notoriety 
by  placing  many  of  his  friends  in  nomination.  He  was  well  versed  in  the  Scriptures 
and  the  Bible  was  one  of  his  text  books;  he  was  as  familiar  with  it  as  with  Blatk- 
stone.  For  years  he  was  teacher  of  a  large  Bible  class  in  Sunday  school.  He  joined 
the  church  in  1878,  and  was  recognized  throughout  the  Conference  as  one  of  the 
Church's  staunch  supporters.  He  was  appointed  delegate  to  the  Ecumenical  Confer- 
ence, which  met  in  London  in  1901.  He  was  a  strong  advocate  and  believer  in  higher 
education,  and  served  two  years  as  curator  of  the  State  University,  which  is  in- 
debted to  his  efforts  for  many  improvements.  During  his  late  years  an  almost  un- 
bounded love  characterized  his  work  for  the  church.  It  is  pleasant  to  recall  how,  as 
the  days  went  by,  his  restless,  nervous  disposition  softened  and  quieted  as  he  lived 
closer  to  his  God.  He  was  one  of  the  promoters  in  the  erection  of  the  beautiful 
Memorial  Church,  watching  from  day  to  day,  its  construction  and  completion.  He 
lived  to  worship  in  it  two  years  when  called  home,  August  29th,  1901.  Taking  a 
survey  of  his  life,  recalling  his  industry,  his  honesty,  his  unbounded  attachment  for 
home,  friends  and  country;  his  home,  no  matter  how  far  he  roamed,  its  light  still 
beamed  in  his  heart;  like  Hamlet,  one  can  say:  "He  was  a  man  take  him  for  all  in 
all;  I  shall  not  look  on  his  like  again." 


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CENTENNIAL    VOLUME    OF    MISSOURI    METHODISM. 


REV.  ROBERT  ARCHIBALD  AUSTIN. 


The  Faith  that  keeps  the  Unseen  in  view,  that  brings  God 
Within  the  range  of  vision;  the  Faith  which  lifts  the  Soul 
Into  the  rejrion  of  Celestial  liRht,  and  into  the  Brotherhood  of 
The  Immortals. — Bishop  Marvin. 


Rev.  Robert  Archibald  Austin, 
son  of  Peter  Austin  and  Sarah 
Austin,  was  born  in  Bedford 
County,  Virginia,  September  2d, 
1S3.5.  He  was  converted  at 
CarroUton,  Missouri,  during  a 
protracted  meeting  held  in  the 
Baptist  Church,  that  being  the 
only  church  in  town  then.  He 
joined  the  church  under  the 
ministry  of  Rev.  William  M. 
Leftwich,  D.  D.  He  was  li- 
censed to  preach  by  the  Quar- 
terly Conference  at  DeWitt, 
Missouri,  in  18.5.">;  recommended 
to  the  Missouri  Annual  Con- 
ference by  this  same  Quarterly 
Conference;  ordained  Deacon 
by  Bishop  Andrew  at  Glas- 
gow, Missouri,  in  1857;  or- 
dained Elder  at  St.  Joseph,  Mis- 
souri, in  18.")9,  by  Bishop  Paine. 
His  first  appointment  was  to 
the  Trenton  Mission  as  junior 
preacher  in  185.5;  the  mission 
consisted  of  twenty-eight  regular 
appointments  and  was  what  was 
called  a  four  weeks'  Circuit.  It 
embraced  all  of  Grundy  and 
Mercer  counties  and  part  of 
three  others,  without  a  church 
within  its  bounds.  He  considers 
that  year,  though  a  very  labor- 
ious one,  one  of  the  happiest  of 
his  life.  In  1857-1858  he  had 
the  Maryville  Circuit;  fall  of 
1858  stationed  at  Chillicothe; 
next  appointment  was  the 
Rocheport  Circuit,  the  first  year  after  his  marriage  to  Miss  Tillie  E.  Williams;  Stew- 
artsville,  next  appointment;  1862,  appointed  to  Keytesville  Circuit;  in  1865  moved 
to  the  far  West;  returned  to  Chillicothe,  Mis.souri,  June  8th,  1865;  soon  after  his  re- 
turn appointed  to  Weston  and  Platte  City  Station;  1867,  placed  in  charge  of  Weston 
Station;  1869  appointed  to  CarroUton  Circuit,  then  put  on  CarroUton  Station  where 
he  remained  three  years;  1873,  Norborne  Circuit;  1874,  Moberly  and  Huntsville  Sta- 
tion; 1876,  Hannibal,  Fifth  Street  Church;  1877  appointed  Presiding  Elder  of  Han- 
nibal District;  1879  appointed  Presiding  Elder  of  Chillicothe  District,  and  filled  out  the 
four  years  there  without  missing  an  appointment;  1883  Norborne  Circuit.  On 
January  8th,  1885,  he  met  with  a  very  serious  accident,  which  confined  him  to  the 
house  for  several  weeks.  By  the  time  Conference  convened  he  felt  that  he  would 
not  be  able  to  do  the  work  of  a  pastor  and  asked  to  be  given  a  location,  but  they  gave 
him  a  supernumerary  relation.  He  recovered  suflnciently  to  preach  at  a  few  points, 
and  in  protracted  meetings.  It  was  not  very  long  before  a  new  trouble  developed, 
called  a  Compound  Ganglion  of  the  wrist,  and  for  about  three  years  he  was  incapaci- 
tated from  any  business  or  work.  In  1890  he  met  with  another  accident  from  which 
he  never  entirely  recovered  by  having  his  horse  run  away  and  throwing  him  out  of 
the  buggy,  rendering  him  unconscious.  It  was  a  long  time  before  he  was  able  to 
leave  his  bed,  and  from  that  time  to  his  death,  though  a  great  sufferer  and  unable 
to  do  but  little,  few  men  were  as  happy  and  less  disposed  to  murmur  at  their  lot. 
The  names  of  his  children  are  as  follows:  Dr.  Charles  S.  Austin,  Harry  W.  Austin, 
Robert  Emmet  Austin,  Edward  S.  Austin,  Flavius  L.  Austin  and  Sarah  Francis 
Austin. 


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DR.  CHARLES  S.   AUSTIN,  A.   M.,   M.  D. 


When   faith   casts   every   trophy   down    at    our     great    captain's 
Feet. — Bickersteth. 


Charles  S.  Austin  was  born 
in  Carroll  County,  Missouri, 
November  10th,  1862.  His 
father,  Rev.  Robert  Archibald 
Austin,  was  born  in  Virginia,  of 
Scotch-Wales  descent,  and  come 
to  Missouri  with  his  mother, 
the  youngest  of  a  large  fam- 
ily of  children,  and  settled  in 
Carroll  county  in  the  fall  of 
1842.  His  mother,  Matilda  E. 
Austin,  while  Missouri-born, 
■was  of  Kentucky  pai-entage,  the 
daughter  of  Dr.  John  S.  Will- 
iams, the  first  physician  to  lo- 
cate in  Chillicothe,  Missouri. 
His  early  education  was  re- 
ceived in  the  private  and  public 
schools  of  CarroUton  and  Han- 
nibal, Missouri,  and  in  the  fall 
of  1878,  he  entered  the  Acad- 
emic Department  of  Central 
College,  at  Fayette,  Missouri, 
where  he  pursued  the  full 
course  until  completed,  receiving 
the  degrees  Bachelor  of  Arts, 
and  in  1900  the  degree  of  Mas- 
ter of  Arts.  He  was  an  active 
member  of  the  Aristotelian  Lit- 
erary Society  and  Y.  M.  C.  A., 
and  became  a  member  of  the 
church  during  a  series  of  meet- 
ings held  in  the  college  chapel 
in  1880.  Shortly  after  gradua- 
tion he  began  the  study  of 
medicine  by  first  learning  the 
practical  workings  of  a  phar- 
macist, and  graduating  in  medi- 
cine from  the  Missouri  Medical  College  of  St.  Louis,  Missouri,  in  the  spring  of  1887. 
Immediately  upon  his  return  home  he  formed  a  partnership  with  his  early  preceptor. 
Dr.  Peter  E.  Austin,  and  has  continued  in  active  work  until  the  present  time.  In 
1891  he  pursued  an  extended  course  of  post-graduate  work  in  New  York  City.  In 
his  early  practice  he  was  elected  several  terms  to  the  office  of  Coroner  of  Carroll 
County,  and  was  for  several  weeks  Acting  Sheriff  of  the  county  until  a  successor  was 
appointed.  He  has  filled  the  various  offices  in  the  county  medical  socii?ties  and  city 
and  county  Boards  of  Health,  and  was  Secretary  of  the  Board  of  United  States 
Pension  Examiners  during  the  last  Cleveland  administration.  For  several  years  he 
held  the  position  of  Surgeon  with  the  rank  of  Major  in  the  Fourth  Reg:iment  Infantry, 
National   Guard  of  Missouri. 

In  1891  he  was  married  to  Miss  Mattie  C.  Martin,  daughter  of  Mr.  R.  G.  Martin, 
of    CarroUton,  Missouri,  to  whom  one  son,  Harold,  has  been  horn. 

For  several  years  he  has  been  a  member  and  treasurer  of  the  Board  of  Curators 
of  Central  College  for  Women,  Lexington,  Missouri,  and  while  perhaps  not  an  ag- 
gressive worker  among  the  Alumni  of  Central  College,  he  has  usually  kept  well  in- 
formed of  progress  and  looks  with  keen  gratification  upon  the  gradual  and  healthy 
growth  and  development  of  his  Alma  Mater  and  bespeaks  a  growth  of  unprecedented 
magnitude  under  the  guidance  and  management  of    its  present  officers. 


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REV.  ROBERT   N.  T.  H0LLID.4Y. 


Soldiers  of    Christ,  well  done! 

Praise  be  thy  new  employ. — James  Montgomery. 


Rev.  Robert  N.  T.  Holliday  was  born  in  Paris,  Tennessee,  November  21st,  1832, 
His  father,  William  Holliday,  was  a  physician  and  a  local  preacher  in  the  Methodist 
Church.  Brother  Holliday  was  converted  when  about  sixteen  years  old  in  Tennessee, 
and  from  the  time  of  his  conversion  until  his  death  there  was  a  continual  upward 
tendency  in  his  religious  life  until  he  became  a  mature  man  in  Christ.  He  was 
licensed  to  preach  by  the  Waverly,  Illinois,  Quartei-ly  Conference  in  185.3,  and  was 
received  into  the  Annual  Conference  on  trial  in  18."j7,  at  Glasp:ow,  Missouri;  Rev. 
Andrew  Monroe,  Presiding  Elder,  and  Bishop  Andrew  presiding.  He  was  ordained 
Deacon  by  Bi.shop  Paine  in  September,  1859,  at  St.  Joseph,  Missouri;  ordained  Elder 
by  Bishop  Kavanaugh  at  Hannibal,  Missouri,  in  Aupust,  1865.  He  served  the  fol- 
lowing charges:  St.  Charles  Circuit,  Maysville,  Stewartsville,  St.  Joseph  Circuit, 
Weston  and  Platte  City,  Shelbyville,  Canton,  Hydesburg,  Millville,  Richmond, 
CarroUton,  Louisiana,  St.  Charles  and  O'Fallon.  He  was  married  to  Miss  Sofiah 
Frances  Deatherage,  April  25th,  1853,  and  their  children  are  Leston  K.  Holliday, 
Orlando  B.  Holliday,  John  H.  Holliday  and  Will  S.  Holliday.  Brother  Holliday  was 
a  preacher  of  ability  and  at  times  his  friends  said  of  him  that  he  rose  to  the  sublime 
heights  of  inspired  pulpit  utterance.  Memories  of  those  sermons  abide.  Brother 
Holliday  died  at  the  home  of  his  oldest  son  in  CarroUton,  Missouri,  August  26th,  1881. 


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REV.  WILLIAM   PERKINS. 


But  Oh,  what  shall  it  be  when  we  shall  bask  with  steady  win^ 
And  kindled  eye  in  the  overwhelming  splendors  of  the  full  tide  of 
Jehovah's  love,  unveiled  and  cloudless. — Dr.    William  E.  Mmisetj. 


Rev.  William  Perkins  was 
born  in  Goochland  County, 
Virginia,  August  2d,  1«00.  He 
was  married  in  1824  to  Martha 
Henry,  a  grand  daughter  of 
Patrick  Henry.  He  was  licen.-ed 
to  preach  in  1828  and  joined 
the  Missouri  Conference  in 
1853  and  served  Stations,  Cir- 
cuits and  Districts  until  super- 
annuated in  1870.  He  was 
graduated  from  Hampden  Sid- 
ney College,  Virginia.  Though 
fifty-three  years  old  before  he 
became  an  itinerant,  forty-three 
years  were  given  to  faithful 
work  for  the  Master,  the  far- 
reaching  results  of  which  etern- 
ity alone  can  reveal.  "Full 
many  a  gem  of  purest  lay 
serene,  the  dark,  unfathonicc 
caves  of  ocean  bear."  These 
lines  were  never  more  applic-iblu 
than  to  the  subject  of  this 
sketch.  He  was  loyal  to  the 
doctrines  and  polity  of  Southern 
Methodism,  clinging  unflinch- 
ingly to  the  "old  ship,"  amid 
the  raging  billows  of  the  Civil 
war.  He  was  eloquent  in  the 
pulpit,  soaring  at  times  to  the 
very  heights  of  the  Delectable 
Mountains.  He  lived  well  but 
preached  some  of  his  best  ser- 
mons while  nuite  on  t-he  verge 
of  Heaven,  as  he  lay  upon  his 
death-bed.  Alluding  to  the  oliss 
beyond  he  would  exclaim:  "Not 
only  Glory,  but  weight  of  Glory;  not  only  weight  of  Glory,  but  eternal  weight  of 
Glory!  My  way  is  clear!"  He  died  triumphantly  at  his  home  in  Linneus,  IMissouri, 
January  31st,  1871.  When  reared  by  such  a  father  how  could  his  children  and  grand- 
children fail  to  walk  in  his  steps. 

Dr.  P.  H.  Perkins,  son  of  Rev.  Williarn  Perkins,  was  born  in  Henry  County, 
Virginia,  January  22d,  1829.  He  was  converted  about  1843,  at  Old  Chariton  Baptist 
Church,  in  a  meeting  conducted  by  his  father,  the  Rev.  William  Perkins,  and  others. 
The  mourner's  bench  at  that  day  was  an  indispensable  auxiliary  to  a  revival  meeting 
and  for  several  days  he  had  been  kneeling  at  the  altar  when  a  light  seemed  to  break 
upon  his  way;  he  knew  his  sins  were  forgiven,  and  he  has  never  since  doubted  nor 
forgotten  the  impression  made  upon  him  at  that  time.  His  will  to  do  good  is  stronger 
than  ever  before.  He  was  married  the  first  time  to  Miss  Mary  J.  Guthrie,  March 
1st,  1847,  and  two  children  were  born  to  them,  Charles  E.  Perkins  and  Lulu  E. 
Perkins.  He  was  married  again  to  Miss  Martha  A.  Flood,  April  17th,  1866,  and 
four  children  were  born  of  this  marriage,  namely.  Fannie  F.  Perkins,  Mineola 
Perkins,  William  F.  Perkins  and  Henry  O.  Perkins.  Mrs.  Rosalie  Bradley  of  Linneus, 
Missouri,  and  Mr.  J.  D.  Perkins  of  California,  also  children  of  Rev.  William  Perkins, 
are  occupying  positions  of  honor  and  trust  in  the  church,  striving  for  the  best  in  life 
and  for  a  home  in  Heaven.  This  sketch  is  signed  by  Dr.  P.  H.  Perkins,  Mrs.  R.  S, 
Bradley,  Mrs.  M.  E.  Dryden  and  Dr.  L.  O.  Hume. 


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CENTENNIAL    VOLUME    OF    MISSOURI    METHODISM. 


REV.  CHARLES  THOMPSON  McANALLY,  M.D. 


Bright  o'er  thy   hills   dawns   the  day-star   of   Rladness. 


Charles  Thompson  McAnally, 
son  of  Dr.  D.  R.  McAnally  and 
Maria  Thompson  McAnally,  was 
born  in  Asheville,  North  Caro- 
lina, .April  7th,  1841.  He  grad- 
uated from  the  St.  Louis  Med- 
ical College  when  he  was 
twen*:y-one  years  of  age  and 
immediately  .started  South  to 
join  the  Confed'n-a'.e  army.  He 
served  as  surgeon  during  the 
War,  and  at  the  close  of  the 
siege  of  Vicksburg,  was  left  in 
charge  of  the  Confederate  hos- 
pital. While  there  he  met  Miss 
Elizabeth  Bowie,  whom  he  mar- 
ried, .August  11th,  1865.  Their 
union  was  a  singularly  happy 
one,  and  to  them  were  born  five 
children,  two  of  whom  died  in 
infancy,  and  another,  Julia, 
passed  away  just  as  she  was 
budding  into  beautiful  young 
womanhood.  The  two  surviving 
are  Charles  David  McAnally  of 
Clarence,  Missoui'i,  and  Mrs. 
Margaret  McAnally  Blackburn 
of  St.  Louis.  After  the  war  he 
successfully  engaged  in  the 
practice  of  his  profession,  but 
feeling  that  he  was  called  to 
follow  in  the  steps  of  his  father 
and  grandfathers  for  five  gen- 
erations, he  was  licensed  to 
preach  October  31st,  18G8,  by 
the  Quarterly  Conference  of 
Mount  Olivet  Church,  Yazoo 
District,  Mississippi.  He  was 
elected  local  Deacon  at  the  twenty-fifth  session  of  the  St.  Louis  Conference,  October 
16th,  1872,  and  ordained  by  Bishop  Marvin  at  the  Cai-ondalet  Church,  March  23d, 
1873.  On  September  4th,  1874,  he  entered  the  Illinois  Conference.  Two  years  later 
he  was  ordained  Elder  by  Bishop  Paine  at  Jacksonville.  In  Illinois  he  served  the 
following  charges:  Effingham,  Clay  City,  Rome,  Patoka,  El  Dara,  Tioga,  Ashley 
and  Rushville  District.  For  ten  years  he  was  Conference  secretary.  In  1888  he  was 
transferred  to  the  Missouri  Conference  and  was  assigned  successively  to  Hunnewell, 
La  Belle,  Clarence,  Callao,  Breckenridge  and  Jamesport.  His  was  a  large  faith;  to 
hTm  God  was  not  a  stern,  unrelenting  Judge,  enthroned  in  majesty  at  a  chilling  dis- 
tance from  sinning,  suffering  humanity,  but  rather  a  tender,  loving  father  to  whom 
he  could  always  turn  for  sympathy  and  guidance.  So  he  magnified  prayer  in  his 
life.  Many  a  time  when  things  seemed  hopelessly  tangled  he  met  the  difficult  situa- 
tion with  "Let  us  pray,"  and  as  he  pleaded  with  the  Father  for  guidance  and  direc- 
tion, for  Christian  charity,  for  brotherly  love,  for  peace — human  passions  subsided 
as  quietly  as  the  boisterous  waves  at  the  voice  of  the  Master  on  the  Sea  of  Gallilee. 
A  book  that  was  often  in  his  hands  was  "Touching  Incidents  and  Answers  to  Prayf  r." 
After  his  death  we  found  it  filled  with  book  marks  and  containing  many  clippings 
along  the  same  line  of  thought,  one  of  these  was: 

"I   know  not  by  what   methods  rare. 
But  this  I  know — God  answers  prayer; 
I  know  not  when  he  sends  the  word 
That  tells  us   fervent  prayer  is  heard, 
I  know  it  Cometh  soon  or  late. 
Therefore,  we  need  to  pray  and  wait. 
I    know    not    if   the   blessing    sought 
Will  come  in  just  the  guise  I  thought, 
I  leave  my  prayers  with   Him  alone. 
Whose  will    is   wiser   than    my   own." 


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REV.  D.  M.  PROCTOR. 


The  Resurrection   Morning  is   a   true   sun-rising;   the  inbursting 
Of   a    cloudless   day   on    all    the    righteous    dead. — Dr.    Bushnetl. 


Rev.  D.  M.  Proctor  was  born 
August  6th,  1830,  in  McNairy 
County,  Tennessee.  He  was  a 
son  of  John  C.  Proctor  and 
Mary  Proctor,  both  of  whom 
joined  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
Church.  South,  after  their  son 
had  united  with  that  church. 
He  was  convei'':ed  in  July,  1848, 
at  Ebenexer  Church,  Memphis, 
Conference,  under  the  ministry 
of  Rev.  Levi  Lee,  and  joined 
that  churrh  at  the  .same  t'me. 
A  saving  influence  came  with 
his  marriage  to  a  very  itligious 
wife  in  his  nineteenth  year.  His 
conversion  was  sudden  and  with- 
out a  doubt  in  regard  lo  the  par- 
don of  his  sins.  Brother  Proc- 
tor wrote,  "Many  times  have  I 
been  like  David,  'All  thy  waves 
and  thy  billows  arc  gone  over 
me,'  yet  under  the  most  trying 
circumstances,  through  which  I 
have  passed,  the  blessed  Master 
has  come  to  my  grief-stricken 
soul  and  said  'Be  not  afraid, 
it  is  I.' "  He  was  licensed  to 
preach  by  the  Quarterly  Confer- 
ence of  Mt.  Vernon  Circuit  in 
July,  1856;  Rev.  James  McGe- 
hee,  preacher  in  charge,  and 
Rev.  T.  T.  Ashby,  Presiding 
Elder;  the  same  Quarterly  Con- 
ference recommended  him  to  the 
Annual  Conference  in  18.58,  and 
he  was  received  into  the  Annual 
Conference      that      year;      Rev. 

Thomas  T.  Ashby,  Presiding  Elder,  and  Bishap  George  F.  Pierce,  presiding.  He 
was  ordained  Deacon  by  Bishop  H.  H.  Kavanaugh,  Octobar  14th,  1860;  was  ordained 
Elder  by  Bishop  Robert  Paine,  November  1.3th,  1864,  at  Aberdeen,  Mississippi.  He 
served  the  following  appointments:  Enon  Mission,  1858-1859;  Steeleville  Circuit, 
1859-1860 ;Stockton  Circuit,  1860-1861;  Springfield  Circuit,  1860-1861;  no  appointment 
from  1861  to  1863;  Coffe\wille,  1864-1865;  Richmond,  1865-1867;  Liberty,  1867-1869; 
Paris  Circuit,  1869-1871;  Honey  Grove  Circuit,  1871-1873;  Superannuated,  1873-1874; 
Sylvan  Circuit,  1874-1875;  Robinsonville  Circuit,  1875-1876;  Greenville  Circuit,  1876- 
1878;  Nevada,  Southwest  Missouri  Conference,  1878-1879;  Jefferson  Circuit,  North 
Texas  Conference,  1879-1880;  Agent  for  North  Texas  Female  College,  1880-1881; 
Henrietta  and  Wichita  Falls  Mission,  1882-1883;  Linneus,  1883-1884;  Carrollton,  1885- 
1887;  Osborn  Circuit,  1887-1889;  Platte  City  and  Weston  Circuit,  1889-1890;  and 
other  charges.  He  received  about  one  thousand  persons  into  the  church.  Dr.  Shot- 
well,  now  of  Gainesville,  Texas,  Rev.  James  H.  Shaw,  and  Rev.  Malcolm  Henry,  were 
among  the  men  who  were  converted  under  his  ministry.  About  seven  churches,  and 
one  parsonage  were  built,  and  several  parsonages  bought  and  repaired  under  his 
pastorates.  Brother  Proctor  was  twice  married,  the  first  time  to  Miss  Mary  C.  Fow- 
ler, to  whom  he  was  married  in  August,  1848;  and  the  second  time  to  Mrs.  Mary 
M.   Hudgins. 


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CENTENNIAL    VOLUME    OF    MISSOURI    METHODISM. 


REV.   LOVIC   PIERCE   LAW,   EVANGELIST. 


A  Christian  is  God's  knig'ht-errant  in  the  earth,  sworn  to  fealty 
To  society  and  to  the  common  weal  of  all  the  world. — Dr.  Wil- 
liam A.  Quayle. 


Lovic  Pierce  Law  was 
named  after  the  won- 
derful old  patriarch  of 
Methodism,  Lnvic 
I'ierce,  but  he  tried  for 
many  years  to  keep  out 
of  the  avocation  of  the 
worthy  man  for  whom 
he  was  named,  but  at 
last  submitted  to  the 
pentle  inlluences  of  the 
Holy  Spirit  and  the  lov- 
ing enti'eaties  of  a 
Godly  father  and  moth- 
er and  pave  himself  to 
the  Lord  and  ministry. 
He  was  born  in  Bos- 
que County,  Texas,  at 
the  little  town  of  Ire- 
dell, where  at  that  time 
his  father  was  an  itin- 
erant Circuit  Rider  in 
the  Methodist  Church, 
South.  He  moved  with 
his  parents  afterwards 
to  San  Saba,  Rockdale, 
Davilia,  Chappel  Hill, 
and  other  points  in 
Texas,  where  his  father 
was  pastor.  For  many 
years  after  attaining 
the  years  of  manhood, 
he  felt  the  call  to 
preach,  but  seeing  the 
hardships  ensuing  from 
a  consecrated  Christian 
life  of  a  preacher,  he 
ran  from  God,  and  for 
several  years  was  Dep- 
uty Mar.shal  and  United 
States  Jailer  in  the  In- 
dian Territory  and  had 
followed  almost  every 
calling  making  partial 
successes,  yet  at  all 
times  feeling  the  call 
to  preach,  but  refusing 
to  obey.  The  crowning 
event  seems  to  have  culminated  in  the  great  Galveston  storm,  when  on  that  eventful 
night  God  again  called  his  vows  to  remembrance  and  urged  that  they  be  paid.  He 
afterward  drifted  to  Cameron,  Texas,  and  became  manager  and  lessee  of  the  Cameron 
Opera  House  and  while  in  this  capacity  rented  the  opera  house  for  an  Evangelistic 
service,  conducted  by  the  Late  W.  P".  Fife,  Drummer  Evangelist,  and  under  his 
ministry  gave  his  heart  to  God  and  ever  since  has  been  a  faithful  Minister  of  the 
Gospel  of  Jesus  Christ.  Brother  Law  is  wonderfully  blessed  in  having  one  of  the 
best  wives  in  the  world,  who  ably  assists  him  in  his  Evangelistic  work  in  addition 
to  his  Gospel  Singer,  who  handles  the  great  Chorus  Choirs.  He  has  worked  a  great 
deal  in  Missouri  and  our  churches  have  felt  and  seen  a  great  uplift  and  Missouri 
Methodism  has  had  many  added  to  the  church  through  his  faithful  efforts. 
His  work  is  his  best   recommendation. 

Brother  Law  and  Brother  John  E.  Brown  for  years  have  been  connected  by  the 
strongest  friendship  ties  as  well  as  in  business  life,  and  are  today  much  like  Jones 
and  Stewart  in  their  devotion  to  each  other. 


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REV.    WILLlAxM   E.   TINNEY. 


Fly  on,  blessed  Gospel!  Make  men's  nature  love,  their  character 
Holiness,  and  thus  eternally  establish  the  law  divine. — Dr.  Wm. 
E.  Munsey. 


Rev.  William  E.  Tinney  is  the  son  of  Alfred  Tinney  and  Mai-y  Elizabeth  Tin- 
ney,  both  members  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  South.  He  was  born  April 
28th,  1871,  at  Memphis,  Scotland  County,  Missouri.  He  was  converted  in  November, 
1896,  at  Memphis,  Missouri,  under  the  ministry  of  Rev.  R.  F.  Campbell,  and  joined 
the  church  at  that  time.  He  had  a  bright  conversion,  and  this  conversion  changed 
the  whole  course  of  his  life.  He  has  made  good  progress  in  the  divine  life,  and  the 
way  gi-ows  brighter  all  the  while.  He  was  licensed  to  preach  April  22nd,  1898,  by 
the  Macon  District  Conference,  Rev.  John  Anderson,  D.  D.,  Presiding  Elder.  He  was 
recommended  to  the  Annual  Conference  for  admission  on  trial  by  the  same  District 
Conference  at  the  same  time  and  he  was  received  into  the  Annual  Confrenee  on  trial 
in  September,  1898;  Rev.  John  Anderson,  D.  D.,  Presiding  Elder,  and  Bishop  W.  A. 
Candler,  presiding.  He  was  ordained  Deacon  by  Bishop  W.  A.  Candler,  at  St.  Joseph, 
Missouri,  September  8th,  1901;  ordained  Elder  by  Bishop  Chas.  B.  Galloway,  Septem- 
ber 6th,  1903,  at  Mexico,  Missouri.  He  has  served  the  following  charges:  Brashear 
Circuit,  two  years;  Humphreys  Circuit,  two  years;  Bogard  Circuit,  three  years;  Lin- 
neus  Cii'cuit,  two  years.  About  two  hundred  and  fifty  persons  have  been  received  into 
the  church  under  his  ministry.  Baird's  Chapel,  in  Carroll  County,  has  been  built, 
the  church  remodeled  at  Purdin,  Missouri,  and  the  parsonage  remodeled  at  Humphreys, 
Missouri,  under  his  pastorates.  Brother  Tinney  received  his  education  in  the  public 
school  at  Memphis,  Missouri,  and  at  Centenary  College,  Palmyra,  Missouri.  Sep- 
tember 3rd,  1891,  he  was  married  to  Miss  Linnie  Darling,  and  their  children  are: 
Frank  Alfred  Tinney,  William  Craig  Tinney  and  Ruth  Tinney.  The  most  important 
crisis  in  his  life,  aside  from  his  conversion  and  his  call  to  preach,  was  the  call  to  the 
Evangelistic  field,  which  he  was  four  years  considering,  but  finally  yielded  to  it  in 
March,  1907.  Some  of  the  books  which  have  been  helpful  to  him.  aside  from  the 
Bible,  are  Gipsy  Smith's  Biography,  Wesley's  Sermons,  Homiletic  Review,  Matthew 
Henry's  Commentary.  Brother  Tinney  believes  the  higher  education  of  our  young 
people  should  be  given  over  to  the  church.  He  has  learned  how  to  hold  successful 
revivals  of  religion  and  to  bring  up  all  of  his  church  work. 


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REV.  TYSON   S.  DINES. 


Faith  walks  across  the  unstable  wave,  and  climbs  the  steeps  of 
Air. — Dr.  F.  B.  Meyer. 

Tyson  S.  Dines  was  born  in 
Dorchester  County,  Maryland, 
1811;  converted  at  Ennal's 
Campjrround  at  twenty-one  years 
of  ajre;  was  licensed  to  preach 
by  Dorchester  Circuit  Quarterly 
Conference,  1837;  was  employed 
on  Northampton  Circuit,  1838, 
by  Rev.  Levi  Scott,  Presiding 
Elder;  came  to  Missouri,  183!l, 
and  was  employed  on  the  Shel- 
byville  Circuit  as  junior  preach- 
er. He  entered  the  Missouri 
Conference  in  September,  with 
Rev.  W.  G.  Chapel  and  others, 
and  returned  to  Shelbyville  Cir- 
cuit. His  name  disappears  from 
the  roll  in  1849.  He  returned  to 
Virginia  and  married.  In  1845 
he  settled  permanently  in  Mis- 
souri and  from  that  time  was 
identified  with  the  work  and  his- 
tory of  the  church  here.  He  was 
sent  to  Waterloo  Circuit,  1845, 
and  to  Fayette,  1846.  In  1847, 
he  was  ordained  Elder  and  sent 
West  for  Mission  work  with 
Thos.  Johnson;  returned  to  Mis- 
souri ne.xt  year  and  served  Shel- 
byville Circuit;  superannuated, 
1849;  Quincv,  1850;  Louisiana, 
1851;  Hannibal,  1852;  traveled, 
1853;  Fayette  District,  1854; 
Agent  for  Conference  Tract  So- 
ciety, 1855;  superannuated,  1856 
to  1857;  Glasgow,  1858-1859;  St. 
Charles,  1860-1861;  in  St.  Louis 
County  during  the  troubled 
period  of  1862-1865,  yet  preach- 
ing at  Flint  Hill  and  other 
places  as  he  could.  Superannuated,  1866;  and  at  Richmond,  1867-1868;  Brunswick, 
1869-1870.  The  last  appointment  was  Shelbyville  Station,  1872.  Then  came  years 
of  suffering  until  his  death,  February  15th,  1881. 

Mr.  Dines  was  a  man  of  strong  convictions,  and  hence  preached  a  pointed  gospel. 
The  teachings  that  seemed  to  be  erroneous  found  no  place  of  rest  with  him.  Tradi- 
tion tells  of  discussions  and  debates  with  a  famous  preacher  of  another  order  and 
victory  according  to  the  admission  of  his  opponent.  Yet  love  predominated  even 
toward  those  of  other  faiths.  "He  was  not  afraid  to  think;  he  had  opinions  upon 
all  the  current  questions  of  his  time,  and  being  a  man  of  studious  habits,  and  of 
strong  convictions,  it  was  but  natural  that  he  should  be  tenacious  of  his  own  opin- 
ions. In  his  pulpit  ministrations  he  was  earnest,  guarded  and  safe.  He  relied  for 
results  upon  a  lucid  statement  of  the  truth,  rather  than  upon  rhetorical  devices. 
His  Christian  character  was  so  well  developed  and  so  well  known  as  to  need  no 
analysis  here;  all  will  remember  him  as  a  man  of  spotless  life  and  unfaltering  in- 
tegrity, the  material  of  which  martyrs  are  made.  He  combined  with  a  warm  and 
generous  nature  a  rich  experience  of  divine  things.''  In  his  last  sickness,  after  years 
of  suffereing,  he  said:  "I  would  like  to  be  permitted  to  preach  one  more  sermon 
on  faith;  I  think  I  understand  it  better  than  ever  before."  His  sufferings  were  the 
fire  to  refine  him,  and  he  wept  for  joy  in  the  midst  of  affliction.  With  other  strong 
men  of  his  day  he  towers  as  some  mighty  oak  of  the  forest.  His  name  is  blessed, 
for  he  helped  to  bring  in  the  present  day  of  success.  Mr.  Dines  was  a  member  of 
the  General  Conference  of  1858,  held  at  Nashville,  Tennessee,  and  was  elected  to- 
the  Conference  of  1862.     That  was  not  held  on  account  of  the  war. 


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MR.  JACOB   A.   MERCHANT. 


Virtue    alone    outbuilds    the    pyramids; 

Her    monuments    shall    last,    when    Egypt's    fall. — Young. 


Jacob  A.  Merchant  was  born 
March  13th,  1837,  near  what  is 
now  the  beautiful  little  "Bor- 
der City"  of  the  South— Bris- 
tol— located  on  the  border  line 
of  Tennessee  and  Virginia — on 
the  Virginia  side  of  the  line. 
His  parents  came  to  Missouri 
in  1847,  when  he  was  a  ten 
year  old  lad,  and  located  in 
Brunswick,  where  he  has  resi- 
ded ever  since.  He  was  educa- 
ted in  the  public  schools,  and, 
at  the  age  of  fourteen  years, 
entei'ed  one  of  the  largest  mer- 
cantile houses  of  that  place, 
which  at  that  time,  was  one  of 
the  largest  commercial  centers 
in  Missouri;  its  trade  reaching 
out  far  North,  beyond  the  Iowa 
line,  which  was  designated  as 
the  "Grand  River  Country." 
This  was  before  the  "iron  hcrse" 
ventured  Vest  of  the  Mississippi 
river.  Soon  thereafter,  he  was 
placed  in  charge  of  the  books 
and  office  of  Nova  &  Adaman- 
tine Johnson,  a  well  known  bus- 
iness house  of  that  day,  which 
did  an  immense  business  in  this 
belt  of  country,  then  tributary 
to  Brunswick.  Upon  the  reor- 
ganization of  this  old  firm,  he 
was  given  an  interest  in,  and 
made  junior  member  of  the  new 
firm  while  he  had  not  yet 
reached  the  age  of  twenty-one 
years.  In  January,  18-58,  he  be- 
came converted  and  joined  the  Methodist  Church  during  a  revival  conducted  by 
the  "Great  and  Gifted  Caples."  Upon  the  retiring  of  the  Johnson  firm,  he  embarked 
in  business,  on  his  own  account,  in  1860,  in  which  he  continued  until  187.5.  He  then 
entered  the  Banking  House  of  Plunkett  and  Merchant,  which  was  finally  merged 
into  the  Chariton  County  Exchange  Bank,  which  he  organized  in  1877,  and  was  elec- 
ted Cashier,  and  this  position  he  has  held  ever  since,  having  been  engaged  in  banking- 
for  over  thirty  years.  In  December,  1866,  he  was  married  to  Miss  Plunkett,  and 
this  union  has  been  blessed  with  three  daughters  and  one  son.  His  home  has  ever 
been  one  of  old  time  hospitality,  where  his  many  friends,  and  especially  the  minis- 
try, are  always  welcome.  In  this  home  he  has  one  of  the  best  rooms  set  apart  as 
a  "Memorial  Room,"  and  in  this  has  nicely  arranged  all  the  ancient  furniture  with 
which  his  parents  commenced  housekeeping,  away  back  in  1835,  and  which  he  has 
preserved  all  these  long  years,  together  with  quite  a  number  of  interesting  articles 
of  his  boyhood  days.  Mr.  Merchant  is  gifted  with  a  remarkable  memory,  and  is 
regarded,  among  his  friends,  as  a  "walking  encyclopedia"  on  the  current  events 
and  dates  of  the  past  half  century — seldom  ever  forgetting  a  name  or  face.  In  1894, 
he  was  chosen  one  of  the  members  of  the  Board  of  Missions  of  the  Missouri  Confer- 
ence of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  South,  and  he  has  been  Treasurer  ever 
since,  making  one  of  the  most  efficient  and  painstaking  Treasurers  the  church  has 
ever  had.  And  now,  though  nearing  the  three  score  and  ten  mile  post  in  life's  journey, 
he  is  as  vigorous,  active  and  attentive  to  business  as  most  men  of  many  years  his 
junior  in  age.  During  this  long  period  of  time,  he  has  not  been  absent  from  his 
post  of  duty  as  much   as  thirty  days  on  account  of  sickness. 


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MRS.   r.    P.    MUXSEY. 


The  Incarnate  Son   is  the  infinite  yearning  of  God  toward  Man. 

— Bishop    Marvin. 


Permelia  P.  Munsey  was  born 
on  Cripple  Creek,  Wythe  County, 
Virgrinia,  November  16th,  1.S12. 
She  was  the  daughter  of  Reuben 
and  Moliie  Hill.  Her  grand- 
father Hill  was  a  Baptist  preach- 
er in  Virginia  for  about  seventy- 
five  years.  Her  brother,  James 
Hill,  was  long  a  Methodist 
preacher.  He  was  called  by  the 
boys  "Old  Camp  Meeting,"  on 
account  of  the  melody  of  his 
song,  beauty  of  his  exhortation 
and  the  power  of  his  p.ayer. 
Her  mother  was  named  Wooi- 
'i  ridge.  Several  of  the  Wool- 
1 1  ridge  family  were  preachers — 
'■ne  belongs  to  the  Oklahoma 
<  nnference.  She  was  married  at 
iie  age  of  twenty  to  David  Mun- 
ly,  .son  of  Rev.  Zachariah  Mun- 
sey, who  was  a  local  preacher 
in  the  Holston  Conference.  He 
was  among  the  most  eccentric, 
brainful  and  successful  preach- 
ers of  his  day.  Her  husband  be- 
came a  preacher,  and  was  mur- 
dered by  parties  under  the  in- 
fluence of  whiskey  in  Georgia, 
in  1869.  Grandma  Munsey,  (as 
she  was  called  for  years),  came 
to  Missouri  in  1867  and  settled 
in  the  forks  of  Grand  River,  on 
the  Spring  Hill  Circuit,  Mis- 
souri Conference.  Her  first  pas- 
tor was  the  pious,  sainted  S.  W. 
Cope.  Her  first  Presiding  Elder 
the  big  hearted,  happy  Willis 
E.  Dockery.  From  girlhood  she  was  one  of  the  most  potent,  religious  factors  in  the 
church  wherever  she  held  membership.  How  many  preachers  who  were  fed  from  her 
table,  clothed  from  her  wheel  and  loom,  have  and  will  call  her  blessed.  She  prayed,  ex- 
ho.rted  and  shouted,  through  the  class  meetings  and  camp  meetings.  For  many  years 
she  was  a  member  of  Mt.  Olive  Class,  Spring  Hill  Circuit.  She  died  at  the  age  of 
eighty-three  and  is  buried  in  Mt.  Olive  Cemetery.  Her  children,  William  Elbert  Mun- 
sey, D.  D.,  who  sleeps  at  Jonesborough,  Tennessee;  Nancy  Jane  Tracy,  so  gifted  and 
devout,  who  rests  in  a  country  grave  yard  in  Virginia;  Permelia  D.  Wilson,  President 
of  the  Woman's  Home  Missionary  Society,  Colorado  Springs;  Mary  L.  Alnutt,  long 
a  devoted  member  of  the  church  at  Chillicothe,  Missouri,  now  of  Chattanooga,  Tenn- 
essee; Sarah  M.  Tracy,  many  years  President  of  the  Woman's  Home  Missionary 
Society  of  Neosho  Circuit,  Southwest  Missouri  Conference;  also  Rev.  J.  D.  Z.  Munsey, 
of  Oklahoma  Conference.  Permelia  P.  Munsey  has  been  the  Susanna  Wesley,  or 
Mother  of   Methodism   in  a   number  of  places. 


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REV.   JOHN    R.    DIVELBISS. 


And   they   shall   see   His   face. — St.  John. 


By  Rev.   Geo.  J.  Warren. 

Rev.  John  R.  Divelbiss  was 
born  near  Tinney's  Grove,  Ray 
County,  Missouri,  March  24th, 
1857.  He  was  converted  and 
joined  the  church  in  June,  1874, 
under  the  ministry  of  Revs.  J. 
L.  Meffert  and  H.  T.  Leeper. 
He  joined  the  Missouri  Confer- 
ence in  September,  1884,  and 
traveled  various  charges  in  this 
Conference  until  September, 
1892,  when  at  the  call  of  the 
church  for  volunteers,  he  was 
transferred  by  Bishop  Gallo- 
way to  the  Indian  Mission  Con- 
ference, and  stationed  at  EI 
Reno,  Oklahoma.  He  was  or- 
dained Deacon  by  Bishop  E.  R. 
Hendri.x  at  Me.xico,  Missouri,  in 
September,  1887,  and  Elder  by 
Bishop  Joseph  S.  Key,  at  Fay- 
ette, Missouri,  in  September, 
1889.  He  was  married  to  Miss 
Mary  C.  Adams,  of  Chariton 
County,  Missouri,  May  3rd, 
1892.  To  them  was  born  one 
child,  a  son,  who  with  the  wife 
are  left  to  the  care  of  the 
church  and  the  sjinpathy  of 
God.  His  pastorate  at  El  Reno 
was  successful,  though  short. 
Scarce  four  months  had  passed, 
when  he  was  stricken  with  dis- 
ease, which  resulted  in  his 
death  at  the  residence  of  Dr. 
Garnett,  near  Keytesville,  Mis- 
souri, July  6th,  189.3.  He  was 
buried  near  where  he  was  born, 
and  born  again,  to  await  the  resurrection  of  the  just.  Thus  passed  from  labor  to- 
rest  and  reward  a  faithful  Christian  minister.  He  died  as  he  had  lived,  trusting  in 
Christ,  his  present  Saviour.  Through  his  long  and  painful  illness  no  murmur  or  com- 
plaint escaped  his  lips;  he  bore  his  suffering  with  the  fortitude  of  a  Christian  soldier, 
trusting  implicity  his  Great  Captain;  ready  to  do  or  die  at  His  command.  I  knew 
our  departed  brother  longer  and  more  intimately  than  any  other  member  of  our  Con- 
ference, and  I  want  to  pay  this  loving  tribute  to  his  memory.  He  was  a  pure  minded, 
pure  hearted  Christian  man;  a  faithful,  diligent,  brave  and  humble  minister  of  the 
gospel;  a  true,  genial,  confiding,  faithful  friend.  He  leaves  to  his  now  bereaved  wife 
and  infant  son  the  heritage  of  a  good  name  and  the  memory  of  a  well  spent  life;  to 
his  brethren  an  example  of  fidelity  unto  death;  to  the  church  the  honor  of  being  the 
mother  of  so  pure  and  true  a  son.  God  bless  the  widow  in  her  sorrow  and  loneliness, 
and  care  for  the  orphan  in  its  helplessness,  fulfilling  His  promise.  Sister  Mary  C. 
Divelbiss  lives  to  care  for  her  son,  Warren  Anderson  Divelbiss.  and  it  is  to  be 
hoped  that  he  will  come  to  noble  manhood.  The  parents  of  Brother  Divelbliss  live  in 
Braj-mer,  Missouri,  and  a  brother.  Judge  Frank  P.  Divelbiss,  lives  in  Richmond,  Jlis- 
Bouri.     He  is  Judge  of   Probate  in   Ray   County. 


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REV.   HENRY  THOMAS  LEEPER. 


Love  at  its  divinest  consummation  is  self-sacrifice. — Bishop  Hay- 
good. 


Rev.  Henry  Thomas  Leoper 
was  born  July  3rd,  1836,  near 
Spring  Hill,  Missouri.  His  par- 
ents, John  L.  Leeper  and  Aman- 
da F.  Leeper,  were  Methodists 
all  their  lives.  He  was  convert- 
ed August  20th,  1845,  under  the 
ministry  of  Rev.  Horace  Brown, 
who  held  a  meeting  near  his 
home  at  Spring  Hill.  His  father 
and  mother  had  given  him  quite 
a  good  deal  of  instruction  on 
the  subject  of  religion.  He  had 
been  concerned  for  some  time 
about  his  soul's  salvation  and 
had  gone  up  to  the  altar  with 
a  very  heavy  heart,  but  sud- 
denly a  wonderful  light  broke 
in  upon  his  soul  and  he  was 
gloriously  converted.  His  growth 
has  been  increasing  continually 
since  that  time  and  he  feels  to- 
day the  fullness  of  His  love  in 
his  heart.  He  was  licensed  to 
preach  July  loth,  1868,  by  the 
Quarterly  Conference  of  Spring 
Hill  Circuit;  Rev.  W.  E.  Dock- 
ery.  Presiding  Elder,  and  Kev. 
S.  W.  Cope,  preacher  in  charge; 
the  Quarterly  Conference  of  the 
Chillicothe  District  recommend- 
ed him  to  the  Annual  Conference 
in  August,  1872;  he  was  received 
into  the  Annual  Conference  in 
1874;  Rev.  S.  W.  Cope,  Presid- 
ing Elder,  and  Bishop  J.  C. 
Keener,  presiding.  He  was  or-, 
dained  Deacon  by  Bishop  Wight- 
man,  September  14th,  1873,  at  CarroUton,  Missouri;  was  ordained  Elder  by  Bishop 
D.  S.  Doggett,  September  15th,  1878,  at  Macon  Missouri.  He  has  served  the  follow- 
ing appointments:  Pleasant  Park,  two  years;  Mandeville,  two  years;  Bedford,  two 
years;  Kingston,  two  years;  Mandeville,  one  year;  Maysville,  two  years;  Dearborn, 
two  years;  Lineville,  two  years;  Edinburgh,  two  years;  Jamesport,  one  year;  Breck- 
enridge,  one  year;  Pattonsburg,  one  year;  Jameson,  three  years;  Ashland,  two  years; 
Clifton  Hill,  three  years.  He  has  received  one  thousand  one  hundred  and  sixty-eight 
persons  into  the  church.  Quite  a  number  of  churches  and  parsonages  have  been  built 
under  his  pastorates.  Far  West,  Bethel,  a  church  on  the  Ashland  Circuit;  parsonages 
at  Mandeville,  Dearborn,  Jameson.  He  attended  several  private  schools,  one  at 
Chillicothe,  and  Central  College,  Fayette,  Missouri.  He  was  married  to  Miss  Cor- 
delia Leeper,  in  December,  1869,  and  their  children  are,  David  R.  Leeper,  Margaret 
H.  Knight,  James  E.  Leeper,  Ruby  L.  Cammock.  Baxter's  "Saints  Rest"  and  Pilgrim's 
Progress,  are  two  books  which  have  greatly  helped  him. 


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REV.    ERASMUS    MARION   CAPP. 


Ipse  autem  Dens  pacts  sanctificet  vos  totos. 

And  the  very  God  of  peace  sanctify  you  wholly. — St.  Paul. 


Rev.    Erasmus    Marion    Capp, 

son    of    Michael     P.    Capp    and 

Margaret    J.    Capp,    both    very 

staunch  believers  in  the  Meth- 
odist   Episcopal    Church,    South, 

was    born    in    Monroe    County, 

Missouri,     January     2nd,     1857. 

He    was    converted    in    1875,   at 

Cairo,    Missouri,    in    a    meeting 

held  by  Rev.  Thomas   De  Moss, 

and    joined    the    church    at    the 

close    of    that    meeting.      As    he 

sat    in    the    congregation    under 

deep    conviction,    examining    his 

past  life,  a  friend  came  to  him, 

and     putting    his     ai'm     around 

him,    asked    him    if    he    wasn't 

ready  to  give  himself  to  Jesus. 

He    gave    himself    to    God    that 

night,  and  thinks  he  was  called 

to   preach   in   1878,   but   did   not 

yield  until  1885,  when  he  burned 

all  the  bridges   behind  him  and 
ntered  the  service  of  the  Lord 

in   the   ministry.     The  past   five 

years  have  been  years  of  deeper 

hungering  for  soul  winning.    He 

was    licensed    to    preach    by   the 

Quarterly     Conference     of     the 

Cairo  Circuit  in  1885;  Rev.  John 

Payton,  preacher  in  charge,  and 

Rev.  J.  P.  Nolan,  D.  D.,  Presid- 
ing Elder.  He  was  recommend- 
ed to  the  Annual  Conference  for 

admission   on  trial  by   the  same 

Quarterly     Conference,     August 

1st,  1886,  and  was  received  into 

the  Annual  Conference,  September,  1886,  Rev.  J.  P.  Nolan,  Presiding  Elder,  and  Bishop 

H.   N.   McTyeire,   presiding.     He   was   ordained   Deacon   by   Bishop   E.    R.   Hendrix  at 

Gallatin,    Missouri,    September   9th,    1888,    and    ordained    Elder   by    Bishop    Joseph    S. 

Key  at   Fayette,   Missouri,   Septemmber  14th,  1890.     Appointments  filled   are:      Queen 

City  Circuit,  1886,  two  years;  Brashear  Circuit,  1888,  two  years;   Callao  Circuit,  1890, 

one  year;  Laplata  Circuit,  1891,  three  years;   Brashear  Circuit,  1894,  one  year;   Paris 

Circuit,   1895,  three  years;    Palmyra   Circuit,   1898,  two   years;    Fayette   Circuit,   1900, 

one  year;   Callao  Circuit,  1901;   closed  that  year  caused  by  the  death  of   Rev.   D.   M. 

Proctor;  Norborne  Circuit,  1902,  one  year;  DeWitt  Circuit,  1903,  one  year;  Chillicothe 

Circuit,  1904,  two  years;  and  his  present  charge.     He  has  received  about  five  hundi-ed 

persons   into   the   church   during   his   ministry,   and   has    improved   quite    a   number   of 

churches  and  parsonages.  He  attended  Central  College  ten  months.  He  was  married 
to  Miss  Euphema  C.  Huntsman,  April  3rd,  1879,  and  his  children  are  Inez  J.  Capp, 
Margaret  Ruth  Capp  and  Nona  May  Beery,  wife  of  Rev.  J.  K.  Beery.  The  books 
which  have  been  very  helpful  to  him  aside  from  the  Bible,  are  "Half  Hours  of  St. 
Paul,"  "Ralston's  Elements  of  Divinity,"  "Watson's  Institutes,"  "Life  of  McKendree," 

"Life  of  Dr.  J.  B.  McFerrin,"  "Marvin's  Life  and  Book  of  Sermons."  He  advocates  very 
strongly  the  Christian  College  as  furnishing  the  highest  type  of  Christian  education  for 

young  men  and  women. 


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REV.  ELMORE  CARLYLE. 


His  presence  in  the  soul  is  a  life-expandinjr  and  a  life-g:lorifying 
Presence. — Dr.  Juseph  Parker. 


Rev.  Elmore  Carlyle  was  born  in  Livingston  County,  Missouri,  November  2nd, 
1842.  He  was  baptized  and  received  into  the  church  by  the  Rev.  W.  T.  Ellintjton  in 
1858.  He  came  into  the  ministry  in  the  regular  way  by  being  licensed  to  exhort  in 
April  and  to  preach  the  following  August,  1862.  His  first  appointment  to  do  pastoral 
work  was  by  Rev.  W.  E.  Dockery,  Presiding  Elder  of  the  Chillicothe  District.  Brother 
Dockery  appointed  him  in  April,  1866,  to  the  Chillicothe  Circuit,  which  work  he  served 
to  the  best  of  his  ability  until  the  meeting  of  the  Annual  Conference.  His  next 
appointment  was  to  the  Milan  Circuit  in  Sullivan  County,  Missouri,  in  March,  1867, 
Rev.  W.  E.  Dockery,  Presiding  Elder.  It  was  while  serving  this  charge  that  he 
achieved  the  greatest  success  of  his  ministerial  life,  there  being  something  more  than 
three  hundred  conversions  and  additions  to  the  church  during  the  two  and  one  half 
years  he  spent  there.  He  was  received  on  trial  into  the  Missouri  Conference  at 
Macon  City  in  September,  1867,  and  ordained  Deacon  by  Bishop  Marvin.  Four  years 
later,  at  the  Conference  in  Palmyra,  he  was  ordained  Elder  by  Bishop  D.  S.  Dog- 
gett.  He  traveled  the  Milan  Circuit,  two  and  one  half  years;  the  LaGrange  Circuit, 
two  years;  Alexandria  Circuit,  two  years;  Memphis  Circuit,  two  years;  Edina  Circuit, 
two  years;  Linneus  Circuit,  three  years.  While  serving  the  Linneus  Circuit  the 
third  year  his  health  failed.  He  is  now  one  of  our  superannuated  preachers,  and  he 
suffers  the  divine  will,  as  he  once  did  that  will. 


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REV.  WARD  COOK  MAGGART. 


God   our   friend,   Christ   our   living   Redeemer,   our   sympathizing 
Brother. — Dr.   Frederick    U'.   Robertson. 


Rev.  Ward  Cook  Maggart  was 
born  in  West  Virginia  in  1839. 
His  father,  Samuel  Maggart, 
and  mother,  Nancy  Maggart, 
were  both  members  of  the  Meth- 
odist Episcopal  Church,  South. 
He  was  converted  when  a  boy 
under  the  ministry  of  Rev.  Wil- 
liam Shaw  and  joined  the  church 
at  that  time.  He  was  converted 
while  at  secret  prayer  in  the 
grove  and  has  never  had  a  doubt 
about  his  conversion  since  that 
time,  and  during  the  last  fifteen 
years  has  had  a  continuous 
growth  in  grace.  He  was  licensed 
to  preach  in  1868,  by  the  Quar- 
terly Conference  held  at  Elm- 
wood,  Sullivan  County,  ilis- 
souri;  Rev.  S.  S.  Hardin,  pastor, 
and  Rev.  S.  W.  Atterberry,  Pre- 
siding Elder.  He  was  recom- 
mended to  the  Annual  Confer- 
ence by  the  Quarterly  Confer- 
ence of  Black  Oak,  Caldwell 
County,  Missouri;  Rev.  R.  A. 
Austin,  Presiding  Elder,  and 
he  was  received  into  the  Annual 
Conference  at  Mobarly,  Missouri, 
in  1881;  Rev.  R.  A.  Austin, 
Presiding  Elder.  He  was  or- 
dained Deacon  by  Bishop  John 
C.  Keener  in  1874;  ordained  El- 
der bv  Bishop  David  S.  Doggett 
in  1878.  He  has  filled  the  fol- 
lowing appointments:  Tinney's 
Grove,  two  years;  Breckenridge, 
one  year;  Chillicothe  Circuit, 
two  years;  Triplett,  two  years;  DeWitt,  two  years;  Alexander  Chapel,  three  years; 
Kahoka  Circuit,  one  year;  Palmyra  Circuit,  two  years;  Maywood  Circuit,  one  year; 
Novelty,  one  year;  Center,  Ralls  County,  two  years;  Florida,  two  years;  New  Florence, 
two  years;  Mound  City,  one  year;  Eagleville,  one  year.  Quite  a  number  have  been 
converted  and  received  into  the  church  under  his  ministry.  Centenary  Church,  on  the 
Chillicothe  Circuit,  was  built  under  his  pastorate,  and  the  church  at  Mooi-esville  was 
finished  under  his  direction.  He  received  his  education  in  the  pubic  schools  of  his 
day.  He  was  married  to  Miss  Sarah  Garew  in  1858,  and  the  names  of  their  children 
are  as  follows:  Richard  W.  Maggart,  Nancy  E.  Maggart,  Amanda  C.  Maggart, 
Alexander  H.  Maggart,  Eliza  J.  Maggart,  Margaret  E.  Maggart,  Jessie  L.  Maggart, 
Ida  Lee  Maggart  and  Rev.  L.  C.  Maggart.  Two  boys,  Melvin  N.  Maggart  and  Alfred 
Maggart,  are  now  dead.  Brother  Maggart  considers  the  Christian  College  as  a  great 
aid  to  the  church.  Brother  Maggart  is  one  of  the  useful  men  of  the  Missouri  Con- 
ference. Now  that  the  latter  days  have  come,  may  the  God  and  Father  of  all  grace 
be  with  him. 


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CENTENNIAL    VOLUME    OF    MISSOURI    METHODISM. 


REV.  HENRY  NEIGHBOURS. 


Revocate  animos,   inaestumque   timorem   Mittite. — \'irgil. 
Resume  your  courage,  and  dismiss  your  fear. — Drijden. 


Rev.  Henry  Neighbours,  son 
of  John  Neighbours  and  Nancy 
Neighbours,  both  of  whom  are 
members  of  the  Methodist 
Church,  was  born  in  Green 
County,  Illinois,  November  16th 
1868.  He  was  very  clearly  and 
wonderfully  converted  when 
thii'teen  years  of  age  at  a  camp 
meetinK  held  about  twelve  miles 
South  of  Jacksonville,  Illinois, 
and  joined  the  church  at  Mt. 
Zion,  Methodist  Episcopal 
Church,  in  Morgran  County,  Ill- 
inois, during  the  ministry  of 
Rev.  S.  G.  Ferree.  While  kneel- 
ing in  prayer  in  his  father's 
tent,  during  a  special  prayer 
service  conducted  by  Brother  L. 
B.  Kent,  he  realized,  as  an  in- 
stant flash  of  light,  that  his  sins 
were  forgiven,  and  he  felt  as 
if  he  had  stepped  from  out  a 
dark  dungeon  into  the  clear, 
bright  light  of  the  noonday  sun; 
the  trees  seemed  crowned  with  a 
radiant  light  and  all  heaven  and 
nature  seemed  to  sing  together 
a  heavenly  anthem  of  praise  to 
the  Creator  of  all.  During  a  re- 
vival in  a  country  church  the 
following  winter,  conducted  by 
Rev.  S.  G.  Ferree,  while  work- 
ing for  the  salvation  of  souls 
and  praying  God  for  greater 
spiritual  power  in  the  work  of 
winning  souls,  the  spirit  of 
truth  opened  the  way  and  led 
him  to  under.stand  more  of  God's  fullness  and  love;  his  will  for  doing  good  was 
greatly  strengthened,  and  as  he  worked  for  Him,  learned  to  love  Him  more,  and 
loving  Him  more,  was  filled  with  a  greater  love  for  all  mankind.  He  was  licensed 
to  preach  in  the  spring  of  1901,  by  the  St.  Joseph  District  Conference  at  Rockport, 
Missouri;  Rev.  V.  O.  White,  of  Centenary  Chuch,  St.  Joseph,  Missouri,  wa>  preacher 
in  charge  at  that  time,  and  Rev.  W.  F.  McMurry,  D.  D.,  was  Presiding  Elder.  He 
was  recommended  to  the  Missouri  Annual  Conference  for  admission  on  trial  by  the 
Chillicothe  District  Conference,  held  at  DeWitt,  Missouri,  April  17th,  1902,  and  was 
received  into  the  Mis.souri  Annual  Conference  in  the  fall  of  1902,  at  Chillicothe, 
Missouri;  Rev.  M.  L.  Gray  was  Presiding  Elder  and  Bishop  A.  W.  Wilson  presided 
at  this  Annual  Conference.  He  was  ordained  Deacon  by  Bishop  E.  R.  Hendrix  at 
Columbia,  Missouri,  September,  1904.  He  served  at  Green  Castle  one  year  as  supply; 
from  there  he  went  to  Humphreys,  where  he  served  two  years,  and  from  there  to 
Hale,  Missouri,  where  he  served  two  years;  Mt.  Olive  Circuit.  Forty-eight  persons 
have  been  received  into  the  church  during  the  four  years  of  his  ministry;  his  edu- 
cation was  received  at  the  High  School  in  Illinois  and  the  Missouri  Wesleyan  College 
at  Cameron,  Missouri.  He  was  married  to  Miss  Mary  Noble,  December  18th,  189.5, 
and  has  one  child,  Ray  E.  Neighbours.  He  considers  the  most  important  crisis  in 
his  life  was  when  he  yielded  to  the  call  of  God  and  entered  His  service  in  the  min- 
istry. He  considers  the  Christian  College  as  of  very  great  importance  in  the  devel- 
opment of  men  of  character;  he  deems  the  moral  and  intellectual  atmosphere,  as  well 
as  the  religious  influences,  of  Christian  schools  very  essential  and  potent  factors 
for    good. 


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REV.   JOSEPH    N.    BOYD. 


This    life    is    a    study    that    shall    forever    unfold,    in    wondrous 
Beauty,   the   love    and   faithfulness    of   God. — Dr.   Bushiiell. 


Rev.     Joseph     N.     Boyd     was 

born    in    Clinton    County,    Mis- 
souri,   near     Plattsburg,   March 

11th,  1872.  He  is  a  son  of  Al- 
fred  R.   Boyd  and   Margaret  E. 

Boyd,  both  of  whom  were  mem- 
bers of  the  Methodist  Episcopal 

Church,  South.  He  was  con- 
verted   in    Richmond,    Missouri, 

under   the   ministry   of    Rev.   J. 

H.    Ledbetter,    and    joined    the 

church  in  March,  1889.     He  had 

been  under  conviction  for  many 

months  and  at  times  sought  the 

Lord    with    earnest    purpose    of 

heart.     It   was  a   difficult  thing 

for  him  to  reach  the  surrender, 

but  after  some  days  of  seeking, 

and  a  night  spent  in  prayer,  he 

made  the  surrender;   then   light 

came  and  the  peace  of  God  was 

his    soul's    possession.      He    has 

grown  in  the  knowledge  of  ihe 

truth   and  the  deeper  things   of 

God,    and    each    year   there    has 

been   a   stronger   purpose   to   do 

the    will    of    God    and    to    enter 

more  fully  into  the  spirit  of  the 
Master.  He  is  striving  to  pos- 
sess   each    day   that    love   which 

casteth  out  fear  and  makes  man 
more  like  his  Lord.  He  was 
licensed  to  preach  by  the 
Plattsburg  District  Conference 
in  March,  1896;  Rev.  W.  F. 
McMurry,    D.   D.,  was  preacher 

in  charge,  and  Dr.  E.  K.  Miller, 
Presiding  Elder;  was  recom- 
mended to  the  Annual  Conference  by  this  same  District  Conference  in  April,  1899. 
He  was  received  into  the  Annual  Conference  in  1899.  Rev.  C.  Grimes,  Presidmg  Elder, 
and  Bishop  John  C.  Granbery,  presiding.  He  was  ordained  Deacon  by  Bishop  Warren 
A.  Candler,  in  1901,  at  St.  Joseph,  Missouri;  was  ordained  Elder  at  Mexico,  Missouri, 
by  Bishop  Charles  B.  Galloway,  in  September.  1903.  He  has  served  the  foUowmg 
appointments:  Supply  on  Parkville  Circuit,  one  year;  Cameron,  one  year;  Kearney 
and  Holt,  one  year;  Polo  Circuit,  two  years;  Milan  Station,  three  years;  he  is  now 
serving  his  first  year  at  Norborne  Station.  He  has  received  into  the  church  four 
hundred  and  sixtv-six  persons.  The  parsonage  at  Milan  was  built  under  his  pastorate. 
He  attended  Richmond  High  School,  Central  College  and  Woodson  Institute.  He  was 
graduated  from  these  institutions  and  taught  one  year  in  Woodson  Institute.  He 
was  married  to  Miss  Lolla  J.  Woods,  January  2nd,  1901,  and  they  have  one  little  girl, 
Margaret  Elizabeth  Boyd.  He  considers  his  conversion  and  call  to  the  ministry  as 
possibly  the  most  important  crisis  in  his  life.  Some  of  the  books  which  have  helped 
him  mijst,  aside  from  the  Bible,  are  Shakespeare's  Works,  The  Revival  and  the  Pas- 
tor, the  Pastor  and  Modern  Missions,  Stevens  History  of  Methodism,  Menzie's  History 
of  Religions,  Plutarch's  Lives  of  Illustrious  Men,  Skilled  Labor  for  the  Master,  and 
some  of  the  books  on  the  social  question,  viz:  Jesus  Christ  and  the  Social  Question, 
and  The  Social  Message  of  the  Modern  Pulpit. 


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CENTENNIAL    VOLUME    OF    MISSOURI    METHODISM. 


MILAN   CHURCH. 


REV.  H.   L.   DAVENPORT,  PASTOR. 

Rev.  Ward  M.  Baker  was  the  builder  of  this  elepant  new  church  at  Milan,  Mis- 
souri. He  prayed  this  house  into  beinK-  Our  people  at  Milan  did  nobly.  Rev.  Dr. 
W.  F.  McMurry  dedicated  this  church. 


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287 


REV.  HARRY  L.  DAVENPORT. 


The    Kins'dom    of    God    is    collecting    its    energies    for    the    final 
Campaign  for  the  Conquest  of  the  world. — Bishop  Marvin. 


By  Prof.  C.  F.  Johns, 

Principal  High  School,  Milan,  Missouri. 


Harry  L.  Davenport  is  a  native  of  Illinois.  His  parents  were  Kentuckians.  He 
is  a  namesake  of  the  great  Virginia  general  of  Revolutionary  War  fame,  General 
Harry  Lee. 

Mr.  Davenport  attended  McKendree  College,  Lebanon,  Illinois,  and  was  a  pupil 
of  Professor  Perry,  instructor  in  elocution  at  the  Washington  University,  St.  Louis. 
When  only  a  youth,  Dr.  John  iMatthews  gave  Mr.  Davenport  a  course  of  instruction 
in  theology.  Evangelistic  work  lay  nearest  his  heart,  and  at  the  earliest  possible 
time  he  began  this  work.  It  is  estimated  that  more  than  7.000  persons  united  with 
the  various  churches  as  the  result  of  his  evanegilstic  labors.  He  has  preached  at  many 
of  the  camp  meetings,  and  in  most  of  the  large  cities  of  the  Central  West. 

Believing,  sooner  or  later,  the  city  slum  problem  will  piove  a  stubborn  question  to 
the  American  churches,  Mr.  Davenport  spent  two  years  superintending  a  Red  Cross 
Endeavor  work,  laboring  with  the  slums  in  Chicago,  St.  Louis  and  Milwaukee.  The 
moral,  social  and  economic  questions  of  the  slums  were  studied. 

Rev.  Mr.  Davenport  is  not  inexperienced  in  the  pastorate.  He  has  served  as 
pastor  a  number  of  years,  four  of  which  were  in  the  St.  Louis  District  of  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  Church.  He  is  now  a  member  of  the  Chillicothe  District  Confer- 
ence, from  which  body  he  was  recommended  to  the  Annual  Conference  for  admission. 
He  is  pastor  of  the  Milan  Station  Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  South,  to  which 
place  Bishop  Key  appointed  him  in   1906. 


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REV.  W.  J.  PARVIN. 


Pace  per  sanguinem  Cruets  ejus  facta,  per  cum, 
Reconciliare  omnia  sibi. 

Having  made  peace  through  the  blood  of  His  cross, 
By  Him  to  reconcile  all  things  unto  Himself. — St.  Paul. 


Rev.  W.  J.  Parvin,  son  of  Silas  Parvin  and  Melissie  (Thorpe)  Parvin,  was  born 
in  Cole  County,  Missouri,  near  Jefferson  City,  April  18th,  1864.  He  was  converted 
in  Clinton  County,  Missouri,  through  influences  set  in  motion  by  Rev.  L.  B.  Madison, 
who  was  pastor  of  the  Methodist  Church  at  Perrin,  Missouri,  and  was  converted  on 
November  9th,  1885,  while  on  the  way  to  his  brother's  home  at  sunrise  in  the  morning. 
He  saw  the  fruits  of  the  Christian  religion  in  the  lives  of  some  faithful  ones,  and 
although  skeptical  in  regard  to  many  things,  determined  to  thoroughly  investigate  its 
truthfulness.  After  eight  months  of  seeking,  during  which  time  he  read  the  New 
Testament  through  four  times,  he  was  happily  and  consciously  pardoned  of  sin  and 
regenerated  by  His  gi-ace.  His  spiritual  development  has  been  gradual,  and  his  asso- 
ciation with  men  in  the  Master's  work  has  greatly  helped  him.  His  faith  grows  more 
satisfactory  with  the  lapse  of  time,  and  his  heart  is  fixed  in  the  purpose  to  serve  God 
to  the  end.  He  was  licensed  to  preach,  December  20th,  1890,  by  the  Quarterly  Con- 
ference of  Osborn  Circuit,  at  Perrin,  Missouri;  Rev.  R.  W.  Howerton,  preacher  in 
charge,  and  Rev.  J.  M.  O'Bryen,  Presiding  Elder;  was  recommended  to  the  Annual 
Conference  for  admission  on  trial  by  the  Missouri  City  Quarterly  Conference  held  at 
Ingle  Chapel,  August  8th,  1891,  and  was  received  into  the  Missouri  Annual  Conference 
on  trial,  in  1891;  Rev.  John  M.  O'Bryen,  Presiding  Elder,  and  Bishop  Hargrove,  pre- 
siding; ordained  Deacon  by  Bishop  Haygood  at  Monroe  City,  September  17th,  1893; 
ordained  Elder  by  Bishop  Charles  B.  Galloway,  at  Hannibal,  Missouri,  September  6th, 
1896.  Appointments  filled:  Parkville  and  Moscow,  1891-1892;  Edgerton,  1892-1895; 
Millville,  1895-1897;  Auxvasse,  1897-1899;  St.  Joseph  Circuit,  1899-1900;  Fairfax, 
1900-1903;  Linneus,  1903-1905;  Brunswick,  1905,  which  is  the  present  pastorate. 
About  600  persons  have  been  received  into  the  Church  during  the  years  of  his  nnn- 
istry.  The  Church  at  Auxvasse  was  built  under  his  pastorate,  and  a  small  chapel  at 
Moscow.  He  obtained  his  education  at  the  common  schools.  He  was  married  to 
Miss  Lulu  Gray  Prather,  September  14th,  1892,  and  has  one  child,  Julian  Aldean  Parvin. 
The  hour  when  he  decided  to  seek  God  as  a  personal  Savior,  which  was  eight  months 
before  his  conversion,  and  the  time  when,  after  a  sti-uggle  of  five  years,  he  settled  the 
question  of  entering  the  ministry,  have  been  the  important  crises  in  his  life.  Some 
of  the  books  which  have  benefited  him  most  are  Watson's  Institutes,  Ralston's  Ele- 
ments of  Divinity,  Personal  Salvation,  by  Dean  Tillett;  Christian  Character,  by  Chap- 
man, and  the  Man  of  Galilee,  by  Haygood. 


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JUDGE  LLOYD  H.  HERRING 


Hei'e,  rather  than  on  monumental  stone, 

This  record  of  thy  worth  thy  Friend  inscribes. — Coleridge. 


Lloyd  H.  Herring  was  born  in  Chariton  County,  Missouri,  in  1848,  where  he  has 
lived  ever  since.  His  parents  were  pioneers  of  this  country,  having-  moved  there  from 
Maryland  in  an  early  day.  He  was  educated  at  the  private  schools  at  Brunswick  and 
at  Illinois  College,  Jacksonville,  Illinois.  He  united  with  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
Church,  South,  in  1886.  He  was  for  several  years  Treasurer  of  the  Church  Extension 
Fund,  and  at  present  is  Treasurer  of  the  Conference  Trust  Fund  of  the  Missouri 
Conference.  He  is  making  a  special  effort  to  build  up  this  fund,  and  has  now  about 
$28,000.00  bearing  interest,  and  something  like  that  amount  in  wills,  deeds  to  real 
estate,  and  notes  payable  at  death  of  parties.  Judge  Herring  was  at  one  time  a  judge 
of  the  Chariton  County  Court,  and  always  stood  well  in  the  esteem  of  his  fellow 
citizens.  He  has  served  as  President  of  Chariton  County  Exchange  Bank  for  many 
years,  and  enjoys  the  confidence  of  business  men.  Judge  Herring  has  a  most  estimable 
family.  A  few  summers  ago  he  and  his  wife  and  daughter.  Miss  Corrine,  made  a 
tour  of  Europe.    The  family  is  a  great  help  to  our  Church  at  Brunswick. 


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REV.   JAMES   A.   MITCHELL. 


Bless  the  Lord,  O  my  soul,  and  forget  not  all  his  benefits. — David. 


His  g^randparents,  Morris  and  Elizabeth  Jlitchell,  moved  from  East  Tennessee  in 
pioneer  days,  about  18.35.  They  were  Methodists,  true  and  tried.  His  grandfather 
was  a  local  preacher.  His  father  and  mother,  Jesse  and  Providence  Mitchell,  came  a 
little  later  and  settled  in  Polk  County,  near  Morrisville,  Missouri.  Morrisville  College 
has  been  supported  and  patronized  largely  by  the  younger  generations.  His  father  was 
a  Methodist  preacher  and  was  serving  Stockton  Circuit,  Cedar  County,  Missouri,  at 
the  time  of  his  death  in  1854.  He  is  the  youngest  of  fifteen  children,  and  was  born 
June  24th,  184-3.  He  was  baptized  in  infancy  and  converted  when  nine  years  old. 
He  worked  on  a  farm  in  summer  and  attended  school  during  winter.  In  his  eleventh 
year  his  father  died,  and  hence  education  was  limited.  Then  the  war  between  the 
states  broke  on  his  young  life.  He,  with  three  older  brothers,  numerous  relations,  and 
many  comrades,  cast  their  lot  with  what  proved  to  be  the  Lost  Cause.  Somehow,  down 
in  his  heart,  he  hopes  that  all  was  not  lost.  The  bright,  patriotic  lives  that  went  down 
on  both  sides  surely  were  not  sacrificed  for  naught;  some  where,  some  way,  some  day, 
we  shall  understand.  He  lost  a  limb  at  Corinth  in  1862,  and  he  passed  through  the 
Blackwater  and  Vicksburg  engagements  a  cripple.  He  returned  to  Missouri  in  Sep- 
tember, 1863.  and  entered  active  business  life.  Soon  the  Church  of  his  father  and 
mother  and  his  God  took  him  up,  and  he  was  a  layman  in  the  Church  until  1891.  His 
Presiding  Elder,  Rev.  E.  K.  Miller,  D.D.,  at  the  death  of  his  pastor.  Rev.  M.  R.  Jones, 
that  good  man,  put  him  in  charge  of  the  home  circuit,  Renick,  Missouri.  He  served 
until  the  Quarterly  meeting  without  license,  except  the  command  of  Dr.  Miller.  Then 
he  was  licensed,  recommended  and  admitted  on  trial,  and  made  pastor  of  Durham  and 
Maywood  Circuit,  three  years.  Since  then  he  served  Monroe  City  Circuit,  two  years; 
then  Humphreys  Circuit,  three  years;  Chillicothe  Circuit,  one  year;  Mt.  Olive  Circuit, 
tnree  years;  Norbome  Circuit,  two  years,  and  DeWitt  Circuit,  two  years.  The  Con- 
ference has  been  good  to  him,  he  says;  God  is,  and  always  has  been  good  to  him.  His 
loving  kindness  and  providence  has  been  lavishly  bestowed  upon  him,  he  writes.  He 
loves  the  Church  and  his  brother  man,  but  he  loves  his  Lord  and  His  work  best  of  all. 
He  has  witnessed  many  happy  conversions,  and  not  only  mini.stered  to,  but  has  been 
ministered  unto,  by  the  Church  of  God.  Brother  Mitchell  was  devoted  to  his  wife, 
who  departed  this  life  some  vears  ago.  His  children  are  Professor  Percy  Norwood 
Mitchell,  Miss  Edna  Mitchell  and  Miss  Willie  May  Mitchell. 


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REV.  JAMES   WILLIAM   RAMSEY. 


By  study  men  ascend  to  learning's  Temple;  by  industry  and 
Labor  men  rise  to  wealth;  but  it  is  by  prayer  that  men  ascend  to 
God. — Dr.   William  E.  Munsey. 


Rev.  James  William  Ramsey 
is  the  son  nf  Joseph  Ramsey  and 
Julia  Ann  Ramsey,  both  of 
whom  were  members  of  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  Church, 
South.  He  was  born  June  20th, 
1846,  in  Monroe  County,  West 
Virginia.  He  was  converted  in 
West  Virginia  at  a  church  called 
Chestnut  Grove,  in  January, 
1867,  under  the  ministry  of  Rev. 
George  Warner,  and  joined  the 
Church  at  that  time.  He  had 
always  loved  the  Church,  always 
read  God's  word,  always  been 
prayerful,  hence  his  conviction 
was  not  so  deep  as  some,  yet  he 
was  most  happily  and  soundly 
converted.  He  has  had  rather 
an  even  life,  religiously;  his 
growth  in  grace  has  been  very 
gradual,  and  he  is  still  learn- 
ing of  the  deep  things  of  God. 
He  was  licensed  to  preach  in 
August,  1868,  by  a  Quarterly 
Conference  of  the  West  Virginia 
Confei'ence;  Rev.  George  War- 
ner, preacher  in  charge,  and 
Rev.  W.  M.  Dountain,  Presiding 
Elder;  the  same  Quarterly  Con- 
ference recommended  hiin  to  the 
Annual  Conference  for  admis- 
sion on  trial.  He  was  received 
into  the  Annual  Conference  in 
1873;  Rev.  Steven  K.  Vaught, 
Presiding  Elder,  and  Bishop  E. 
M.  Marvin,  presiding.  He  was 
ordained   Deacon   by   Bishop   W. 

M.  Wightman.  September  10th,  1875,  at  Guyandott,  West  Virginia;  ordained  Elder  by 
Bishop  J.  C.  Keener,  September  22nd,  1877,  at  Parkersburg,  West  Virginia.  Brother 
Ramsey  has  served  the  following  appointments:  Wayne  Circuit,  two  years;  Hurricane 
Bridge  Circuit,  three  years;  Barboursville  Circuit,  two  years;  Guyandott  Station,  three 
years;  Salisbury  Circuit,  one  year;  Missouri  Conference.  Richmond  Station,  two  years; 
Clarksville  Circuit,  three  years;  Sturgeon  Circuit,  three  years;  Salisbury  Station,  four 
years;  Shelbina  Circuit,  two  years;  St.  Charles  Station,  two  years;  Fulton  Circuit, 
four  years;  Auxvasse  Circuit,  two  years;  his  present  charge  is'  Triplett  Circuit.  He 
thinks  that  not  less  than  one  thousand  and  twenty  persons  have  been  converted  and 
received  into  the  Church  under  his  ministry.  Under  his  pastorate,  one  church  in  West 
Virginia  and  one  in  Missouri,  was  built,  and  he  has  paid  off  many  debts  on  churches 
and  parsonages  also.  He  received  his  education  in  the  public  schools.  He  was  married 
to  Miss  Annie  E.  Brawley,  September  3rd,  1878,  and  thev  have  the  followng  named 
children:  W.  M.  Ramsey,  Stella  B.  Ramsey,  H.  B.  Ramsey  and  T.  D.  Ramsey.  Brother 
Ramsey  is  now  in  the  34th  year  as  a  traveling  preacher,"  and  has  never  missed  a  roll 
call;  he  has  taken  his  work  and  has  done  the  best  he  could. 


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REV.    NORMAN   FRANCIS   JOHNSON. 


The  food  of  hope  is  meditated  Action. — Worclsiforth. 


Rev.  Norman  Francis  Johnson,  son  of  F.  M.  Johnson  and  S.  E.  Johnson,  was  born 
November  28th,  1874,  in  Marion  County,  Missouri.  Both  parents  were  members  of  the 
Methodi.st  Episcopal  Church,  South.  He  was  converted  in  the  fall  of  1886  at  Hebron 
Church  on  the  Maywood  Circuit,  under  the  ministry  of  Rev.  J.  S.  Rooker,  and  joined 
the  Church  the  same  day.  There  was  no  special  demonstration  about  his  conversion; 
he  had  been  reared  by  God-fearing  parents,  and  it  was  the  most  natural  thing  for  him 
to  become  religious.  As  his  knowledge  of  God  and  man  increases,  so  his  desire  to  do 
moi'e  for  God  and  man  has  increased.  He  was  licensed  to  preach  by  the  Quarterly 
Conference  of  the  Maywood  Circuit  in  the  spring  of  1900;  Rev.  E.  K.  Miller  D.D., 
Presiding  Elder;  recommended  to  the  Annual  Conference  by  the  Hannibal  District  in 
the  spring  of  1902;  Rev.  E.  K.  Miller,  D.D.,  Presiding  Elder;  received  into  the  Annual 
Conference  on  trial  in  September,  1902;  Rev.  E.  K.  Miller,  D.D.,  Presiding  Elder,  and 
Bishop  A.  W.  Wilson,  presiding;  ordained  Deacon  by  Bishop  E.  R.  Hendrix,  September 
4th,  1904,  at  Columbia,  Missouri.  Appointments  filled:  Philadelphia  Circuit,  1902; 
Saverton  Circuit,  1903;  Humphrey's  Circuit,  1904-1906.  Sixty-eight  persons  have  been 
received  into  the  Church  during  his  ministry.  His  education  was  received  at  Centenary 
Academy,  Palmyra,  Missouri,  from  which  he  graduated,  and  at  the  Union  Business 
College  at  Quincy,  Illinois.  He  was  married  to  Miss  Carrie  Whaley,  December  19th, 
1898.  The  time  when  he  entered  the  ministry  has  been  possibly  the  most  important 
crisis  in  his  life.  Dr.  Tillett's  "Personal  Salvation"  has  been  one  of  the  books,  aside 
from  the  Bible,  that  has  proven  beneficial  in  his  Christian  life. 


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REV.  WILLIAM  OLIVER  GRAFTON  POTTER. 


A    true    Man    is   called    to    a    state    of   war;    go    into    the    battle 
Undismayed;  do  your  best  and  trust  God. — Bishop  Candler. 


Rev.  William  Oliver  Grafton  Potter  was  born  May  9th,  1877,  two  miles  East  of 
Turney,  in  Clinton  County,  Missouri.  He  is  a  son  of  William  H.  Potter  and  Mary 
Potter,  both  members  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  South.  He  was  converted 
New  Year's  eve  of  1896,  at  Turney,  Missouri,  under  the  ministry  of  Rev.  .7.  M.  Sitton, 
and  united  with  the  Church  at  the  place  he  was  converted,  at  the  age  of  Pighteen 
years.  He  was  truly  converted  to  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ,  as  the  fruits  of  his  life 
clearly  indicate.  Brother  Potter  has  made  substantial  growth  in  grace.  His  spirit 
jf  self-denial  is  known  to  his  people  and  his  life  is  filled  with  good  works.  He  was 
licensed  to  preach,  March  28th,  1901,  by  the  Plattsbuvg  District  Conference  held  at  Mis- 
souri City;  Rev.  T.  G.  Petree,  pastor,  and  Rev.  C.  Grimes,  Pi-esidin;;  Elder.  He  was 
i-ecommended  to  the  Annual  Conference  by  the  Chillicothe  District  Conference  held  at 
Brunswick,  Missouri,  April  9th,  1903;  and  was  received  into  the  Annual  Conference 
on  trial,  September  2nd,  190.3;  Rev.  M.  L.  Gray,  Presiding  Elder,  and  Bishop  Charles 
P.  Galloway,  presiding.  He  was  ordained  Deacon  by  Bishop  Eugene  R.  Hendrix, 
September  3rd,  1905,  at  Palmyra,  Missouri.  He  has  served  the  following  .-.ppoint- 
ments:  Green  Castle  Circuit,  as  supply  from  February  15th,  1903,  to  the  close  of 
that  Conference  year;  Braymer  Circuit.  1903-1904;  Mr.  Olive  Circuit,  1904-1906; 
Bogard  is  his  present  work.  About  one  hundred  persons  have  been  received  into  the 
Church  under  his  ministry.  The  Mt.  Olive  Church  was  built  under  his  pastorate  at  a 
cost  of  $3,500.00.  His  education  was  received  in  the  public  schools,  Woodson  Institute, 
at  Richmond,  Missouri,  and  Central  College.  He  was  married  to  Miss  Myrtle  .M.  liloore, 
November  18th,  1903,  and  they  have  one  boy,  W.  Stanley  Potter.  Brother  Potter  is  a 
friend  to  Christian  education,  and  is  heart  and  soul  in  the  mcvemen*  for  a  larger 
Central  College  at  Fayette,  Missouri. 


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MR.  AND  MRS.  TUNNELL. 

Brother  Tunnell  is  a  Bank  President,  and  after  their  church  in  the  country  near 
Osgood,  Missouri,  had  been  burned,  he  and  his  wife  and  neig'hbors  worshipped  in  a  school 
house.     They  are  seated  on  the  school  house  steps,  and  without  a  church  home. 


BAIRDSTOWN    CHURCH. 

This  is  an  old-fashioned  winter  Quarterly  meeting  at  Bairdstown,  Sullivan  County, 
Missouri.     The  people  have  come  in  sleds,  and  they  are  as  happy  as  kings. 


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295 


BROTHER   E.   GRANDISON    STONE. 


Chi'istian   piety  is   itself  a   kind   of  holy   development,   enlarging 
Every  way  the  soul's  dimensions. — Bishop  Atkins. 


By  Rev    Bowman  D.  Sipple. 

E.  Grandison  Stone  was  born 
near  Gooch's  Millis  Cooper 
County,  Missouri,  July  4th, 
1825,  and  died  in  Carroll  Coun- 
ty, Missouri,  March  26th,  1904. 
His  parents  were  poor  and  hard- 
ships were  common.  It  was  at 
a  Methodist  camp  meeting  that 
Mr.  Stone  was  converced  at  the 
age  of  fourteen.  At  the  same 
place  a  timid,  slender  girl  by 
the  name  of  Miss  Mary  A. 
Campbell  was  converted.  She 
became  his  wife  December  21st, 
1848.  With  his  young  wife  Mr. 
Stone  crossed  the  river  and  en- 
tered land  in  Carroll  County, 
where  for  more  than  fifty  years 
they  lived  and  wrought.  From 
the  beginning  there  was  a  pro- 
found conviction  with  each  that 
the  Church  of  Christ  was 
worthy  the  best  service  of  life. 
The  cabin  far  out  on  the  prairie 
soon  became  frequented  by  the 
minister,  a  church  was  built  by 
a  large  contribution  from  Mr. 
Stone,  and  dedicated  free  of 
debt  after  he  had  made  several 
additional  gifts.  Some  pastor 
directed  the  attention  of  Mr. 
Stone  to  Christian  education.  A 
reader  of  the  St.  Louis  Advo- 
cate, established  in  1852,  he  be- 
came conversant  with  the  move- 
ment for  the  establishment  of 
Central  College,  begun  about  the 
same  time.  How  much  he  gave 
to  this  work  no  one  knows.  It  is  a  fact  that  a  few  weeks  before  the  death  of  Bishop 
Marvin  he  was  secured  to  dedicate  Mary's  Chapel,  near  his  home,  and  named  for  his 
wife,  and  during  this  visit  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Stone  made  their  will,  giving  one-third  of  their 
property,  consisting  of  two  hundred  and  forty  acres  of  land,  to  Central  College.  From 
this  time  on  his  contributions  to  education  were  frequent,  and  ever  increasing.  Gifts 
were  made  to  Humphreys  and  Richmond  Academies,  Central  Female  College,  Howard- 
Payne  College  and  Central  College.  In  1901  he  decided  to  give  to  Central  College  on  the 
annuity  plan.  As  fast  as  his  money-  at  interest  was  paid  in  he  turned  it  over  to  the 
treasurer.  In  three  years  he  thus  disposed  of  about  eight  thousand  dollars.  His 
will  was  now  changed  to  cover  his  remaining  property,  all  of  which  except  one  thou- 
sand dollars  was  given  to  Central  College.  The  last  conference  Mr.  Stone  attended 
witnessed  a  collection  for  the  Soo  Chow  University.  Mr.  Stone  heard  the  call  and 
responded  with  deep  emotion  by  giving  five  hundred  dollars.  So  faithfully  had  he 
administered  on  his  own  estate  that  there  was  less  than  four  thousand  dollars  to  be 
disposed  of  by  will.  His  wife  died  several  years  before  his  own  departure.  He  after- 
wards married  Mrs.  Frances  Sproule,  December  2,  1903,  a  woman  in  full  sympathy 
with  his  noble  work,  and  who  gave  to  Howard  Payne  the  part  of  the  estate  allowed  her 
by  the  law  of  the  state,  to  enlarge  the  endowment  of  a  scholarship  he  had  helped  to 
establish. 


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MRS.   SARAH   A.  MILLS. 


Many  daughters  have  done  virtuously,  but  thou  excellest  them  all. 

— Sulo>noii. 


At  seven  o'clock  on  the  morning  of  June  26th,  1906,  there  passed  from  this  life 
to  the  home  beyond  a  noble  Christian  woman.  Mrs.  Sarah  A.  Mills  was  born  October 
28th,  1846,  in  Sullivan  County,  Missouri.  She  was  the  eldest  child  of  Emanuel  Clem. 
In  1868  she  was  married  to  James  R.  Mills,  and  about  three  years  later  moved  to 
Livingston  County.  In  1886,  two  years  after  the  death  of  her  husband,  she  moved 
to  Chillicothe,  where  she  lived  until  her  death.  Mrs.  Mills  united  with  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  Church,  South,  in  early  girlhood  under  the  ministry  of  Rev.  W.  E.  Doekery, 
and  was  always  a  devout  and  earnest  Christian.  She  had  been  connected  with  the  Elm 
Street  Methodist  Church  of  Chillicothe  for  nearly  twenty  years,  and  she  will  be 
missed  from  her  accustomed  place  in  both  the  church  service  and  the  Sunday  School, 
for  she  never  became  too  old  to  attend  Sunday  School  regularly.  We  miss  her,  but 
hope  to  meet  again.  Loved  by  all,  she  will  be  sadly  missed  by  her  friends  and  neigh- 
bors. She  had  striven  hard  to  educate  her  children  and  deserves  all  praise  for  her  noble 
efforts.  She  bore  her  last  sickness  with  the  Christian  fortitude  that  characterized  her 
whole  life.  She  is  survived  by  five  children,  three  girls  and  two  boys — Mrs.  Mary 
Mills  Triplett,  of  Milan,  Missouri,  who  was  with  her  Avhen  the  end  came;  Mr.  Claude 
B.  Mills  of  the  City  National  Bank  of  Muskogee,  Indian  Territory;  Mrs.  Bertha  G. 
Smith,  of  Chillicothe;  Mrs.  Agnes  M.  Troeger,  of  Livingston  County,  and  Mr.  Earl  E. 
Mills,  of  Chillicothe.  She  also  leaves  two  sisters  and  two  brothers,  who  live  in  different 
parts  of  the  country.  The  funeral  was  held  at  the  Elm  Street  Methodist  Church  by 
the  pastor.  Rev.  Thomas  W.  Alton,  and  interment  was  in  the  Jones  cemetery,  three 
miles  east  of  Chillicothe,  Missouri. 


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JOHN  WESLEY. 


THE  POWER  OF  A  GREAT  PERSONALITY. 

By  Bishop  E.  R.  Hendrix. 

Father  Phelan,  an  able  journalist,  once  wrote:  "Let  Rome  beware  of  any  man 
whose  name  is  John.  What  a  world  of  trouble  have  these  Johns  given  us  since  the  days 
of  John  Huss  and  John  Wickliffe  and  John  Knox  and  John  Calvin  and  especially  John 
Wesley!''  The  editor-priest  was  right.  Each  was  a  man  sent  from  God.  The  name 
that  waited  the  forerunner  of  Christ  when  he  was  bom  and  which  we  call  John  in 
our  English  speech  was  really  "Johanan,"  and  means  "Jehovah  is  gracious."  Next 
to  the  gift  of  Christ  himself  God's  greatest  gifts  to  men  have  been  men — some  prophets, 
some  apostles,  some  pastors  and  teachers. 

"They  are  indeed  our  pillar  fires. 

Seen  as  we  go; 
They  are  that  city's  shining  spires 
We  travel  to." 

They  illumine  both  earth  and  heaven.  They  can  worship  before  no  throne  save 
the  great  white  throne  itself.  Each  life  like  these  incarnates  for  us  somewhat  of  the 
life  of  God.  John  Wesley,  to  whom  All  Saints'  Day  was  a  favorite  day  in  the  calendar 
(when  he  always  preached  on  "The  Communion  of  Saints"),  was  wont  to  say:  "How 
superstitious  are  they  who  scruple  giving  God  solemn  thanks  for  the  lives  and  deaths 
of  bis  saints!"  For  the  life  and  death  of  John  Wesley  himself  the  whole  Christian 
world  is  giving  thanks  today.  Even  Rome  gives  thanks  that  he  is  dead,  not  thinking 
that  after  two  centuries  he  is  heard  and  revered  by  millions  where  he  once  had  the 
ear  of  thousands — "the  most  apostolic  man  since  the  apostolic  age,"  says  Philip 
Schaff. 

It  has  been  well  said  that  the  difference  between  great  men  and  others  is  that  there 
is  more  of  them.  "A  man  may  be  a  microcosm,  but  a  great  man  is  a  macrocosm,''  says 
Emerson.  Wesley,  like  Angelo,  was  a  "four-souled  man."  Michael  Angelo  was  at  once 
a  painter,  a  sculptor,  an  architect,  and  a  poet;  nor  did  he  ever  lift  his  hand  until  he 
had  steeped  his  inmost  soul  in  prayer.  Wesley  was  a  preacher,  preaching  not  less  than 
forty  thousand  sei'mons;  a  traveler  whose  itinerary  reached  two  hundred  and  twenty- 
five  thousand  miles  (nearly  ten  times  around  the  globe  and  almost  as  far  as  the  moon)  ; 
a  writer  whose  publications  of  all  sorts  reached  the  amazing  number  of  371;  and  an 
ecclesiastical  statesman  whose  power  of  organization  was  equal  to  that  of  the  great 
Richelieu,  whose  genius  for  statesmanship  had  been  the  wonder  of  his  times.  It  was 
no  ordinary  man  who  casts  a  shadow  two  hundred  years  long — a  shadow  which  grows 
broader  as  it  lengthens.  Cowper's  eulogy  has  long  since  become  the  world's  estimate: 
The  veteran  warrior  of  the  Christian  field 
Who  never  saw  the  sword  he  could  not  wield. 

John  Wesley  was  a  boi-n  leader  of  men,  with  that  mastery  of  himself  and  of  all 
his  powers  which  ever  marks  leaders  of  the  first  rank.  From  early  life  the  charm  of 
his  personality  won  him  friends  and  followers.  His  schoolmates  at  Charterhouse,  in 
London,  were  won  from  their  horseplay  by  his  stories;  and  the  Holy  Club,  at  Oxford, 
though  founded  by  Charles  Wesley,  recognized  John  Wesley  as  their  only  possible 
leader  on  his  return  as  a  fellow  and  tutor.  The  book  of  scholarly  notes  preserved  in 
the  Bodleian  showed  how  care'ul  was  his  preparation  for  the  Holy  Club  by  this  favorite 
tutor  who,  whether  as  a  Greek  scholar  or  as  a  dialectician,  was  easily  recognized  as  a 
master  woi-kman.  Only  his  great  work  as  the  foremost  preacher  of  his  day  has  eclipsed 
his  work  as  the  master  lineuist  and  loo-ician  of  his  college. 

Like  Milton,  Wesley  was  born  with  the  consciousness  of  some  great  mission;  and 
like  the  gi-eat  Puritan  noet,  he  soug-ht  to  make  h's  life  a  great  epic  to  nrepa^'e  himself 
for  the  great  epic  which  he  was  to  p'ive  to  the  world.  Seeking  advice  from  the  wisest 
counselors,  he  asked  for  well-considered  resnonses,  saving:  "Your  views  may  be  of 
consequence  not  only  to  all  this  province,  but  to  generations  of  Ch-istians  not  yet 
born." 


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MISSOURI  CONFERFNCE. 


THE    NEW    METHODIST    CHURCH    AT    SHELBINA. 
Rev.  W.  a.  Hanna,  Pastor. 


1 806    CENTENNIAL  APPOINTMENTS     1 906. 


MACON   DISTRICT. 


Presiding  Elder R.  H.  Cooper 

Macon  Sta R.  Mcllvoy 

Shelbina  Sta W.  A.  Hanna 

Supernumerary W.  M.  Wainright 

Memphis  Sta." V.  0.  White 

Kirksville  Sta C.  N.  Broadhurst 

Broolcfield  Sta W.  M.  Alexander 

Clarence  Ct J.  W.  Kimbrell 

Shelbina  Ct W.  O.  Medley 

Paris  Ct W.  M.  Pope 

Marceline  Sta J.  S.  Smith 

Bueklin  Ct H.  W.  Buckner 


Callao  Ct W.  T.  May 

Lakenan  Ct T.  B.  Farry 

Supernumerary J.  R.  Kincaid 

Edina  Ct C.  S.  Rennison 

La  Plata  Ct W.  Rutherford 

Brashear  Ct G.  T.  Ralston 

Macon  Ct J.  D.  F.  Houck 

Madison  Ct W.  S.  Rooker 

Cairo  Ct C.  A.  Bowles 

Downing  Ct To  be  supplied 

Queen  City  Ct To  be  supplied 


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REV.  RICE  HARRIS  COOPER. 


There  is  no  higher  function  which  a  human  soul  may  take  upon 
Itself  than  thi.? :     To  make  men  see  and  love  God. 

— Hamilton  Wright  Mabie. 


By  Rev.  T.  H.  B.  Anderson,  D.  D. 

He  is  the  son  of  Rev.  L.  W. 
and  Hester  A.  Vaughan  Cooper, 
bom  in  Nicholasville,  Ken- 
tucky, June  18,  1848.  With  his 
parents  he  emigrated  to  Mis- 
souri in  1854,  and  was  educated 
in  the  Gallatin  Seminary  and 
Central  College.  Dedicated  to 
God  in  infancy,  converted  at  the 
age  of  twelve;  two  years  later 
he  joined  the  Church,  and  in 
July,  1871,  was  licensed  to 
preach.  Being  the  only  son  it 
was  the  dearest  wish  of  his 
parents  that  he  might  be  a 
preacher  of  the  gospel.  For 
this  they  prayed.  He  joined  the 
Missouri  Conference  at  Mexico, 
September,  1872,  and  without 
interruption  has  given  six  years 
to  Circuits,  nine  to  Stations,  and 
twenty  to   Districts. 

On  Circuits  and  Stations  he 
was  careful  and  painstaking — 
what  we  call  a  good  pastor.  At 
the  same  time  an  excellent 
student,  a  habit  he  still 
possesses.  Schaff,  F.  W.  Rob- 
ertson and  John  Watson,  are 
among  his  favorite  authors. 
His  expression  of  faith  is  his 
own.  Cant,  set  phrases,  so  fre- 
quently heard,  are  not  in  his 
vocabulary.  He  is  orthodox 
and  his  spirit  conforms  to  his 
preaching.  He  had  revivals  in 
his  early  ministry,  and  after 
put  in  the  Eldership  did  the 
work  of  an  evangelist.  "Concerning  the  collections"  he  has  rare  talent.  Give  him 
time  and  things  come  to  pass.     His  District  work  stands  as  his  monument. 

He  is  a  vigorous,  thoughtful  and  entertaining  preacher,  delighting  his  auditors; 
he  sets  the  truth  logically  in  their  minds  and  they  go  away  to  ponder  it.  Socially  is 
most  companionable,  quaint,  sharp,  good  at  repartee,  but  leaves  no  string.  He  has 
a  word  of  anecdote,  and  is  fond  of  giving  them  to  his  friends.  Withal  he  is  a  sober, 
serious  man,  far  removed  from  levity  or  light  mindedness.  Life  to  him  is  not  a  garden 
of  roses,  but  conflict  with  foes  visible  and  invisible.  He  feels  keenly  the  responsibility 
of  his  position.  His  scholastic  attainments  are  above  niediocracy;  he  knows  the 
Bible,  Methodist  Theology,  English  literature,  Economics,  History,  and  the  best 
thought  of  the  modern  mind.  His  acquirements,  like  disciplined  soldiers,  go  and 
come  at  his  bidding. 

Measured  by  all  rules  he  is  one  of  the  strongest  men  of  the  Missouri  Conference, 
and  has  years  of  service  ahead.  He  is  now  Presiding  Elder  of  the  Macon  District, 
Curator  of  Central  College  for  Women,  President  of  the  Missouri  Conference  Tinist 
Fund,  and  President  of  the  Joint  Commission  of  Federation  of  North  Missouri.  He 
has  diplomatic  ability,  and  gets  as  a  rule  what  he  goes  after.  His  judgment  of  men 
and  measures  is  good.  Had  he  turned  his  attention  to  business  he  would  have  suc- 
ceeded admirably. 

Recently  his  wife  and  companion  went  away  to  Heaven.  The  loss  to  him  and 
family  was  great,  as  she  was  a  most  estimable  lady.  Brother  Cooper  has  borne  his 
affliction  with  heroic  fortitude,  reveres  her  memory,  and  looks  forward  hopefully  to 
sweet  reunion  over  there.  Mrs.  R.  H.  Cooper  had  a  host  of  friends  who  cherish  her 
memory. 


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REV.  C.  N.  BROADHURST. 


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REV.  CYRUS  N.  BROADHURST. 


Thou  has  not  withheld  from  God  the  gladness  and  the  service  of 
Thine  heart,  and  He  will  not  withhold  from  thee  the  music  and 
The  rapture  and  the  abundance  of  harvest. — Dr.  Joseph  Parker. 


By  Rev.  T.  H.  B.  Anderson,  D.D. 

Here  is  a  man  of  conviction — a  man  with  purpose  of  heart.  He  loves  his  state  and 
stands  for  the  best — the  Sabbath,  the  closed  saloon,  honest  polities,  "the  square  deal." 
He  does  not  believe  that  short  cuts  in  business  or  statecraft  win  on  the  long-  run. 
It  is  the  long  run  that  he  is  for.  Better  go  down  in  defeat  and  be  right  than  to  triumph 
and  be  with  evil  doers.  The  defeated  man,  who  is  right,  can  look  with  a  level  eye  into 
the  face  of  God,  angels  and  men. 

His  congregations  gain,  prayer  meetings  increase.  League  work  takes  on  new  life — 
in  a  word,  everything  lives  where  Broadhurst  labors.  He  has  life  in  himself,  and  ability 
to  inspirit  others.  Men  in.stinctively,  when  they  meet  him,  want  to  do  something;  they 
see  that  he  is  a  busy  man.  He  works  intelligently,  systematically,  religiously.  "Col- 
lections full,"  and  invariably  conversions  and  accessions  are  reported.  Our  subject  has 
fire;  the  breath  of  God  is  in  his  sermons.  He  reaches  conscience;  men  believe  and 
live. 

First — His  sermons  are  forceful,  and  often  elegantly  expressed.  He  reads  the 
best  books,  and  knows  the  history  of  his  own  Church,  as  well  as  that  of  others. 
The  writer  heard  him  once.  The  sermon  sparkled  with  both  wit  and  spiritual  power. 
His  fraternal  address  to  the  Missouri  Conference  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church 
was  read  with  delight  by  hundreds. 

Second — Altogether,  our  Brother  Broadhurst  is  a  clever  man.  He  is  beloved  by  his 
brethren;  if  he  has  an  enemy,  it  is  not  known.  He  is,  as  the  reader  can  see,  pastor  of 
the  church  at  Kirksville,  and  in  his  fourth  year.  Others  report  progress  under  his 
faithful  labors. 


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REV.  JACKSON   PARASADE   NOLAN,   A.M.,   D.D. 


Our  best  moral  wealth  is  chiefly  leg:acy — the  example  of  great  and 
Good  men. — Bishop  Hendrix. 


Rev.  Jackson  Parasade  Nolan  was  born  January  26th,  1830,  in  Morgan  County, 
Georgia.  He  was  converted  September  3rd,  1847,  and  joined  the  Church  at  Phila- 
delphia. His  conversion  was  particularly  bright  and  happy,  and  he  ha?  had  continual 
growth  along  the  line  of  deeper  prayer  and  the  study  of  God's  word.  He  was  licensed 
to  preach  by  the  Quarterly  Conference  of  Centenary  Church,  St.  Louis,  Missouri,  in 
July,  18.52.  He  was  recommended  to  the  Annual  Conference  for  admission  on  trial 
by  the  same  Quarterly  Conference  in  August,  1852,  and  was  received  into  the  Annual 
Conference  in  1852;  Rev.  Wesley  Browning,  Presiding  Elder,  and  Bishop  Andrew, 
presiding.  He  was  ordained  Deacon  by  Bishop  Kavanaugh  in  September,  1854;  was 
ordained  Elder  by  Bishop  Pierce  in  September,  1856.  He  filled  the  following  appoint- 
ments: St.  Louis,  Arrow  Rock,  St.  Charles  College,  Agent  for  American  Bible  Society, 
and  fi-om  1871  to  1888  Presiding  Elder  work.  He  attended  Emory  College  and  was 
given  the  degrees  of  A.M.  and  D.D.,  by  said  College.  He  spent  ten  years  of  his  life 
in  educational  work  of  the  Church,  and  was  connected  with  the  Shelbyville  High  School, 
St.  Charles  College,  Gallatin,  Bloomington  and  Macon  High  Schools.  He  was  married 
to  Miss  Elizabeth  Catick  at  St.  Louis,  Missouri,  in  1856,  and  they  had  four  children — 
Lucius  Paul  Nolan,  Mrs.  Georgia  Mary  Cadogan  (nee  Nolan),  Miss  Maud  Eugenia 
Nolan  and  Blanche  Elizabeth  Nolan. 


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REV.   WILLIAM  WARREN. 


When  he  came  to  the  Methodist  Itinerant  Ministry,  it  was  like 
Coming  home.— Dr.  D.  R.  McAnaUy. 

Rev.  William  Warren  was  born  in  Old  England,  February  28th,  1820.  His  par- 
ents, Thomas  Warren  and  Martha  Warren,  were  members  of  the  Wesleyan  Methodist 
w  "i"  ^f  .u'""!-  c°"y'"-ted   in   1835,   in    Salisbury,   Old   England,  in   a   'revival   in   the 

Wesleyan  Methodist  Church,  and  joined  that  Church  at  the  same  time.  His  conversion 
came  after  several  days  of  deep  penitence.  After  his  conversion  he  found  that  it  was 
his  duty  to  preach  and  to  do  all  the  g'ood  he  could  to  his  fellowmen.  He  was  licensed  to 
preach  by  the  Quarterly  Conference  of  the  Salisbury  Circuit,  Old  England  He  was 
recommended  to  the  Missouri  Annual  Conference  by  the  Quarterly  Conference  of  the 
Gallatin  Circuit,  m  1851;  he  was  received  into  the  Annual  Conference  that  year  at 
l>ayette,  Missouri;  Rev.  Benjamin  Ashby,  Presiding  Elder,  and  Bishop  Capers  "presid- 
ing. He  was  ordained  Deacon  by  Bishop  Andrew,  at  Palmyra,  Missouri  in  185-3  •  he 
was  ordained  Elder  by  Bishop  Early  at  Richmond,  Missouri,  in  1855.  He  served' the 
fol  owing    charg;es:      Gallatin     1851-1852;    Athens.    1852-1853;    Mavsville,    1853-1855; 

Yellow     Cl'""'-'      lo^t;  1Q-C.     r>l ; 1- —       lom  -inrti.      t-       ,         -,,         -a —  ^_I.        _  .  ' 

1860-1861; 

Linneus, 

Cedar  Ci 

Bucklin,    1877-1878;     Renick,    1878-1881;  'p'rankfinV  T88I-T882';  ^Roanoke'' 188'M884' 

Bedford    and    Tina,    1884-1885;    superannuated,    1885-188G;    Bloomington,    1886-1887- 

Westville,  1887-1888;   superannuated,  1888-1890.     Brother  Warren  was  twice  married' 

first  to  Miss  Mary  Young,  and  the  second  time  to  Miss  Maria  Butts    April  15th    1846' 

The  following  are  the  names  of  hi?  children:     William  R.  Warren,  George  J    Warren' 

Thomas  H.   Warren,  Joshua    B.   Warren,    Millisant  J.   Warren,   Benjamin    F    Warren' 

Sarah   M.   Warren,  Alfred   P.  Warren   and  Julia   M.   Warren.     Brother   Warren   went 

several  years  ago  to  his  reward  in  Heaven. 


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REV.   WALTER   TOOLE. 


The   God   of    hope   fills   us  with   all   joy   and   peace   in   believing'. 
That  we  may  abound  in  hope,  in  the  power  of  the  Holy  Spirit. 

— Bishop   Hendrix. 


Rev.  Walter  Toole  was  bom  in  Shelby  County,  Kentucky,  in  1820.  He  was  a 
son  of  Daniel  Toole  and  Elizabeth  Toole.  He  was  converted  in  1841,  in  Platte  County,. 
Missouri,  during  a  Cumberland  Presbyterian  Camp  Meeting.  He  had  been  previously 
awakened  at  a  Methodist  Camp  Meeting  in  the  same  county  and  joined  the  Church  at 
Weston,  under  the  ministry  of  Rev.  W.  G.  Caples.  He  had  always  had  a  strong 
desire  to  do  good  and  lead  souls  to  Christ,  which  he  always  regarded  as  an  evidence 
of  his  call  to  preach  the  Gospel.  He  was  licensed  to  preach  by  the  Quarterly  Con- 
fei-ence  of  the  Weston  Circuit;  Rev.  W.  W.  Redman,  Presiding  Elder.  The  same 
Quarterly  Conference  recommended  him  to  the  Annual  Conference,  into  which  he 
was  received  in  the  year  1814;  Rev.  W.  W.  Redman.  Presiding  Elder.  He  was 
ordained  Deacon  by  Bishop  Paine,  at  Hannibal,  Missouri;  ordained  Elder  by  Bishap 
.A.ndrew  at  Weston,  Missouri.  He  served  the  following  appointments:  Big  Creek, 
Richmond,  Bloomington,  Edina.  Alexander,  Hydesburg,  Keytesville,  Columbia,  Monti- 
cello,  Bloomington.  Richmond,  Bloomington  District.  Macon  Circuit.  Paris,  Clarence, 
New  Florence,  Salisbury,  Sturgeon,  Clarence.  Sue  City  Hunnewell,  Shelbyville,  I\Iadi- 
son.  New  Franklin,  Roanoke,  Clarence,  Bucklin,  Sue  City.  He  obtained  his  education 
at  the  public  schools  and  at  St.  Charles  Academv.  He  was  mar'-:ed  to  Miss  Virginia 
H.  E.  Lyell,  September  3rd,  18.-0,  and  the  following  named  children  were  bo'-n  to 
them:  Ann  Toole,  Marv  Toole.  Virginia  F.  Toole,  Oswald  Toole,  Edwin  Toole.  Julia 
E.  Toole,  Martha  E.  Toole,  Walter  Toole,  Lula  Toole.  Wesley  Toole  and  WilHani 
Marvin  Toole.  Brother  Toole  was  a  noble,  good  man.  He  died  in  Macon  City,  No- 
vember 7th,   1895 


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REV.  SAMUEL  KENDALL  FOWLER. 


Before  the  door  of  each  and  all  a  slumber  place  is  ready  set,  and 
The  graves  in  number  grow  from  day  to  day. — From  the 
Ancient  Arabic. 


By  Mrs.  John  Holland. 

Rev.  Samuel  Kendall  Fowler 
was  bom  in  Brown  County, 
Ohio,  February  9th,  1809.  His 
parents  were  Methodists  of  the 
old  type.  He  was  converted  in 
Cincinnati,  Ohio,  where  he  was 
engaged  in  the  dry  goods  busi- 
ness. His  convei'sion  was  bright 
and  clear  and  he  never  for  one 
moment  doubted  his  acceptance 
with  God  and  his  own  change  of 
heart  and  life.  His  growth  in 
grace  was  very  marked  and  de- 
cided. Sometimes  his  joy  was 
unrestrained,  and  he  would  give 
vent  to  his  feelings  by  a  glorious 
shout  of  victory — never  boister- 
ous, but  a  soft  clapping  of  the 
hands  and  an  expression,  "Glory 
to  God."  He  had  always  that 
sweet  peace  that  flowed  like  a 
river,  and  as  old  age  came  on  he 
was  more  mellow  and  sweet  spir- 
ited. He  was  licensed  to  preach 
in  1847.  He  moved  from  Ohio 
to  Iowa  in  18.50,  and  joined  the 
Conference  there.  He  joined  the 
Missouri  Conference  in  18.56,  and 
was  ordained  Deacon  by  Bishop 
Doggett,  and  Elder  by  Bishop 
Pierce.  He  served  the  following 
appointments:  Florida,  Lin- 
neus,  Lancaster,  Auburn,  Ash- 
ley, Edina,  Millville,  Warrenton, 
Memphis  and  Queen  City.  He 
was  a  great  revivalist  and  was 
wonderfully  successful  in  win- 
ning   souls.      He    was    a    sweet 

singer  and  often  touched  hearts  by  his  gospel  songs.  He  attended  school  at  Cincinnati, 
Ohio,  and  was  quite  a  successful  teacher  in  his  day.  He  was  married  to  Miss  Mary 
E.  Hart  in  June,  1850,  and  the  following  named  children  were  born  to  them:  Rachel 
Elinor  Fowler,  James  Jackson  Fowler,  Samuel  Kendall  Fowler,  Taylor  Greenfield 
Fowler,  David  Thorp  Fowler,  Sarah  Elizabeth  Fowler,  Evaline  Louellen  Fowler, 
Carrie  Sophia  Fowler,  Edwin  Warren  Fowler.  Harriett  Emma  Fowler,  Charles  Walter 
Fowler,  Ella  Etta  Fowler  and  Minnie  Belle  Fowler.  The  Lives  of  the  Wesleys, 
Fletcher,  Caples,  Marvin  and  others  are  books  that  greatly  helped  him.  He  was  a 
tall,  handsome  man,  very  happy-hearted,  and  numbered  his  friends  by  his  acquaintances. 
He  had  a  gracious,  cordial  manner  and  never  passed  any  one  he  knew  without  a  pleas- 
ant woi-d  and  a  wish  that  they  were  well.  In  his  family  he  was  a  real  model;  the 
kindest  and  most  helpful  husband,  and  the  best  of  fathers.  His  Bible,  the  St.  Louis 
Christian  Advocate  and  his  glasses  were  always  on  his  table,  and  every  spare  moment 
found  him  reading,  for  he  was  a  student  always.  His  was  a  most  beautifu!  life,  and 
his  death  was  triumphant  and  glorious. 


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REV.  WILLI.AM   McKENDREE  WAINRIGHT. 


Christianity   as   Christ   taught   is   the   truest   Philosophy   of   Life 
Ever  spoken. — Druvimond. 


William  McKendree  Wainright,  son  of  Rev.  Daniel  T.  Wainright  and  .\nianda  F. 
Wainright,  was  born  July  10th,  1850,  at  Monticello,  Missouri.  Both  parents  were 
members  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  South.  He  was  converted  in  1859,  at 
Monticello,  Missouri,  under  the  ministry  of  Rev.  M.  R.  Jones,  and  joined  the  Church 
that  year  at  the  same  place.  In  1869  he  made  a  full  consecration  of  himself  to  God  and 
began  a  preparation  for  the  work  of  the  ministry,  to  which  he  felt  he  had  been  called. 
He  was  licensed  to  preach  in  February,  1872,  at  Shelby^'ille,  Missouri,  Rev.  B.  H. 
Spencer  being  the  preacher  in  charge  and  Rev.  W.  W.  McMurry,  Presiding  Elder. 
He  was  recommended  to  the  Annual  Conference  for  admission  on  trial  by  the  Quarterly 
Conference  of  Monticello,  Missouri,  and  was  received  into  the  Annual  Conference  on 
trial  in  1872  at  Mexico,  Missouri;  Rev.  W.  W.  McMurry,  Presiding  Elder,  and  Bishop 
George  F.  Pierce,  presiding;  ordained  Deacon  in  September,  1874,  by  Bishop  J.  C.  Keener, 
at  St.  Joseph,  Mo.;  ordained  Elder  by  Bishop  H.  N.  McTyeire  in  September,  1876,  at 
Hannibal,  Missouri.  Appointments  filled  are:  Lineville,  Iowa,  1872-1873;  Trenton, 
Missouri,  1874;  Albany,  Missouri,  1875-1876;  Clarence,  Missouri,  1877-1879;  Super- 
numerary, 1880-1881;  Labelle,  Missouri,  1882;  :\Iillville,  Missouri,  1883-1884;  Osborne, 
Missouri,  1885;  Athens,  Texas,  1886-1887;  Carthago,  Missouri,  1891-1893;  Clinton, 
Missouri,  1895.  On  account  of  throat  trouble,  he  has  been  compelled  to  give  up  regular 
work  and  has  been  supernumerary  since  1896.  During  the  years  of  his  ministry  more 
than  twelve  hundred  persons  have  been  received  into  the  Church.  He  built  the  par- 
sonage at  Albany  and  Clarence,  Missouri,  and  one  at  Athens,  Texas.  He  obtained 
his  education  at  Monticello  Seminary,  Shelbyville  High  School  and  Central  College.  He 
was  married  to  Miss  Mary  J.  Tuiner,  September  3rd,  1874,  and  they  have  the  following 
named  children:  Mary  Lillian,  Mabel,  William  Dimmitt,  Daisy  (who  is  now  dead), 
Charles  Earl  and  Thomas  Leon.  Wesley's  Journals  and  Life,  Fletcher's  Works, 
Asbury's  Journal,  Taylor's  "Holy  Living,'"  and  Life  of  Finney,  have  been  some  of  the 
books  that  have  been  very  beneficial  to  him  in  his  Christian  life.  He  very  strongly 
endorses  the  Christian  College  as  a  means  of  training  the  higher  and  better  nature 
of  the  young  men  and  women  of  to-day. 


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REV.  JAMES  SAMUEL  SMITH. 


Nitor  in  advei'sum;  nee  me,  qui  caetera,  vincit 
Impetus;  et  rapido  contrarius  everhor  orbi. — Ovid. 

I   steer  against  their  motions,  nor   am   I 

Borne  back  by  all  the  current  of  the  sky. — Addison. 


Rev.  James  Samuel  Smith,  son 
of  Judge  J.  D.  Smith  and  Ruth 
A.  (McPherson)  Smith,  was 
born  in  Macon  County,  Missouri, 
May  4th,  1841.  Both"  of  his  par- 
ents were  members  of  the  Meth- 
odist Church,  South.  He  was 
converted  at  a  camp  meeting  not 
far  from  where  Macon  City, 
Missouri,  is  now  located,  in  18.55, 
under  the  ministry  of  Rev.  A. 
P.  Linn,  and  joined  the  Church 
then  and  there.  He,  together 
with  a  brother  and  sister,  who 
were  converted  at  the  same  time, 
went  into  the  church  together. 
His  conversion  was  so  very  clear 
and  satisfactory  that  it  made  a 
lasting  impression  on  his  mind. 
Today  his  faith  is  abiding,  and 
his  delight  in  the  Lord  is  his 
chief  joy.  He  was  licensed  to 
preach  by  the  Quarterly  Confer- 
ence of  Macon  Circuit  in  1860; 
Rev.  W.  E.  Dockery  was  the 
preacher  in  charge,  and  Rev. 
Walter  Toole,  Presiding  Elder. 
He  was  received  into  the  Annual 
Conference  on  trial  in  1861,  at 
Glasgow,  Missouri,  Rev.  William 
G.  Caples  presiding  in  the  ab- 
.sence  of  the  Bishop.  He  was 
sent  as  a  junior  preacher  with 
Rev.  Andrew  Monroe  to  Fayette 
Circuit.  During  that  year  he 
was  sent  to  Sturgeon,  Rev. 
George  Sexton  having  gone  into 
the  army.  He  was  elected  Dea- 
con at  Fulton,  Missouri,  in  1863,  Rev.  Andrew  Monroe  presiding,  but  was  not  ordained 
until  1866  by  Bishop  Doggett,  at  Richmond,  Missouri.  He  was  also  ordained  elder 
by  Bishop  Doggett  in  1866,  at  Richmond.  He  served  Fayette  Circuit  and  Sturgeon 
in  1861-1862,  Rocheport  Circuit,  Columbia  Station,  preached  two  years  in  Canada,  St. 
Charles  Station,  Louisiana  Station,  Glasgow  Circuit,  and  attended  Pritchett  Institute, 
Nebraska  City  Station.  In  the  fall  of  1870  he  was  made  Presiding  Elder  of  Nebraska 
District.  In  1871,  Paris;  Canton,  Monticello,  Memphis,  Monticello  Seminary,  Marvin 
College  in  Kansas,  Dallas  Female  College,  Presiding  Elder  of  Dallas  District,  Mexico, 
Weston  Circuit,  Lawson  and  Lathrop,  Liberty  Circuit,  Chillicothe,  Linneus  Circuit. 
Palmyra  Circuit,  Montgomery,  Atchison  and  Marceline.  The  schools  he  attended  were 
the  Bloomington  High  School,  under  Rev.  O.  R.  Bouton  of  New  York,  and  Pritchett 
Institute,  under  Dr.  Carr  Pritchett.  He  has  been  president  of  three  Church  Schools, 
a  member  of  the  bar,  and  was  Presiding  Elder  before  he  was  thirty  years  old.  He 
held  one  Quarterly  Conference  with  no  one  present  but  the  pastor",  and  one  where 
there  was  no  one  but  the  steward,  and  he  resigned  and  they  elected  his  successor. 
He  was  married  April  6th,  1871,  to  Susan  J.  Cain,  a  daughter  of  the  Rev.  W.  R.  Cain. 
His  children  are  Mabel,  Mary  Bettie  (now  dead),  George  A.  Smith,  Mrs.  Nancy 
Boulware  and  James  Bourland  Smith. 


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REV.   WILLIAM   THOMAS    READY. 


The  validity  of  human  testimony  lies  at  the  foundation  of  all  our 
Knowledge,  and  enters  into  the  substance  of  our  life. — Bishop 
\\'ilso)i. 


Rev.  William  Thomas  Ready,  son  of  William  H.  Ready  and  Catherine  H.  Ready, 
was  born  at  Carlisle,  Indiana,  October  13th,  1855.  He  was  converted  and  joined  the 
Methodist  Epi.scopal  Church,  South,  at  Lonjr  Creek,  Illinois,  when  twelve  years  of  age, 
under  the  ministry  of  Rev.  W.  D.  Weems.  He  was  reclaimed  in  the  winter  of  1877, 
under  the  ministry  of  Rev.  Reynolds,  at  LaPlace,  Illinois.  At  every  stage  of  his 
Christian  experience,  his  happiness  seemed  to  be  complete,  but  there  have  been  several 
marked  epochs  in  life  when  he  took  a  forward  leap  and  his  joy  and  knowledge  of  the  love 
of  God  have  been  greatly  increased.  He  was  licensed  to  preach  December  loth,  1879, 
by  the  Nebraska  City  Quarterly  Conference;  Rev.  Charles  A.  Shearman,  preacher  in 
charge,  and  Rev.  H.  D.  Hogan,  Presiding  Elder.  He  was  recommended  to  the  Annual 
Conference  for  admission  on  trial  by  the  Oskaloosa  Circuit,  Western  Conference,  in 
.August,  1880;  was  received  into  the  Western  Conference  in  August,  1880; 
Rev.  H.  D.  Hogan,  Presiding  Elder,  and  Bishop  Keener,  presiding;  ordained 
Deacon  by  Bishop  Granbery,  at  Wyandotte,  Kansas,  in  August,  1883;  ordained 
Elder  by  Bishop  Granbery  at  Wyandotte,  Kansas,  in  August,  1885.  He  has  sei-ved 
the  following  appointments:  Weste>Ti  Conference,  Oskaloosa  Circuit,  as  supply;  Rock 
Bluff  Circuit,  two  years;  Rulo  Circuit,  one  year;  Bronson  and  Center,  two  years; 
Spring  Hill,  one  year;  transferred  to  White  River  Conference,  and  served  Paragould 
Station,  one  year;  was  sent  to  Portia  on  account  of  health,  one  year;  1889,  transferred 
to  Missouri  Conference,  and  served  Prairieville,  three  years;  Auxvasse,  one  year; 
Edina,  two  years;  Warrenton,  one  year;  O'Fallen  and  Wentzville,  two  years;  Mound 
City,  one  year;  1899,  transferred  to  Oklahoma  Conference.  About  two  thousand  per- 
sons have  been  received  into  the  Church  under  his  ministry.  The  following  churches 
and  parsonages  have  been  built  under  his  pastorate:  One  at  Rulo,  Nebraska;  one  at 
Centre,  near  Fort  Scott,  Kansas;  now'  building  church  at  Tecumseh  Station.  Oklahoma 
Conference;  parsonage  at  Bronson,  Kansas.  He  received  his  education  at  Long  Creek 
High  School,  in  Macon  County.  Illinois,  and  St.  Mary's  College,  at  Nebraska  City; 
studied  Greek  and  Latin  privately  and  graduated  in  Chautauqua  Course.  He  was 
married  to  Miss  Lillie  D.  McCallum,  May  8th,  1884.  and  they  have  the  following  chil- 
dren: L.  Frances  Ready,  Panthea  A.  Ready,  Catherine  Ready,  Opal  Ready,  Velma 
Ready.  They  have  four  children  dead.  Some  of  the  books  which  have  proven  very 
helpful  to  him,  aside  from  the  Bible,  have  been  "Pilgrim's  Progress,"  "Baxter's  Saints' 
Rest,"  and  the  works  of  our  leading  evangelists. 


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REV.  WILLIAM   M.  WOOD. 


The  Christian  lives  to  Christ  alone. 

To  Christ  alone  he  dies. — Charles  Wesley. 


By  Rev.  Robert  McIlvoy. 
Rev.  William  M.  Wood,  son 
of  John  Wood  and  Jane  Wood, 
whose  maiden  name  was  Jane 
Parker.  They  were  both  Meth- 
odists. Rev.  William  M.  Wood 
was  born  in  Monroe  County, 
Virginia,  in  182-5.  He  was  con- 
verted and  joined  the  Church 
at  Milton,  Randolph  County, 
Missouri,  in  1848,  under  the 
ministry  of  Rev.  Jesse  Green. 
He  and  his  brother  Elisha  (now 
an  aged  resident  of  Clarence, 
Missouri,  April,  1907)  had 
agreed  together  several  months 
previous,  that  when  the  preacher 
should  come  and  hold  a  meeting, 
they  would  seek  salvation.  But 
their  sense  of  sin  was  not  deep 
until  they  knelt  at  the  altar, 
where  the  Lord  revealed  unto 
them  their  real  state.  William 
wanted  to  be  converted  and 
shout  all  over  the  house,  while 
Elisha  desired  that  he  might  re- 
ceive the  quiet  assurance  of  his 
pardon  and  make  no  noise  about 
it.  One  who  was  present  says: 
"When  William  was  converted, 
he  just  sat  still  and  rejoiced  in 
his  soul  without  any  noise,  but 
Elisha  shouted  all  around  the 
house  and  upset  the  stove." 
Thus  we  see  God's  way  and 
man's  way  are  not  always  the 
same.  His  call  to  preach  marked 
also  a  deepening  of  his  spiritual 
life.       This    was    about    twelve 

months  after  his  conversion.  He  was  teaching  school  in  Lewis  County,  and  when  the 
call  came  he  became  so  dazed  and  overwhelmed  that  for  the  time  he  lost  sight  of  his 
school  duties.  During  the  several  days  that  followed,  when  he  would  undertake  to 
read  the  Scriptures  before  his  school,  he  would  be  so  moved  that  he  would  have  to  cease 
reading  and  rejoice  in  the  Lord.  He  was  licensed  to  preach  and  recommended  to  the 
Annual  Conference  by  the  Quarterly  Conference  of  the  Monticello  Ciicuit,  Rev.  E.  il. 
Marvin,  pastor,  and  Rev.  Horace  Brown,  Presiding  Elder,  in  1849,  and  was  received 
at  the  following  session  of  the  Missouri  Conference;  Bishop  Capers,  presiding.  Brother 
Wood  was  married  in  1853  to  Miss  Mary  E.  Wright.  Sister  Wood  lives  at  Macon  and 
will  be  seventy-four  if  she  lives  till  August  27th,  1907.  She  is  a  bright,  active 
Christian  woman  and  will  be  missed  when  God  takes  her.  The  names  of  their  chil- 
di-en :  Marvin  Capers  Wood,  Mary  Belle,  ilartha  Josephine,  William  Wright  Wood, 
Larena  Susan  Wood,  Margaret  Elizabeth  Wood,  Cora  Amanda  Wood,  Stuart  Monroe 
Wood,  Rebecca  Eleanor  Wood.  Possibly  the  most  important  crisis  in  his  life  was 
when  he  fully  consecrated  his  life  to  the  woi'k  of  the  ministry.  He  died  while  Pre- 
siding Elder  of  the  Gallatin  District,  at  Oxford,  Worth  County,  Missouri,  February 
17th,  1878.  At  the  time  he  was  taken  sick  he  was  engaged  in  a  revival  effoi't.  Ex- 
posure brought  on  pneumonia,  from  which  he  died  after  twenty-two  days.  His  family 
lived  at  Bloomington,  Macon  County,  Missouri,  and  did  not  receive  word  of  his  sickness 
until  a  few  days  before  he  died.  His  wife  reached  Oxford  the  day  after  the  end  came. 
Thus  separated  from  those  he  loved,  this  servant  of  God  passed  to  his  reward.  But  it 
is  hoped  that  father,  mother,  sons  and  daughters  shall  some  day  be  reunited  in  the 
presence  of  Him  in  whose  sei'vice  Brother  Wood  proved  faithful  to  the  end. 


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REV.  COVERDALE  SMITH  RENNISON,  A.B. 


Operarius    qui    non    erubescat,    et    qui    recte    sermonem    veritatis 
Secet.— S?.  Paul. 

A  workman  that  needeth  not  to  be  ashamed,  rightly  dividing  the 
Word  of  Truth. 


Coverdale  Smith  Rennison, 
son  of  James  Rennison  and  .-^n- 
nie  W.  Rennison,  was  born  .lune 
3rd,  1870,  at  Threlkeld,  Cumber- 
land County,  Enjrland.  His 
father  was  a  local  preacher  in 
the  Wesleyan  Methodist  Church, 
and  also  a  Home  Missionai'y  in 
connection  with  an  undenomina- 
tional county's  mission.  His 
mother  was  al.so  a  Wesleyan 
Methodist.  He  was  converted  at 
a  decision  meeting:,  one  of  a 
series,  held  in  connection  with 
the  Sunday  School  every  month. 
Soon  afterwards,  in  March, 
1881,  he  was  admitted  on  trial 
into  the  Wesleyan  Methodist 
Chui'ch,  and  received  into  full 
membership  in  June,  1881,  dur- 
ing: the  ministry  of  Rev.  Thomas 
A.  Snced.  The  meetinjj  was  one 
at  which  the  usual  lessons  were 
dispensed  with,  and  addresses 
were  delivered  by  the  teachers 
and  others,  urfrin;;  present  de- 
cision for  Christ,  after  which 
opportunity  was  piven  for  seek- 
inp  salvation.  At  one  of  these 
meeting:s,  he  went  into  the  in- 
quiry room,  and  there  he  felt 
that  God  spoke  to  him  a  word 
of  peace.  He  has  now  a  deeper 
understanding:  of  the  things  of 
God,  and  a  more  intense  and 
helpful  consciousness  of  His 
presence,  than  he  did  when  con- 
verted, a  stronger  will  to  do 
good  and  a  more  perfect  love.  He  has  been  largely  helped  thereto  by  home  influences 
and  memories,  by  several  vists  to  the  Keswick  Convention,  by  being  under  Rev.  Thomas 
Champness  in  the  Joyful  News  Mission,  by  the  influences  of  Central  College,  and  by 
many  godly  people  in  the  various  charges  lie  has  served.  He  was  admitted  on  trial  as 
a  local  preacher  in  the  Dawnham  Market  Circuit,  Norfolk  County,  England,  at  the 
December  Quarterly  meeting,  1890,  and  became  a  fully  accredited  local  preacher  in 
the  same  Circuit  in  December,  18;)1;  Rev.  C.  Bingant,  Superintendent  Minister.  He 
supplied  the  Holcomb  Circuit,  Popular  Bluff  District,  in  Dunklin  County,  Missouri,  in 
1894-1895,  as  junior  preacher;  Rev.  O.  G.  Halliburton,  Presiding  Elder.  He  was  rec- 
ommended to  the  Annual  Conference  for  admission  on  trial  by  the  Poplar  Bluff  District 
Conference,  May  8th,  1895,  and  was  received  into  the  St.  Louis  Annual  Conference  in 
1895  Rev.  0.  G.  Halliburton,  Presiding  Elder,  and  Bishop  C.  B.  Galloway,  presiding; 
ordained  Deacon  by  Bishop  Warren  A.  Candler  at  DeSoto,  Missouri,  September  25th, 
1898;  ordained  Elder  by  Bishop  A.  W.  Wilson,  at  Chillicothe,  Missouri,  September  7th, 
1902.  Appointments  filled  are:  In  England,  as  Joyful  News  Evangelist,  1892-1894; 
from  October,  189.3,  to  July,  1894,  as  Circuit  Evangelist  in  Bradwell  Circuit,  County 
Derby;  in  United  States  as  supplv,  Kennett  Circuit,  a  part  of  the  Holcomb  Circuit, 
1894-1895;  Piedmont  Circuit,  1895-1896;  St.  James  Circuit,  1896-1898;  Student  at 
Central  College  in  1898;  transferred  to  Missouri  Conference  in  1899;  Callao  Circiut, 
1899-1900;  Higbee  Station,  1900-1901;  Higbee  and  Cooper's  Chapel,  1901-1902;  Salis- 
bury Station,  1902-1904;  Agency  Circuit,  1904-1906;  Edina  Circuit,  1906.  About  one 
hundred  and  thirty  persons  have  been  received  into  the  Church  under  his  ministry. 
The  church   at  Edina   was  built  during  his   pastorate  there. 


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REV.  WILLIAM   .^LA.RVL\  ALEXANDER,  A.B. 


Faith  puts   Christ   between    itself  and   circumstances;    so   that   it 
Cannot  see  them. — Dr.  F.  B.  Meyer. 


Rev.  William  Marvin  Alexander  is  the  son  of  Rev.  J.  T.  Alexander  and  Elizabeth 
A.  .Alexander;  they  both  belonged  to  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  South.  Rev. 
William  Marvin  Alexander  was  born  in  Trousdale  County,  Tennessee,  October  4th, 
1877.  He  was  converted  in  March,  1893,  at  Augusta,  Kansas,  under  the  ministry  of 
Rev.  C.  W.  Thorpe,  and  joined  the  Church  at  the  same  time  and  place.  He  had 
been  going  to  the  altar  for  more  than  a  year  before  he  was  converted,  but  when  con- 
version came,  he  was  fully  conscious  of  an  instant  change  of  heart.  For  a  number 
of  years  his  growth  in  grace  was  slow,  but  as  he  became  conscious  of  his  call  to  the 
ministry,  there  came  a  strong  desire  for  a  broader  knowledge  of  God.  The  act  itself 
of  entering  the  ministry  was  probably  the  greatest  crisis  in  his  life.  He  was  licensed 
to  preach  at  -Arkansas  City,  Kansas,  in  April,  1900,  at  the  meeting  of  the  Council 
Grove  District  Conference,  Western  .Annual  Conference;  Rev.  J.  E.  Owen,  pastor, 
and  Rev.  T.  C.  Downs,  Presiding  Elder.  He  was  recommended  to  the  Missouri  Con- 
ference from  the  Macon  District  Conference  held  at  Bucklin,  Missouri,  in  1903,  and 
he  was  received  into  the  Annual  Conference  at  Mexico,  Missouri,  in  1903;  Rev.  O.  B. 
Holliday,  Presiding  Elder,  and  Bishop  Chas.  B.  Galloway,  presiding;  ordained  Deacon 
by  Bishop  E.  R.  Hendrix,  at  Palmyra,  Missouri,  in  1905. 


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RKV.  HKXRV  WARREN  BUCKNER. 


Christianity    is    love    melted    into    Compassion. — Bishop    ^fal■vi)l. 


By  Rev.  A.  B.  Culbertson,  A.M. 

Henry  Warren  Buckner  is  a 
native  of  Kentucky,  born  in  Un- 
ion County,  March  3rd,  1862. 
His  parents,  Presley  Avery,  and 
Henrietta  Francis  Buckner,  were 
both  membei-s  of  the  .Methodist 
Episcopal  Church,  South.  .\t 
the  early  aRe  of  ten  years  he 
knelt  at  the  Church  altar  and 
there,  in  answer  to  prayer,  re- 
ceived clear  evidence  cf  sins  for- 
piven.  His  connection  with  the 
Church  began  at  once  and  at 
this  time  came  a  distinct  call  to 
the  ministry.  The  call  was  not 
heeded  for  some  time,  and  not 
till  after  great  leanness  was 
?ent  to  his  soul. 

In  the  year  1889.  by  a  series 
of  sermons  on  the  subject  cf 
"Full  Con.sccration,''  he  was  led 
to  commit  his  entire  being  to  the 
will  of  his  Master  and  ever  since 
he  has  been  drinking  deeper  at 
the  fountain  of  God's  wisdom 
and  grace.  He  received  his  li- 
cen.se  to  pi'each  from  the  Quar- 
terly Conference  of  Salem 
charge  in  the  Louisville  Confer- 
ence .\ugust  29th,  1891.  At  this 
time  there  was  an  urg-'nt  call 
'■;om  the  Illinois  Conference  for 
men.  By  the  advice  of  some  of 
his  friends  ha  was  led  to  accept 
work  in  that  Confei'ence  as  a 
supply  on  the  Schuyler  Circuit, 
Rev.  O.  T.  Rogers  preacner  in 
charge,  and  he  junior  i>reacher. 
By  this  Quarterly  Conference  he  was  recommended  to  the  Illinois  Conference  for  ad- 
mission on  trial  in  the  year  1892.  Two  years  afterwards  Bishop  E.  R.  Hendrix  or- 
dained him  Deacon  and  lie  was  ordained  Elder  by  Bishop  John  C.  Granbery,  September 
11th,  1898.  His  educational  training  was  received  from  a  private  school  in  Kentucky 
and  normal  schools  in  Illinois.  While  he  has  preached  ever  since  receiving  his  license, 
his  work  as  a  regular  pastor  has  been  broken  into.  At  times  he  has  been  engaged  in 
teaching  and  in  the  employ  of  the  American  Bible  Society.  From  the  year  1896  his 
work  has  been  wholly  that  of  an  itinerant  Methodist  preacher.  God  has  greatly 
blessed  his  efforts.  Aljout  two  hundred  persons  have  been  received  into  the  church. 
In  the  year  1903,  Bishop  Hendrix  transferred  him  to  the  St.  Louis  Conference 
and  from  there  he  was  ti'ansferred  by  Bishop  Galloway  to  the  Missouri  Conference  and 
appointed  to  the  Prairie  Hill  Circuit.  In  1906  he  was  stationed  at  Bucklin.  .Aliss 
Bertha  Wagner  became  his  wife  on  the  second  of  September,  1896.  They  have  three 
children,  Everett  Cromwell,  Gladys  Henrictt,  and  William  Averv.  "Bunyan's  Pilgrim's 
Progress,"  the  books  in  the  four  years'  course,  "Sunset  Views,"  "In  His  Steps,"  "The 
Christian's  Secret  of  a  Happy  Life,"  "Abide  in  Christ,"  "Stepping  Heavenward,"  are 
some  of  the  books  that  have  been  specially  helpful  to  him.  Here  are  his  own  words 
concerning  the  Christian  College:  "I  am  fully  convinced  that  the  hope  of  true 
success  in  the  future,  for  both  church  and  state,  is  closelv  connected  with  the  Christian 
College." 


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REV.   HENRY   POPE    BOND. 


To  create  man  God  had  only  to  .speak;  to  redeem  him  He  had  to 
Suffer.     He  made  man  by  his  breath;  He  saved  him  by  His  blood. 

— D.  L.  Moody. 


By  Rev.  T.  H.  B.  Anderson,  D.D. 

Our  subject  is  a  fertile  one.  His 
ancestral  line  runs  back  through  Vir- 
ginia and  Maryland.  The  best  blood 
courses  its  way  through  his  veins. 
"Thei'e  is  as  much  in  the  blood  of  men 
as  there  is  in  the  blood  of  horses,"  said 
John  Randolph,  the  sage  and  wit  of 
Ronoake.  No  man  can  stand  face  to 
face  with  Dr.  Bond  and  doubt  for  a 
moment  that  he  was  close  to  a  )nan  who 
would  die  rather  than  surrender  his 
manhood. 

First — His  literary  qualiflcations  are 
not  at  discount;  besides,  he  has  con- 
stantly widened  his  views  and  deepened 
his  culture,  by  study,  prayer  and  con- 
secration to  God.  No  culture  equal  to 
that  produced  in  men  when  the  retining 
fires  of  the  Spirit  go  through  and 
through  their  souls.  Great  as  his  liter- 
ary attainments  are,  he  l.as  never  been 
his  own  phvsician,  never  treated  himself. 
Realizing  fully  that  his  own  reason, 
will,  and  appetites,  were  vitiated,  he  ap- 
plied to  another— -our  Lord — who  healed, 
clothed  and  gave  him  sound  mind.  This 
is  the  culture  for  which  he  pleads. 

Second — He  is  cheerful  without  light- 
ness; has  passed  under  the  rod;  knows 
what  trial,  temptation  and  bereavement 
mean.  His  face  is  towai-d  the  sunrise. 
He  posseses  a  sunny  nature  and  look- 
ing at  him,  in  the  Conference  room,  one 

would  judge  him  to  have  the  deep  tranquility  of  eternity  in  his  heart.     His  life,  since 
the  Lord  spoke  peace,  has  been  one  long  rapture — reassuring  in  every  trial. 

Third — He  is  a  great  citizen.  Ethical  questions  have  concerned  him  deeply;  such 
as  Temperance,  Sabbath  observance,  and  the  honest  administration  of  state  affairs. 
He  was  never  slow  to  express  himself  upon  these  and  kindred  subjects.  Had  he 
backed,  in  front  of  these  enemies  of  the  state  and  Church,  he  would  not  have  been  a 
representative  of  the  Bonds  whose  lances  have  been  shivered  on  many  a  foe.  He  is 
reserved,  but  count  on  him  when  the  bugle  sounds.     He  is  not  afraid  to  die. 

Fourth — Socially,  a  most  agreeable  companion.  With  him  a  few  moments  and 
all  he  possesses  of  heart  and  life  becomes  yours.  Any  man  is  rich  who  has  the  confi- 
dence of    our  brother. 

Fifth — Recently  his  wife,  the  daughter  of  Bishop  E.  M.  Marvin,  passed  away, 
leaving  the  doctor  and  family  sorely  bereft.  Wife  and  mother  in  Heaven !  What  a 
thought!  How  real  Heaven  becomes!  Glorious  fellowships  there;  and  others  on  the 
way  thither.     What  rejoicing  when   the   whole  ship's  company   shall   meet. 

Sixth — Dr.  Bond  supernumerated  at  our  last  session.  Trust  it  is  only  for  a 
brief    time. 


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REV.   W.  J.  JACKSON. 


Divine  son.ship  is  itself  the  supreme  privilege  that  carries  along 
Be  carried. — Ira   Muclaren. 

Rev.  W.  J.  Jackson  was 
born  near  Paris,  Monroe 
County,  Missouri,  December 
Sth,  1843.  His  father.  Uncle 
Jinimie  Jackson,  came  to  the 
:ountry  in  1828  or  1829,  and 
in  an  early  day  hearing  of 
in  appointment  down  toward 
Florida,  saddled  his  horse 
»nd  went.  At  the  close  of 
the  service  he  said  to  the 
pieacher,  "I  am  not  a  church 
member  but  my  wife  is,  and 
1  want  you  to  go  home  with 
me."  Rev.  B.  H.  Spencer, 
the  preacher,  said:  "111  go," 
and  from  that  day  »oii  for 
years  the  Methodist  Churcti 
worshipped  in  his  house, 
with  such  men  as  Uncle  Billy 
Haines  and  Harvey  Patter- 
son for  class  leaders.  This 
was  on  Bee  Creek,  two  miles 
north  of  where  Mount  Zion 
Church  now  stands.  Brother 
\V.  J.  Jackson  was  licensed 
to  pieach  by  the  Mount  Zion 
Quarterly  Conference  in 
1879,  and  served  as  junior 
preacher  on  the  Huntsville 
Circuit  for  one  year  under 
the  Rev.  J.  P.  Nolan,  D.  D. 
He  was  admitted  on  trial 
into  the  traveling  connection 
at  Columbia,  Missouri,  in 
September,  1880,  and  r  e- 
turned  to  Huntsville  with 
Rev.  Dr.  Nolan.  There  be- 
ing no  preacher  for  Lancaster  Rev.  \V.  T.  Toole  requested  Brother  Jackson  to  change 
to  that  field,  where,  during  the  year,  a  great  revival  attended  his  efforts,  as  on  the 
Huntsville  Circuit.  In  1871  Brother  Jackson  was  sent  to  Kirksville,  Missouri,  \vhere 
he  was  happily  married  to  Miss  Laura  F.  Violett.  During  the  two  years  at  Kirks- 
ville a  new  church  was  built  near  Lyons  school  house.  The  Conference  at  CarroUton 
in  1873  sent  Brother  Jackson  to  Paris,  where  he  remained  for  three  years.  The 
membership  was  greatly  built  up  and  a  new  church  bu'lt  which,  in  honor  of  the  work 
done,  was  called  "Jackson  Chapel."  In  1876  Brother  Jackson  was  sent  to  the  Memphis 
Circuit  where  a  number  of  interesting  protracted  meetings  was  held.  The  Conference 
in  September,  1879,  sent  Brother  Jackson  to  Moberly,  and  at  the  end  of  four  years, 
though  burned  out  once,  a  new  brick  church  with  parsonage  had  taken  the  place  of 
the  old  ones.  In  the  fall  of  1883  Brother  Jackson  was  transferred  to  the  Denver 
Conference  where  he  served  as  pastor  of  Pueblo  one  year;  Presiding  Elder  of  Denver 
District  two  years;  then  as  agent  of  Pueblo  Collegiate  Institute,  erected  a  fine  school 
building  at  a  cost  of  $10,000.00,  and  for  five  years  was  editor  of  the  Colorado  Metho- 
dist. At  the  completion  of  the  college  building  he  located  and  is  now  editor  of  the 
"Religious  World,"  and  is  giving  much  of  his  time  to  the  cause  of  missions,  especially 
preaching  for  the  soldiers  at  Fort  Duchesne,  Utah.,  and  among  many  people  scattered 
over  the  newly  opened  reservation  in  that  state.  His  children  are  Victor  Jackson, 
Violette  Jackson   and   Florence  Jackson. 


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REV.  J.  D.   F.   HOUCK. 


If  God  give  us  success,  then  to  the  feet  of  Jesus  let  oui'  sheaves 
Be  carried. — Ian  Maclaran. 


By  Rev.  T.  H.  B.  Anderson,  D.  D. 

Personal  considerations  cut 
no  figure  in  giving  a  sketch  of 
this  brother's  life.  Tlie  writer 
knew  him  before  he  entered  the 
ranks  of  the  itineracy.  We 
shall  speak  of  him  as  his 
brethren  in  Missouri  and  Cali- 
fornia see  him. 

First — He  is  a  plain  man 
with  no  extra  touches  to  make 
himself  conspicuous;  wears  his 
own  clothes;  and  lives  on  sub- 
stantial food.  If.  by  preaching 
a  sermon,  he  could  become  ihe 
pastor  of  a  city  church  he 
would  refuse  to  preach.  He  is 
obedient  to  authority;  loves  his 
friends,  and  has  no  enemies  to 
punish.  He  has  iron  in  his 
blood.  His  power  of  endurance 
is  as  great  as  that  of  the 
German  soldier  in  the  trenches. 
or  on  the  field,  at  Metz  or 
Sedan.  Here  is  a  remarkable 
man.  His  friends  under  the 
skies  of  California,  would  not 
forgive  us  should  we  fail  to  say 
as  much.  Those  who  know  him 
in  Missouri  esteem  him  highly. 
He  is  absolutely  incorruptible. 
His  nine  years  of  toil  in  the 
Pacific,  and  three  years  in  Mis- 
souri Conferences,  have  settled 
the  fact  that  the  Lord  and 
church  have  in  him  a  most  use- 
ful minister.  He  is  tempera- 
mentally a  warm  man.  There 
is  no  zealothemial    in    his    life; 

he    never    goes    down    to     the   freezing   point.      He  lives   at   the    line    where    summer 
begins.     No  man  could  have  a  moi-e  generous  friend. 

Second — He  is  loyal  to  Methodism;  believes  that  it  was  launched  "to  spread 
Scriptural  holiness  over  these  lands.  "He  is  far  removed  from  ritualism;  has  the  idea 
largely  developed   that  the  "life  of    Christ"   realized  is  the  central  thought. 

Third — He's  a  pastor  of  power.  He  never  gives  his  people  stimulanfi^.  The 
emotional  in  him  is  not  great;  nor  does  he  appeal  to  it  in  others.  He  gives 
niunfilnnent;  milk  to  babes  and  strong  meat  to  those  of  more  mature  years.  He 
divides  the  truth;    gives  saint  and  sinner  each,  their  portion. 

Fourth — He  has  conversions  under  his  ministry.  His  own  conversion  was  pro- 
nounced;   he  insists  that  it  shall  be  so  with  others. 

Fifth — He  has  been  a  student — since  he  entered  the  ministry.  Early  opportuni- 
ties were  not  great ;  but  good  books,  brethren,  who  knew  the  truth,  and,  above  all, 
God,  have  been  his  companions.     Few  have  relied  more  implicity  upon  the  Holy  Spirit. 

Sixth — He  is  a  wonderful  expositor  of  the  Bible;  in  a  word,  he  is  a  f^reat  gospel 
preacher.  There  is  nothing  else  to  preach,  and  he  knows  it.  For  clear  insight,  dis- 
criminating power,  and  forceful  presentation  of  the  truth,  few  preachers,  of  nis  age, 
sui'pass  him. 


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CENTENNIAL    VOLUME    OF    MISSOURI    METHODISM. 


REV.  JOHN  WESLEY   KIMBRELL. 


The    power   of    the    keys    is    always    personal. — Bishop   Hendrix. 


By  Rev.  Henry  E.  Stout,  A.M. 

What  a  son  is  does  not  only 
depend  upon  the  atmosphere  in 
which  he  is  reared,  but  also  upon 
the  blood  that  flows  through  his 
veins.  .John  W.  Kimbrell  was 
blessed  with  both  of  these  neces- 
sary qualifications.  His  father 
and  mother,  Marion  and  Kath- 
crine  Kimbrell,  settled  in  the 
early  days  in  Madison  County, 
Kentucky,  in  which  place,  on 
.June  29th,  1872,  John  was  born. 
These  parents  lived  the  "simple 
life,"  livinp  close  to  nature  and 
the  God  of  nature.  John  had 
trrown  nearly  to  manhood  before 
he  heard  the  voice  of  God  speak 
peace  to  his  soul.  It  was  under 
the  ministry  of  Dev.  C.  W.  Col- 
lett,  at  old  Prairie  Chapel,  on 
the  Fulton  Circuit,  that  the 
Holy  Spirit  came  to  his  heart  in 
deep  convicting  and  converting 
power,  and  made  him  a  new 
creature  in  Christ  Jesus. 

Since  those  days  he  has  been 
"going:  on  to  perfection,"  being 
directed  by  the  Spirit  and  taught 
of  the  Holy  Scriptures.  With 
Rev.  R.  H.  "Cooper  as  P.E.,  and 
Rev.  V.  O.  White  as  P.C.,  he 
was  licensed  to  preach  in  the 
spring  of  1897,  and  the  same 
year  was  recommended  by  the 
Mexico  District  Conference  to 
the  Missouri  Annual  Conference. 
It  was  Brother  Kimbrell's  joy  to 
be  received  into  the  Annual 
Conference  that  fall  by  Bishop  Fitzgerald,  Rev.  R.  H.  Cooper,  P.E.,  during  the  session 
held  at  Albany. 

Taking  up  the  work  assigned  him  he  finished  his  course  in  due  time,  was  ordained 
Deacon  at  Fulton  in  1899  by  Bishop  Granbery,  and  Elder  by  Bishop  A.  W.  Wilson  at 
Chillicothe  in  1902. 

As  every  true  Methodist  preacher  should  do,  he  took  his  appointments  as  he  re- 
ceived them.and  gladly.  They  are  as  follows:  Mokane,  one  year;  Central  College  as 
a  student,  one  year;  New  Franklin,  one  year;  Madison,  three  years;  Brookfield,  two 
years;  Clarence,  two  years,  which  place  he  now  holds.  Bein;j  evanrrelistic  in  turn._  the 
l.ord  has  wonderfully  blessed  his  labors,  giving  him  -52.5  souls  for  ins  hire.  .34.5  of 
which  he  has  received  into  the  Church.  Besides  this  a  beautiful  parsonage  at  Clarence 
stands  as  a  monument  to  his  good  work. 

Brother  Kimbrell  attended  the  country  schools  till  he  had  finished  their  courses 
and  then  went  to  Westminster  at  Fulton,  two  years,  and  later  came  to  Cent-al  College 
for  one  year.  On  October  7th,  1902,  Brother  Kimbrell  married  the  consecrated  daughter 
of  R.  L"  and  Lillie  Mitchell,  to  which  union  one  child,  Marion  Richard  Kimbrell,  has 
come  to  bless  the  home. 

Into  every  life  there  comes  the  cn'cial  tests  which  make  or  "unmake"  the  man. 
The  trying  time  that  came  to  our  brother  was  his  call  to  the  minist'-y.  He  realized 
the  nature  of  the  work  and  felt  his  own  unworthiness  and  unfitness  for  so  great  a 
work.  He  finally  yielded,  crying,  "Here  am  I,  send  me."  The  grace  of  God  being 
sufficient  for  him  at  this  trying  time  he  has  met  other  conflicts  and  been  the  con- 
queror. 


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REV.  THEODORE  BROWN  FARRY. 


A    pure    heart    is    the    Crowning    Gift    of    the    Spirit. — Bishop 
Marvin. 


Rev.  Theodore  Brown  Farry,  son  of  Silas  Harvey  Farry  and  Catherine  Brown 
Farry,  was  born  near  Troy,  Ohio,  March  4th,  1846.  Both  parents  were  members  of 
the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church.  When  he  was  still  an  infant,  his  parents  settled  on 
a  farm  near  Rochester,  Indiana,  where  he  was  reared.  He  was  converted  in  18-57  on 
the  banks  of  the  Tippecanoe  river,  under  the  ministry  of  Rev.  Jesse  Sparks.  He  was 
brought  under  deep  conviction  of  sin  by  the  preaching  of  Rev.  Sparks,  which  he  tried 
to  throw  off,  but  when  he  yielded,  the  Lord  most  gi'aciously  heard  his  cry  and  filler^ 
him  with  His  love.  The  call  to  the  ministry  came  soon  after  his  conversion,  but  the 
dread  of  the  responsibility  kept  him  from  uniting  with  the  Church  for  some  years.  He 
was  reclaimed  in  February,  1866.  He  was  licensed  to  preach  June  22nd,  1887,  by  the 
St.  Charles  Quarterly  Conference;  Rev.  Samuel  L.  Woody,  preacher  in  charge,  and 
Rev.  Joseph  S.  Allen,  Presiding  Elder;  recommended  to  the  Annual  Conference  for 
admission  on  trial  by  the  same  Quai'terly  Conference  in  July,  1888;  received  into  the 
Annual  Conference  on  trial  in  September,  1888,  at  Gallatin,  Missouri;  Rev.  Joseph  S. 
Allen,  Presiding  Elder,  and  E.  R.  Hendrix,  Bishop;  ordained  Deacon  by  Bishop  Joseph 
S.  Key  in  September,  1890,  at  Fayette,  Missouri;  ordained  Elder  by  Bishop  Atticus  G. 
Havgood,  in  September,  1893,  at  Monroe  City,  Missouri.  Appointments  filled:  Frank- 
ford,  Missouri,  1888-1890;  Florida,  1890-1892;  Wright  City,  1892-1894;  Winfield,  1894- 
1896;  Briscoe,  1896-1898;  Green  Castle,  1898-1900;  Browning,  1900-1902;  Jamesport, 
1902-190.3;  1903,  supernumerary  and  supplied  the  Bucklin  Circuit;  1904,  Bucklin  Cir- 
cuit; 190.5,  appointed  to  Bucklin,  changed  by  Presiding  Elder  to  Brashear  Circuit;  1906, 
Lakenan.  He  thinks  that  about  200  persons  have  been  received  into  the  Church  during 
his  ministry.  His  education  was  received  at  the  country  schools,  except  about  two 
years  in  a  graded  school.  He  was  married  to  Miss  Anna  Belle  Hayes,  June  28th,  1894, 
and  have  the  following  named  children:  Cranston  Hayes,  who  died  in  infancy;  Esther 
Marie,  and  Otis  Theodore  Farry.  He  considers  his  call  to  the  ministry  when  only  a 
boy,  and  after  refusal  to  do  his  duty,  his  final  entering  into  the  work,  as  the  most 
important  crisis  in  his  life.  The  "Biographies  of  Spurgeon,"  "Pierce,"  "Simpson," 
"Carradine's  Works"  and  the  "Christian's  Secret  of  a  Happy  Life"  are  all  books  that 
have  greatly  helped  him. 


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MISSOURI  CONFERENCE. 


ROBERT    BROWNING. 


1 806-CENTENNIAL  APPOINTMENTS—  1 906. 


HANNIB.^L   DISTRICT. 


Pi-esiding  Elder I.  T.  Nash 

Hannibal,  Park  Ch J.  H.  Jackson 

Hannibal,  Arch  St J.  Anderson 

New  London  and  Hydesburg..  .J.  I.  Sears 

Palmyra  Sta F.  Marvin 

Palmyra  Ct C.  L.  Uht 

La  Belle  Ct E.  E.  Bostwick 

Lewiston  Ct G.  B.  Smith 

Monticello  Ct S.  R.  Dillman 

Canton   Sta T.  Penn 

Wayland  Ct B.  F.  Leake 

Com  Ct T.  A.  Allison 

Saverton  Ct C.  I.  Flory 

Monroe  City  Sta G.  A.  Lehnhoff 


Monroe  City  Ct J.  O.  Whitworth 

Stoutsville To  be  supplied 

Supernumeraries C.  A.  Sherman 

R.  W.  Howerton 

Hunnewell  Ct R.  White 

Supernumerary.  . .  ; L.  F.  Parker 

Shelbyville  Cl." J.  J.  Reed 

Novelty  Ct C.  J.  Chappell 

.Maywood  Ct E.J.  Speer 

Kahoka  Sta W.  D.  Neale 

Prof,  in  Vanderhilt  University 

O.  E.  Brown 

Prof,  in  Centenary  Academy.  .C.  I.  Flory 
Sunday  School  Secretary.  ..H.  C.  Garrett 


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REV.  ISAAC   TIP  NASH. 


The    greatness    of    God    culminates    in    Sacrifice. — Dr.    Bushnell. 


By  Rev.  Ward  JI.  Baker. 

Rev.  I.  T.  Nash,  son  of  Reuel  Nash  and  Mercy  Nash,  was  born  in  Michigan, 
January  1st,  1864,  and  born  again  in  a  meeting  conducted  by  Rev.  D.  C.  O'Howell 
and  Rev.  George  W.  Mitchell,  the  latter  of  the  Christian  Union  Church,  in  Holt, 
Missouri,  in  1883.  There  was  no  church  in  the  town  then,  but  at  an  altar  in  the 
school  house  the  great  crisis  of  his  life  came  in  a  happy  conversion.  With  purpose 
of  heart  he  has  served  God  in  the  ministry  to  which  God  called  him.  He  was  educated 
in  the  public  schools  and  for  a  short  time  at  William  Jewell  College.  July  29th,  1888, 
he  was  married  to  Miss  Carrie  E.  Gill.  Three  sons,  Vernon  M.  Nash,  Emory  P.  Nash 
and  Willard  L.  Nash,  and  two  daughters,  Eska  W.  Nash  and  Lois  K.  Nash,  have 
blessed  their  home.  Brother  Nash  was  secured  to  supply  the  Missouri  City  Circuit 
the  latter  half  of  the  Conference  year  188.5-1886.  He  was  licensed  to  preach  by  the 
Second  Quarterly  Conference  of  that  Circuit  in  March,  1886,  Rev.  D.  C.  O'Howell, 
Presiding  Elder.  He  was  received  on  trial  September,  1886,  at  St.  Joseph,  Missouri, 
Bishop  McTyeire,  presiding;  ordained  Deacon  at  Gallatin,  Missouri,  by  Bishop  Hendrix, 
in  September,  1888,  and  Elder  bj'  Bishop  Key  at  Fayette,  Missouri,  in  September, 
1890.  Being  appointed  to  Hardin,  1886,  he  served  for  a  year  and  was  appointed  to 
Cowgill;  Bogard  and  Humphreys  Circuits  were  each  under  his  pastorate  for  a  term 
of  two  years;  on  the  Humphreys  Circuit  he  built  the  Fairview  and  Hamilton  churches. 
He  then  gave  four  of  the  best  years  of  his  life  to  the  work  in  the  bounds  of  the  Hale 
charge;  Jamespoil:  for  one  j'ear  and  built  there  a  parsonage;  Jameson  Circuit,  three 
years,  and  again  building  a  parsonage;  Lineville,  1900-1901.  The  full  term  of  the  pas- 
torate was  spent  on  the  Norborne  Station,  with  good  ingatherings  each  year,  increase 
of  salary,  full  collections,  better  Sunday  Schools,  prayer  meetings  and  League  work, 
and  then  a  crowning  success,  the  magnificent  new  church  costing  $7,000.  After  having 
remained  only  one  year  at  Plattsburg,  he  was  made  Presiding  Elder  of  the  Hannibal 
District.  With  careful  and  minute  preparation.  Brother  Nash  makes  his  pulpit  a  true 
throne;  always  clear,  interesting  and  thoughtful,  he  makes  truth  stand  forth  most 
forcibly.  "About  his  Father's  business"  summarizes  his  ministry.  He  advocates  every 
principle  and  every  reform  that  commends  itself  to  his  heart.  He  is  fearless,  steady 
and  fruitful.     He  walks  with  God  along  the  way  leading  the  hosts  onward. 


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REV.   JOHN    HAMPTON   JACKSON. 


Righteousness  is  the  security  of  the  Universe,  and  Heaven  is  the 
God-built,  eternal  home  of  men  who  touched  the  atoning  Saviour 
With  the   reverent,  grateful  hand  of  Faith. — Dr.  Joseph  Parker. 


Rev.  Jolm  Hampton  Jackson  is  a  na- 
tive of  West  Virginia.  He  is  a  son  of 
Robert  Francis  Jackson  and  Phoebe  Sa- 
lina  Jackson.  He  was  converted  January 
21st,  187J,  at  Charleston,  West  Virginia, 
under  the  ministry  of  Rev.  Adam  Given, 
and  joined  the  Church  at  the  same  time. 
He  was  licensed  to  preach  April  18th, 
1875,  by  the  Quarterly  Conference  of 
Charleston  District;  Rev.  Joshua  C.  Tins- 
ley,  preacher  in  charge,  and  Rev.  L.  B. 
.Madison,  Presiding  Elder.  He  was  rec- 
ommended to  the  .Annual  Conference  by 
the  Cedar  Grove  Quarterly  Conference, 
.August  2')th,  1875;  and  was  received  into 
the  -Annual  Conference  in  1877;  Rev. 
Russell  Chambers,  Presiding  Elder,  and 
Bishop  John  C.  Keener,  presiding.  He 
was  ordained  Deacon  by  Bishoo  David 
Seth  Doggett,  in  1879,  at  Clarkesburg, 
West  Virginia;  he  was  ordained  Elder 
by  Bishop  John  C.  Keener,  in  1880,  at 
A-liland,  Kentucky.  He  has  served  the 
1  lowing  appointments:  New  Martins- 
ville, West  Virginia,  four  years;  Point 
Pleasant,  one  year;  Catlettsbdrg,  Ken- 
tucky, four  years;  Huntington,  West 
Virginia,  two  years;  Columbia,  Missouri, 
four  years;  Mexico,  two  years;  Park 
Church,  Hannibal,  four  years;  Hundley 
Church,  St.  Joseph,  one  year;  Fulton, 
four  years;  Chillieothe,  two  years;  now 
in  second  year  of  second  pa.storate  at 
Park  Church,  Hannibal.  He  has  received  about  two  thousand  persons  into  the  Church. 
The  following  churches  have  been  built  under  his  pastorate:  New  Martinsville,  West 
Virginia;  Catlettsburg,  Kentucky;  Fulton,  Missouri,  and  Park  Church,  Hannibal,  Mis- 
souri. He  attended  the  public  .'■■■hools  of  his  state,  the  High  School  of  Prighton,  Penn- 
sylvania, and  the  private  school  of  Professor  Patrick,  at  (Charleston,  West  Virginia. 
lie  was  married  to  Miss  Ella  S.  Cox,  September  26th.  1882,  and  their  children  are: 
John  Joe  Jackson,  EMa  Susan  Jackson  and  Frank  Wells  Jacksor.  Some  of  the  books 
aside  from  the  Bible,  which  have  been  of  gi-eat  help  to  him  are  "Ralston's  Elements  of 
Divinity,"  "Bledsoe's  Theodicy,"  and  "Natural  Law  in  Spiritual  World."  Brother 
Jackson  is  a  popular  preacher  in  the  best  sense  of  the  word  ponular.  He  holds  the 
attention  of  his  audience  with  remarkable  power,  and  it  is  a  pleasure  to  hear  him. 
He  is  strong  in  revival  work  and  he  brings  up  his  church  to  marked  efficiency. 


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REV.  FIELDING  MARVIN,  D.D. 


He  that  finds   God   a    sweet,   enveloping-  thought. — Emerson. 


Fielding  Marvin,  son  of  Bishop  Enoch  Mather  Marvin  and  Harriet  Brotherton 
(Clark)  Marvin,  was  bom  November  1st,  1849,  at  LaGrange,  Missouri.  Both  parents 
were  members  of  the  Methodist  Church.  He  was  converted  about  1864,  at  Mt.  Zion 
Church,  St.  Charles  County,  Missouri,  under  the  ministry  of  Rev.  R.  P.  Holt,  and  joined 
the  Church  at  the  same  time  and  place.  His  growth  in  grace  has  been  retarded  by 
having  met  many  defeats,  but  his  daily  motto  is,  "Fight  the  good  fight  of  faith,"  and 
his  prayer  is  to  know  and  to  be  given  strength  to  do  the  will  of  God.  He  was  licensed 
to  preach  ^larch  11th,  1889,  by  the  Quarterly  Conference  of  Palmyra  Station,  Hannibal 
District;  Rev.  J.  R.  A.  Vaughan,  presiding  at  Quarterly  Conference,  and  Rev.  W.  W. 
McMuri-y,  Presiding  Elder;  was  recommended  to  the  Annual  Conference  for  admis- 
sion on  trial  that  same  year  at  the  Third  Quarterly  Conference  at  Palmyra;  was  re- 
ceived into  the  Annual  Conference  on  trial  in  1889;  Rev.  W.  W.  McMurry,  Presiding 
Elder  and  Bishop  J.  C.  Granbery,  presiding;  ordained  Deacon  by  Bishop  R.  K.  Har- 
grove, September  6th,  1891,  at  Maryville,  Missouri,  and  ordained  Elder  by  Bishop  A. 
G.  Haygood  in  September,  189.3,  at  Monroe  City,  Missouri.  Appointments  served  have 
been:  Monroe  City,  Kirksville,  Edina  Circuit,  New  Franklin  Circuit,  Mexico,  Macon, 
Fayette  and  PalmjTa.  He  received  his  education  at  the  public  schools  and  Pritchett 
School  Institute,  now  Pritchett  College,  at  Glasgow,  Missouri.  He  was  married  to 
Miss  Georgia  Casey,  October  .31st,  189-5.  and  they  have  two  children,  Mather  Casey 
Marvin  and  Edwin  Lakenan  Marvin.  His  conversion  has  been  the  most  important 
crisis  in  his  life.  Some  of  the  books,  aside  from  the  Bible,  which  have  proven  beneficial 
to  him,  have  been  Thomas  A.  Kempis'  "Imitation  of  Christ,"  and  Luthardt's  "Funda- 
mentals of  Christianity." 


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REV.  JOHN   .\NDERSON,   D.D. 


Men  who  have  an  ideal,  and  work  under  its  inspiration  and 
Intluence,  are  the  practical  men  who  move  the  world. — Dr.  Wm. 
E.  Munxey. 


By  Rev.  W.  A.  Hanna. 

Rev.  John  Anderson,  D.D.,  son 
of  Georpe  W.  Anderson  and 
Mary  Andcr.son,  was  born  in 
Platte  County,  Missouri,  March 
6th,  1848.  He  was  converted 
when  eiprht  years  old  and  united 
with  the  .Methodise  Episcopal 
Church,  South.  He  entered  Cen- 
:ral  College  at  Fayette,  Missouri, 
in  the  fall  of  1866,  and  in  1869 
was  graduated  in  the  School  of 
;\Ioral  Philosophy  from  the  Uni- 
versity of  Virs'inia.  In  1870  he 
wa.--'  admitted  mtj  the  traveling 
connection  by  the  Missouri  Con- 
ference, at  Columbia,  and  was 
appointed  to  MaryviUe  Circuit. 
He  was  married,  March  22ntl, 
1872,  to  Miss  Virginia  Frances 
Drace,  now  deceased,  and  was  at 
the  same  time  transferred  to  the 
Pacific  Conference.  Failing  in 
health,  he  made  a  study  of  law, 
but  the  flattering  prospects  be- 
fore him  were  suppressed  by  the 
conviction  that  he  had  been 
called  of  God  to  preach.  That 
he  did  not  become  a  lawyer  and 
compromise  his  call  to  preach  by 
being  a  local  preacher  was  due 
to  the  influence  of  that  good 
man.  Rev.  C.  I.  VanDeventer. 
The  following  are  his  appoint- 
ments to  date:  Tenth  Street 
Church,  St.  Joseph,  Missouri; 
Craig  Circuit,  Chillicothe  Dis- 
trict, Carrollton,  Fayette,  Agent 
of  Howard  College,  Hannibal 
District,  Macon  District,  Fayette  District,  Jlexico  District,  Mexico,  Gallatin  and  Arch 
Street,  Hannibal.  His  children  are:  Dr.  George  Anderson,  Mrs.  Mary  Minerva  Porch, 
Galen  Raymond  Anderson,  John  Clark  .\nderson,  Robert  Enoch  Anderson  and  Paul 
Drace  Anderson.  Dr.  .Anderson  was  elected  delegate  to  the  General  Conferences  nf 
1890,  1894,  1898  and  1902,  and  he  most  efficiently  filled  that  responsible  position.  He 
has  been  a  member  of  the  Board  of  Curators  of  Central  Female  College,  Howard- 
Payne  College  and  Central  College  for  many  years.  The  plan  of  conducting  our 
female  Colleges  by  salaried  Presidents  was  proposed  and  urged  by  him,  and  the 
present  method  has  been  brought  about  in  a  large  measure  by  that  presentation  of 
the  matter.  The  degree  of  D.D.  was  conferred  upon  him  by  Central  College  in  1901. 
On  May  8th,  1906,  he  was  married  to  Mrs.  A.  A.  Mount,  "at  Gallatin,  Mis.souri.  In 
his  preaching  he  always  places  special  emphasis  on  the  main  truth  that  Jesus  Christ 
is  a  living,  personal  Saviour  and  man's  only  hope.  He  is  a  clear,  strong  and  aggres- 
sive preacher,  and  a  most  earnest  worker.  He  has  had  uniform  prosperity  in  his 
work;  as  pastor  and  Presiding  Elder,  in  building  churches,  in  conversions  and  in 
additions  to  the  Church. 


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REV.  OSWALD  EUGENE  BROWN,  A.M.,  D.D. 


The  history  of  hrman  though:,  since  men  began  to  think  deeply 
Upon  the  person  of  Christ,  shows  that  in  the  last  analysis  God 
Is  in  Christ  reconciling  the  world  unto  himself. — Bishop 
Hendri.w 


Rev.  Oswald  Eugene  Brown 
was  born  near  Canton,  Mis- 
souri, December  8th,  1861.  His 
father's  family  were  Methodists 
and  their  house  was  ever  the 
preacher's  home.  His  mother's 
family,  the  Travises,  were  Pres- 
bytei'ians,  and  have  furnished 
several  ministers  to  that  church. 
Both  families  came  from  Vir- 
ginia about  1833  and  settled  in 
Lewis  County,  Missouri.  Eugene 
attended  the  country  schools 
and  was  a  regular  attendant 
upon  church  and  Sunday  School. 
He  was  baptized  in  infancy  by 
the  Rev.  C.  I.  VanDeventer  and 
when  eleven  years  old  took  the 
vows  of  membership  and  joined 
the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church, 
South,  under  the  pastorate  of 
Rev.  J.  S.  Smith.  At  fourteen 
years  of  age  he  entei'ed  Chris- 
tian University  at  Canton,  Mis- 
souri, from  which  institution  he 
graduated,  taking  the  A.  B. 
degree  in  1881,  being  valedic- 
torian of  his  class.  Later  he 
was  given  the  A.  M.  degree.  For 
a  few  years  he  taught  school, 
was  deputy  county  clerk  of 
Lewis  County,  Missouri,  read 
law  and  was  admitted  to  the 
bar,  but  feeling  called  of  God  to 
better  things,  he  yielded  to  the 
promptings  of  the  Spirit,  and 
decided  to  give  his  life  to  God  in  the  work  of  the  minitsry.  He  deemed  it  important  to  be 
well  prepared  and  equipped  for  the  work  so  immediately  went  to  Nashville,  Tennessee, 
and  entered  Vanderbilt  University,  taking  the  B.D.  degree  in  1889.  In  his  work  there 
he  received  the  Founder's  Medal  for  highest  grade  in  the  entire  course  and  was  ap- 
pointd  to  a  graduate  fellowship  which  gave  him  another  year  at  Vanderbilt.  At  the 
close  of  his  work  in  Vanderbilt  he  offered  himself  as  a  missionary,  was  accepted  and 
assigned  to  China.  In  August,  1890,  he  was  married  to  Miss  Aiine  J.  Muse  of  At- 
lanta, Georgia,  who  was  a  returned  missionary.  They  at  once  sailed  for  China,  where 
for  two  years  he  studied  the  language  and  worked  earnestly  among  this  people,  his 
wife  being  a  gi'eat  help  to  him,  she  having  spent  several  years  in  the  work.  He  had 
just  begun  to  preach  in  Chinese  when  he  was  elected  Professor  to  the  Chair  of  Church 
History  in  Vanderbilt  University.  He  at  first  refused  to  leave  the  mission  field,  but 
receiving  letters  from  some  of  the  bishops  and  the  biblical  faculty  of  the  University 
urging  the  importance  of  the  work  of  training  young  men  for  "the  ministry,  after 
earnest  prayer  for  guidance,  he  yielded,  feeling  God  was  calling  him  to  the  work.  He 
and  Mrs.  Brown  returned  to  Nashville  in  October,  1892,  and  he  took  up  his  work 
there,  being  useful  in  strengthening  the  faith  and  zeal  of  many  of  our  young  min- 
isters. He  is  much  sought  after  for  missionary  addresses.  He  spends  his  summer 
vacation  giving  Bible  study  work  at  Student  "Conferences.  These  Conferences,  the 
Young  Men's  Christian  Association,  and  the  Young  Women's  Christian  -Association, 
claim  much  of  his  thought  and  time.  He  is  especially  interested  in  the  Sunday  school 
work,  conducting  an  adult  Bible  class  at  Tulip  Street  Church  in  Nashville,  and  he  con- 
tributes regularly  to  the  Sunday  School  Maeazine.  Some  years  ago  Central  College 
conferred  the  degree  of  D.  D.  upon  him.  His  work  in  the 'University  still  continues, 
where  he  enjoys  the  privilege  of  directing  the  thought  of  many  of  the"  important  work 
to  which  they  are  called. 

This  page  is  presented  by  Mrs.  R.  K.  Brown. 


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CENTENNIAL    VOLUME    OF    MISSOURI    METHODISM. 


MR.   WILIAM   McMURRAY. 


The  most  beautiful  sight  on  earth  is  an  aged  saint  of  God, 
Growing  cheerful  in  his  faith  as  life  advances,  becoming  mellowed 
In  his  love,  and  more  and  more  visibly  pervaded  and  brightened 
By  the  clear  light  of    Religion. — Dr.  Uushnelt. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch 
was  born  near  Lebanon,  Ken- 
tucky, December  10th,  1795. 
His  father,  John  McMurray, 
was  of  Scotch  blood,  claiming 
his  descent  from  the  Earl  of 
.Murray,  thus  connecting  him 
with  the  Stuart  line  of  Scot- 
land and  England  and  thi-ough 
them  back  to  Robert  Bruce. 
.John  McMurray  pre-empted  six 
hundred  acres  of  land  in  the 
Kentucky  wilderness  in  1788, 
and  took  his  wife  and  babe 
from  Hampshire  County,  Vir- 
ginia, to  his  claim,  accompanied 
by  three  brothers  and  a  sister 
with  their  families.  He  pro- 
ceeded at  once  to  establish  a 
home  where  he  lived  the  re- 
mainder of  his  days,  rearing  a 
family  of  four  sons  and  five 
daughters,  all  of  whom  lived  to 
see  their  grandchildren.  The 
babe  mentioned  above,  carried 
by  the  mother  on  horseoacK 
from  Virginia  to  Kentucky, 
eventually  became  the  mother 
of  Sue  A.  Morrison  of  Denver, 
Colorado,  who  died  Mai'ch  8d, 
1007,  and  who  was  perhaps  the 
most  widely  known  woman  in- 
Southern  Methodism.  When 
the  subject  of  this  sketch  at- 
tained the  age  of  eighteen  years 
the  call  was  made  by  the  Gov- 
ei-nor  for  men  to  go  to  the  help 
of  General  .Jack.son  at  New  Or- 
leans; he  responded  and  was  sent  down  and  took  part  in  that  memorable  battle.  He 
was  reared  under  Presbyterian  influences.  His  father  was  one  of  eleven  persons  who 
formed  a  Presbyterian  society  in  a  log  cabin  in  the  woods  where  Lebanon,  Ky.,  now 
stands.  He  never  made  any  open  profession  of  religion  or  joined  any  church  until 
after  his  marriage  in  1822.  The  Methodists  had  no  organization  before  that  time 
in  the  settlement,  but  Rev.  W.  H.  Kavanaugh  held  a  meeting  in  the  neighborhood, 
and  about  all  the  McMurrays  were  swept  into  the  church,  this  one  with  the  rest. 
He  was  soundly  converted  and  became  a  very  active,  zealous  member  and  remained 
so  the  balance  of  his  days.  He  was  of  the  shouting  variety.  During  his  last  sick- 
ness, which  was  of  six  months'  duration,  he  would,  while  lying  quietly  on  his  bed,  sud- 
denly break  forth  in  shouts  of  praises.  He  literally  went  to  Heaven  shouting.  His 
religion  was  a  very  conscientious  type;  duty  and  obligation  were  terms  much  in  use 
with  him.  In  183.5  he  moved  with  his  family  to  Marion  County,  Missouri.  Church 
privileges  were  very  meager  then  in  that  region,  and  he  held  prayer  meeitngs  in 
private  houses.  In  the  fall  of  18.3.5  Rev.  L.  B.  Stateler  was  sent  to  the  Canton  Cir- 
cuit, a  class  was  formed  in  his  hou.se,  and  that  was  the  preaching  place.  In  1842 
he  moved  to  Shelby  County,  Missouri,  and  a  class  was  organized  in  his  house  there, 
and  this  continued  to  be  the  preaching  place  while  he  lived.  It  was  his  desire  to 
have  one  of  his  sons  preach  the  Word,  and  a  few  years  after  his  departure  from 
earth  his  son.  Rev.  W.  W.  McMurray  was  admitted  into  the  Missouri  Conference  and 
did  valiant  service  in  his  chosen  calling.  William  McMurray  fell  asleep  on  February 
23d,  1852.  This  memorial  page  is  furnished  by  Brother  John  F.  McMurry  of 
Shelbina,  Mo. 


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325 


MRS.  MARTHA  ELLEN  LOWMAN. 


But  the  sheet-anchor  of    the  boy's  tenderness  was  his  mother. 

—Dr.  D.  R.  McAiially. 


Mrs.  Martha  Ellen  Lowman 
was  born  in  Lebanon,  Ken- 
tucky, in  the  year  1833.  She 
was  the  daughter  of  Mr.  Mar- 
cus Graham  who  came  to  Vir- 
ginia in  an  early  day  from 
County  Tyrone,  North  Ireland, 
a  county  lying  south  of  Lon- 
donderry. The  family  was 
Scotch-Irish  to  the  bone,  and 
Presbyterian.  Mrs.  Lowman 
was  brought  up  a  Protestant 
and  a  Presbyterian.  A  sister, 
Mrs.  A.  J.  Bricken,  of  Lebanon, 
Kentucky,  survives  and  abides 
a  Presbyterian.  A  brother, 
Mr.  James  R.  Graham,  lives  at 
Clinton,  Kentucky,  and  is  a 
Methodist.  Mrs.  Lowman  was 
married  twice;  first  to  Emman- 
uel Lemon  Gray  of  Bardstown, 
Kentucky,  and  to  this  union 
eight  children  were  born,  four 
of  them  having  been  taken  to 
the  heavenly  home  in  infancy. 
The  family  came  to  Shelby 
County,  Missouri,  in  1852.  One 
of  the  sons,  Mr.  William  Rob- 
ert Gray,  lives  near  Bacon 
Chapel  in  Shelby  County.  An- 
other son,  Mr.  David  Graham 
Gray,  lives  near  Clarence,  Mis- 
souri. Rev.  M.  L.  Gray,  of  the 
Missouri  Conference,  is  also 
one  of  her  sons.  Her  only 
daughter,  Mrs.  Anna  J.  Ballard, 
lives  at  Bacon  Chapel.  Em- 
manuel Lemon  Gray  died  in 
1869  and  is  buried  in  Patton  Cemetery  near  Morris  Chapel,  Shelby  County,  Missouri. 
In  1872  Mrs.  Gray  married  Mr.  William  O.  Lowman.  Mr.  Lowman  was  "one  of  the 
honored  citizens  of  Shelby  County,  and  a  Methodist.  His  son,  Mr.  S.  B.  Lowman.  was 
county  surveyor  of  Shelby  County  for  sixteen  years,  and  his  daughter,  Mrs.  Mary 
J.  Duncan,  is  the  mother  of  Rev.  Charles  B.  Duncan  of  the  Missouri  Conference.  Mrs. 
Martha  Ellen  Lowman,  by  a  branch  of  the  Graham  family  living  in  Philadelphia,  is 
related  to  Bishop  Duncan  of  Spartanburg,  South  Cai-olina.  It  was  pioneer  life  in 
Shelby  county  when  the  family  first  came  out  from  Kentucky  and  among  the  neighbors 
may  be  mentioned  Mr.  Robert  Graham,  William  Graham,  John  Graham,  Lacy  Morris, 
David  Noble,  James  Chenoweth,  Joseph  Perry,  Rev.  W.  W.  McMurry,  John  'McMurry 
and  William  Hirlinger.  Most  of  these  are  no  more.  Mrs.  Lowman  died  September 
17th,  1900,  and  is  buried  at  Morris  Chapel,  Shelby  County,  Missouri.  At  the  burial 
loving  friends  had  lined  the  grave  with  white  and  roses  and  there  the  dearest  of 
mothers  sleeps  till  the  dawning  of  the  day. 

Mr.  William  R.  Gray  married  Miss  Cornelia  Carroll  and  they  have  one  daughter, 
Mrs.  Bertha  McMaster,  living  near  Shelbyville.  Mr.  David  G.  Gray  married  Miss  Mollie 
Melson  and  they  have  six  children — Florence,  William  Lemon,  Frank,  Anna  Pearl, 
Martha  Ellen,  and  Joseph  Gray. 


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REV.  WILLI.\M  WESLEY  MrMURRY. 


He  neec's  no  foil  but  shines  by  his  own  proper  light. — Dryden. 


By  Rev.  Charies  B.  Duncan,  A.  M. 

William  Wesley  McMurry 
was  born  in  Marion  County. 
Missouri,  March  24th,  1837.  He 
was  the  eighth  child  of  a  fam- 
ily of  ten  children.  His  par- 
ents, William  and  Elizabeth 
Wilson  Mc.Murry,  were  from 
Marion  County,  Kentucky.  He 
was  converted  and  joined  the 
church  at  a  canip-meetinu:  held 
at  the  old  North  River  camp 
ground  near  Shelbyville,  Mis- 
souri, in  the  year  ISrj.^.  After 
one  year  in  the  Shelbyville 
High  School  and  two  years 
spent  in  teaching  district  school 
he  was  licensed  to  preach,  and 
received  on  trial  into  the  Jlis- 
souri  Conference  in  the  fall  of 
IsriS.  Two  years  later  he  was 
orda.'ned  Deacon  by  Bishop 
Kavanaugh  at  St.  Charles.  In 
March,  1865,  at  Louisville,  Ken- 
tucky, he  was  ordained  elder. 
May  31,  1862,  he  was  married 
to  Miss  Mary  E.  Williams  of 
Colony,  Missouri,  who  contrib- 
uted her  share  to  the  success  of 
his  life-work.  To  them  were 
born  eleven  children,  one  of 
whom,  Dr.  W.  F.  McMurry,  is 
now  Secretary  of  the  General 
Board  of  Church  Extension. 
Two  years  of  his  active  minis- 
try were  spent  as  principal  of 
Shelbyville  High  School,  thir- 
teen years  in  the  Presiding  El- 
dership, and  nineteen  in  the 
pastorate.  For  two  years  during  the  Civil  war  he  retired  to  his  farm.  In  1890,  he 
was  a  delegate  to  the  General  Conference  at  St.  Louis.  In  1894,  he  took  the  super- 
numerary relation  and  one  year  later  superannuated.  He  sustained  this  relation  to 
the  church  until  his  death  at  Shelbina,  Missouri,   April   4,  1904. 

In  his  character  were  united  strong  native  gifts  with  deep  fervent  piety.  Sound 
judgment,  foresight,  wisdom,  courage,  unselfishness,  sympathy  and  simplicity  all  com- 
bined to  make  him  a  strong  and  useful  man.  As  a  preacher  he  had  rare  gifts.  His 
preaching  was  strong,  clear,  very  spiritual  and  always  inspiring.  His  message  was 
delivered  with  an  unction  and  tenderness  that  always  reached  the  hearts  of  his  hearers 
and  the  results  were  permanent.  Many  young  men  were  called  of  God  to  preach 
under  his  ministry.  Forty-five  from  Shelby  County  have  entered  the  ministry  of  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  South,  and  he,  more  than  any  other  man  is  responsible 
for  the  type  of  Methodism  that  prevails  there.  He  was  very  successful  as  a  church- 
builder.  In  addition  to  a  number  of  others  he  was  instrumental  in  building  ten  in  one 
county.  He  was  a  wi.se  counselor  and  men  seemed  to  instinctively  turn  to  him  for  ad- 
vice. As  a  Presiding  Elder  he  demonstrated  most  clearly  his  great  abilities.  He  knew 
men  and  could  lea's  and  inspire  them.  He  also  had  comprehensive  and  thorough  know- 
ledge of  his  district  and  knew  how  to  suit  men  to  their  work.  He  was  fruitful  in 
initiating  improvements  and  skillful  in  bringing  such  enterprises  to  a  consummation. 
He  possessed  many  of  the  elements  of  ecclesiastical  statesmanship.  He  was  that 
type  of  Christian  manhood  which  parents  delight  to  hold  before  their  children  as  an 
example.  He  will  continue  to  speak  through  the  years  to  come,  and  the  measure  of 
his  influence,  especially  upon  the  Methodism  of  Northeast  Missouri,  can  be  deter- 
mined only  in  eternity. 


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REV.  BERRY  HILL   SPENCER. 


The  Infinite  Love  concentrates  in  the  Cross. — Bishop  Marviv 

By  Rev.  E.  D.  Watson,  A.  M. 

Born  March  23,  1819.  Died 
August  2,  188.3. 

His  parents,  Thomas  Spencer 
and  Elizabeth  Senter  Spencer, 
lived  in  Burk  County,  North 
Carolina,  where  Berry  Hill  was 
born  March  23,  1819.  They 
came  to  Missouri  that  year,  set- 
tling in  Cape  Girardeau  County, 
where  the  son  grew  to  manhood. 
The  parents  were  staunch  Meth- 
odists, the  mother  especially  a 
devout  and  earnest  Christian, 
impressing  her  character  upon 
her  children,  emphatically  so 
upon  Berry  Hill,  who  joined  the 
church  when  sixteen  as  a  seeker 
and  on  probation  under  the  min- 
istry of  the  sainted  Rev.  Uriel 
Haw.  He  was  soundly  con- 
verted, when  19,  while  his  moth- 
er was  pi'aying  by  the  bedside  of 
a  sick  sister,  who,  with  another 
sister,  was  also  converted  at  the 
same  time.  Solemnly  impressed 
with  his  duty  to  preach,  he  was 
licensed  to  exhort  by  his  pastor. 
Rev.  Nelson  Henry  of  the  Rip- 
ley Mission.  Such  was  the  con- 
fidence placed  in  him  that,  while 
yet  an  exhorter,  he  was  placed 
in  charge  of  Ripley  Mission 
January  5,  1842.  At  his  first 
Quarterly  Conference  he  was 
licensed  to  preach.  Rev.  Nelson 
Henry,  Presiding  Elder.  In 
September  he  was  appointed  by 
the  Presiding  Elder  to  take 
charge  of  Greenville  Circuit. 
He  was  received  on  trial  into  the 

Missouri  Conference  at  Lexington  in  September,  1843,  Bishop  Soule  presiding.  He 
was  ordained  Deacon  by  Bishop  Soule  at  Columbia,  October  7,  184.5,  and  Elder  by 
Bishop  Capers  at  Glasgow  October  3,  1847.  He  was  married  to  Miss  Caroline 
Mourning  Clark  Austin  of  Monroe  County,  October  11th,  1849.  Their  children  are 
Mary  Elizabeth  Thomas,  Palmyra,  Missouri;  Thomas  Edwin  Spencer,  St.  Louis,  Mis- 
souri; Richard  Austin  Spencer,  Hannibal,  Missouri;  Martha  Susan  Eakle,  Amarillo, 
Texas;  William  Linn  Spencer,  Des  Moines,  Iowa;  Ida  Davis  Strother,  Kansas  City, 
Missouri;  Carrie  May  Boulware,  Palmyra;  Dora  Hill  Spencer  (deceased);  Bertie 
Beryl  Watson  (wife  of  Rev.  E.  D.  Watson  of  the  Missouri  Conference)  ;  Jessie  Mans- 
field Nichols,  Palmyra,  Missouri.  The  wife  died  while  on  a  visit  at  Kansas  City 
December  6th,  1900. 

His  appointments  were  as  follows:  Oregon  Circuit,  1843;  Carrollton,  1844,  184.5; 
Brunswick,  1846;  Paris,  1847,  1848;  Favette.  1849;  Liberty,  1850;  Fulton,  1851; 
Columbia,  1852,  18-53;  St.  Louis,  1854;  Hannibal,  1855;  Palmyra,  1856,  1857;  Louis- 
iana, 1858;  Presiding  Elder  Fayette  District,  1859;  Presiding  Elder  St.  Charles  Dis- 
trict, 1860,  1861,  1862.  Banished  to  Indiana  in  1863;  Presiding  Elder  St.  Charles  Dis- 
trict, 1864,  1865;  Presiding  Elder  Hannibal  District,  1866,  1867,  1868.  1869;  Shelby- 
ville  Circuit,  1870;  Hydesburg  Circuit,  1871;  Presiding  Elder  Macon  District,  1872, 
1873,  1874.  1875;  Hydesburg  Circuit,  1876;  Mount  Olivet  Circuit,  1877,  1878;  Monroe 
City  Circuit,  1879;  Presiding  Elder  Fayette  District,  1880,  1881;  Monroe  City  Cir- 
cuit,  1882. 

From  the  very  first  of  his  long  ministry  the  greatest  confidence  was  reposed  in 
him  by  his  brethren  of  the  ministry.  He  was  elected  delegate  to  the  General  Con- 
ference, and  was  a  member  of   every  session,  but  one,  of   that  body  from  1858  to  1882. 


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MR.  THOMAS  E.  THOMPSON. 


Sacred    thing's    disclosed    their    divinest    significance    to    him;    he 
Heard  inaudible  voices  and  saw  the  Invisible. — Bishop  Marvin. 


By  Colonel  R.  E.  .\nderson. 

Thomas  E.  Thompson  was 
born  in  Westmoreland  County, 
Virginia,  .April  9,  1809.  At  the 
age  of  17  years  he  was  con- 
verted. Upon  the  death  of  the 
Superintendent  of  the  School  in 
which  he  was  enpaged  he  was 
put  in  his  place  and  for  forty- 
si.x  vears,  with  scarcely  a  break, 
he  held  this  odice,  first  in  Vir- 
ginia and  then  in  Missouri.  He 
had  the  genial  nature  which 
gives  a  man  power  with  children 
and  the  earnest  faith  which 
feels  the  worth  of  the  soul  and 
the  value  of  Divine  knowledge. 
Upon  his  conversion  he  joined 
the  Methodist  Church  in 
Fauquier  County,  Virginia,  in 
182G.  On  the  28th  of  .June, 
1832,  he  was  married  to  Miss 
Margaret  M.  A.  Williams.  In 
1836,  Brother  Thompson  rr'^ved 
to  Ralls  County,  Missouri,  and 
shortly  afterwards  went  to 
Hannibal  and  engaged  in  Mer- 
cantile pursuits.  As  an  ac- 
countant he  was  eminently 
skillful,  painstaking  and  accur- 
ate. He  was  not  honest  in  a 
merely  formal  way.  He  had 
that  spirit  of  integrity  which 
gave  his  character  a  very  fine 
fiber  and  high  tone. 

Owing  to  his  general  adapta- 
bility to  the  office,  he  was 
elected  Clerk  of  the  Circuit 
Court  of  Marion  County  in 
1874  and  came  to  Palmyra  to  reside  and  continued  in  that  capacity  for  twelve  con- 
secutive years.  More  than  once  he  was  elected  Mayor  of  the  city  and  in  that  posi- 
tion his  administration  was  systematic,  economical  and  just,  while  monuments  of  his 
good  judgment  and  artistic  taste  are  still  visible  in   many  localities. 

Pressed  with  the  cares  of  higher  duties  he  inaugurated  a  system  of  private 
banking  and  became  the  custodian  of  large  amounts  of  money,  and  in  this  way  did 
much  good  in  financial  circles  and  conferred  equal  benefits  on  all  classes.  In  1867 
he  was  elected  President  of  the  Marion  County  Savings  Bank  and  continued  in  that 
capacity  until  April  11,  1873,  when  he  was  removed  by  his  sudden  and  lamented  death. 
Though  he  made  the  Sunday  School  work  a  specialty  he  had  an  intelligent  interest  in 
all  the  affairs  and  enterprises  of  the  Church.  His  sympathies  were  world-wide  and 
took  in  the  whole  scope  of  the  Master's  kingdom.  He  prayed  and  labored  for  the 
extension  of  the  dominion  of  Christ  over  all  nations.  From  the  time  that  lay  del- 
egation was  introduced  into  the  Church  he  was  chosen  a  delegate  to  every  session  of 
the  Missouri  Conference.  He  was  also  a  member  of  the  General  Conference  in  1870, 
and  of  the  Sunday  School  convention  at  Nashville  in  1871.  In  these  bodies  he  was 
active  and  efficient  in  committee  work. 

Bishop  Marvin  in  speaking  of  him,  says:  "My  acquaintance  with  Brother 
Thomp.son  began  when  I  took  charge  of  the  church  at  Hannibal  in  the  fall  of  1846. 
I  was  his  pastor  afterwards  in  Palmyra.  There  was  never  the  slightest  shadow  be- 
tween us.  There  was  always  the  open  sunlight  of  sunlight  and  love.  How  I  loved 
this  man!  Even  now  I  rejoice  in  the  expectation  that  this  hallowed  friendship,  incip- 
ient on  earth,  will  be  crowned  and  consummated  in  heaven." 


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MISSOURI    CONFERENCE— HANNIBAL    DISTRICT. 


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PALMYRA  METHODIST  SABBATH  SCHOOL. 


THOMAS  E.  THOMPSON,  SUPT. 


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Miss  Lflzzie    Bourland 
Miss  Maggie    Everly 
Miss   Julia    Pittman 
Miss  Mamie    Jolinson 
Miss   Sue    Bowman 
Miss   Katie    Redd 
Miss   Betty  Baltlirop 
Miss  Mary   Balthrop 
Miss  Josie   Bradley 
Miss   Annie  Sappington 
Miss  Irene     Lucky 
Miss  Laura   Sliannon 
Miss   Sarah    Shannon 
Miss  Jennie   Windsor 
Miss  Laura    Meg'quier 
Miss  Julia    Biggers 
Miss  Lillie   Logan 
Miss   Kmma    Jones 
Miss  Maggie     Rusli 
Miss   Bettie  Watts 
Miss  Jennie    ^VidderfieId 
Miss  Jennie  Lee 
Miss   Ragie   Chandler 
Miss  Mollie    Davis 
Miss  Mary   Henretzie 
Miss  Clarrie  Tatlow 
Miss  Jennie    Bradley 
Miss  Mary    Chandler 
Miss   Ada    Fletcher 
Miss   Katie    Johnson 
Miss   Belle   Biggers 
Miss  Alice    Noble 
Miss  Mary    Taylor 
Miss  Mary    Longmire 
Miss   Laura    Windsor 
Miss   Mary   Thomas 
Miss   Katie  Thomas 
Mrs.   Bell  Drescher 
Miss   Mary    Bross 
Miss   Alice  Arbogast 
Miss   Ella    Yancey 
Miss   Ada    Rush 
Miss  Caddie    Bross 
Miss  Maggie   Walker 
Miss  Nannie  Lipscomb 
Miss   Lonie   Widdcrfield 
Miss  Lizzie   Dresclier 
Miss   Lillie    Decamp 
Miss   Katie   Wishart 
Miss   Fannie   Hart 
Miss   Annie  Highland 
Miss  Minnie    Deamer 
Miss  Josie  Nicol 
Miss  Dellie    Smith 
Miss  Maggie    Nicol 
Miss  Pamelia    Liborius 
Miss   Bettie    Fant 
Miss  Jennie   Johnson 
Miss  Jennie    Chandler 
Miss   Katie   Metcalf 
Miss  Nannie  Thompson 
Miss   Ella   Hart 
Miss  Mollie   Flannagan 
Miss   Ida    Tancey 
Miss   Eva    Hart 
Miss   Mollie    Sprague 
Miss   Rebecca    Lear 
Miss   Mary    Willis 
Miss   Emma    Traeger 
Miss  Jennie    Traeger 
Miss   Glover    Crane 
Miss  Katie    Tencey 
Miss  Fannie  Johnson 
Mrs.   Mollie   Bradley 
Miss  .\nnie    Foster 
Miss   Katie  Dooley 
Miss  Annia  Neal 
Miss   Louisa  Kratz 
Miss  Ada    Cole 
Miss   Ella   Bradley 
Miss  .Alice    Cole 
Miss  Bell    Willis 
Miss   Ella  Ross 
Miss  Cora    Shannon 
Miss  Annie  Lee 


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Georgia   Lee  170. 

Mary   Berghoetfer  171. 

Katie    Berglioeffer  172. 

Eva  McCarty  173. 

Katie    Weidhas  174. 

Cornelia    Weidhas  175. 

Mary    Painter  176. 

Alice  Redd  177. 

Katie  Bowman  179. 

Sarah    Lear  ISO. 

Carrie    Liborius  ISl. 

Lizzie  Nicol  1S2. 

Hattie  Nicol  183. 

Jennie   McCarty  184. 

Carrie   McCarty  1S5. 

Lizzie    Schwartz  1S6. 

Lizzie    Nicol  1S7. 

Julia    McCarty  ISS. 

Flora  Painter  1.S9. 

Katie   Happle  190. 

Ella    Lear  191. 

Ella    Fletcher  192. 

Carry    Liborius  193. 

Mary    Biggers  194. 

Maggie    Anderson  195. 

Julia    .Anderson  196. 

Lulia    Brady  197. 

Annie    Highland  19S. 

Minnie    Redd  199. 

Julia  Tliompson  200. 

H.   A.    Bourland  201. 

W.    M.   Newland  202. 

Lou   Berghoefter  203. 

Lou    Heintze  204. 

Katie    Shaul  205. 
Pamelia      Berghoet-206. 
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Mary    Deemer  208. 

Lizzie    Deemer  209. 

Mary   CleffmiUer  210. 

Lizzie    Gross  211. 

.Annie    Snitzer  212. 

Mary   Gross  213. 

Nettie    Newbower  214. 

Minnie    Voltjraght  215. 

Katie    Kratz  216. 

Emmie  Schwartz  217. 

Anice  Logan  218. 

-Annie    Metcalt  219. 

Hallie  Sosey  220. 

-Amie    Metcalt  221. 

Tillie    Kemp  222. 

Exie    Kemp  223. 

Sallie    Johnson  224. 

Lulie    Lee  225. 

Emma    Wishart  226. 

Fannie   Traeger  227. 

Endora    Fletcher  22S. 

Annie   McCarty  229. 

Lou    Happel  230, 

Bell    Sariton  231. 

Delia    Berghoeffer  232. 

Marv   Berghoeffer  233. 

Katie    Starke  234. 

Fannie  Traeger  235. 
Emma     Englehardt  236. 

Bettie    Hoga  237. 

Jennie    Lampkin  238. 

Jamie    Longmire  239. 

Willie    Thomas  240. 

Henry   Heintze  241. 

Willie    Flanagan  242. 

Sammie    Flanagan  243. 

Eliza    Flanagan  244. 

Eddie    Swartz  245. 

John    Stacy  246. 

.Alex    Englehart  247. 

Eddie   Theiotf  248. 

Eddie    Englehart  249. 

Dorcus    Theioff  250. 

Johnie  Noble  251. 

George    Newlower  252. 

John    Cliffmiller  253. 

Edie   Windsor  254. 
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Mrs.   Eddie   Brady 
Mrs.   Willie   Thomas 
Mrs.   Granville    Keller 
Mrs.  Willie   Roy 
Willie   Curd 
Mrs.   John    Campbell 
Mrs.   John    Henritze 
Mrs.  Henry    Friedank 
Mrs.   Georgie   Friedank 
Mrs.  Phillip    Gantz 
Mrs.   August    Gantz 
Mrs.  Augustus  Himmel 
Mrs.  John    Thomas 
Mrs.   John    Shannon 
Mrs.  Albert    Sprague 
Mrs.   Lafayette   Trotter 
Mrs.   Eddie    McCamren 
Mrs.   James   Thomas 
Mrs.   J.    Q.   A.    Metcalf 
Mrs.   Richard    Tatlow 
Mrs.   Frank    Shannon 
Mrs.   Silas    Pittman 
Mrs.   Eddie    Anderson 
Mrs.  Jolin   Snitzer 
Mrs.   .Albert    Smith 
Mrs.   John    Foster 
Mrs.   Willie    Wishart 
Mrs.   Robert    Chandler 
Mrs.   Christopher    Brady 
Mrs.   Willie    Weidhas 
Mrs.  Charlie    Bowman 
Mrs.   Charlie    Trager 
Mrs.   John    Bowman 
Mrs.  Tlieodore   Hayden 
Mrs.   Frank    Swartz 
Mrs.   James    Watts 
Mrs.  John    Shaul 
Mrs.   Henry  Kratz 
Mrs.   John    Priest 
Mrs.   D.    Rush 
Mrs.   John    Painter 
Mrs.   John    Berghoeffer 
Mrs.   Johnnie     Lipscomb 
Mrs.   AVillie    Windsor 
Mrs.   Willie    Brown 
Mrs.  John  Shannon,  Jr 
Mrs.   Lewis    Hayden 
Mrs.   Willie    Longmire 
Mrs.   Willie  Arbogast 
Mrs.  Tommie   Yancey 
Mrs.  J.   W.   Widderfield 
Mrs.  H.  K.  Hinde 
Mrs.  Thos.    V.    Winfree 
Mrs.  Benjamin  Hayden 
Mrs.  George    Milton 
Mrs.   Benjamin   Thomas 
Mrs.  Lill    .Anderson 
Mrs.   Thomas   Priest 
Mrs.   James     Bowman 
Eddie   Longmire 
Willie    Berghoeffer 
Rev.  J.    McEwan 
Rev.   L.    R.    Downing 
Rev.   James    Penn 
Rev.  W.   W'.   McMurry 
J.   D.  Vincil 
A.    P.    Lynn 
L.    W^.    Rush 
W.    M.    Lettwich 
H.    H.    Hedgepeth 
Rev.  William    Rush. 
Rev.   E.   Me   K.    Bounds 
Mr.   Edward   Thompson 
Rev.   E.    H.    Hudson 
Rev.   S.    J.    Huffaker 
Rev.  R.   P.   Holt 
Rev.   R.    G.    Loving 
Rev.   Andrew   Monroe 
Rev.  Bishop    Kavanaugh 
Mr.   Jacob   Sosey 
Rev.   P.    -A.    Savage 
Rev.  Mr.  Cox 
Rev.   W.  O.  Cross 
Mr.   Th,   E.  Thompson. 
Superintendent. 


Mrs. 

Mrs. 


Rev. 
Rev. 
Rev. 
Rev. 
Rev. 


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REV.  JOSEPH  SIMPSON  TODD,  A.  M. 


For    he    looked    for    a    City   which    hath    foundations,    whose 
Builder  and  maker  is  God. — St.  Paul. 


Rev.  Joseph  Simpson  Todd  was  born  in  West  Virginia  October  31st,  1826.  Both 
of  his  parents,  William  Todd  and  Mary  E.  Todd,  were  members  of  the  Old  School 
Presbyterian  Church.  When  he  was  fourteen  years  old  he  joined  the  Old  School 
Presbyterian  Church,  and  united  with  the  Methodist  Epi.scopal  Church,  South,  in  1849. 
His  mother  had  such  a  saving  influence  over  him  that  he  felt  he  was  converted  from 
infancy,  but  definitely  and  fully  in  February,  1848.  His  growth  in  grace  was  steady 
and  continued  from  the  time  of  his  ful!  conversion  and  call  to  preach.  He  was 
licensed  to  preach  by  the  Quarterly  Conference  of  Columbia  Circuit,  Rev.  Andrew 
Monroe  presiding;  the  same  Quarterly  Conference  recommended  him  to  th  Annual 
Conference  for  admission  on  trial;  Rev.  P.  M.  Pinkard,  preacher  in  charge;  he  was 
received  into  the  Annual  Conference  in  1850,  at  Canton,  Rev.  Andrew  Monroe  Presid- 
ing Elder  and  Bi.shop  pro  tern.  He  was  ordained  Deacon  by  Bishop  Paine,  in  October, 
1852;  ordained  Elder  by  Bishop  Kavanaugh,  in  1854,  at  Brunswick,  Missouri.  He  has 
served  the  following  charges:  Richmond  Circuit,  Liberty^  Plattsburg,  Weston, 
Columbia,  Clarksville  and  Paynesville,  Lagrange,  located  in  ISoT,  readmitted  in  1873, 
and  had  charge  of  Clarence  Circuit,  Palmyra  Circuit,  Shelbyville  High  School  and 
station,  and  readmitted  same  fall,  1873;  Shelbyville  Circuit,  one  year;  Monroe  City, 
two  years;  Monticello,  two  years;  Shelbyville,  two  years;  Hunnewell,  two  years; 
Hydesburgh,  one  year;  Cairo,  one  year;  Bloomington,  one  year;  Palmyra  Circuit,  two 
years;  Glasgow,  one  year;  Rocheport,  one  year.  Rev.  J.  Y.  Blakey  and  Rev.  W.  F. 
McMurry,  D.  D.,  were  converted  under  his  ministi-y  and  taken  into  the  church  at 
Shelbyville.  Four  churches  were  built  under  his  pastorate.  He  attended  and  was 
graduated  from  Alexandria  College,  West  Virginia.  One  year  he  had  charge  of  the 
Shelbyville  High  School.  He  was  a  strong  believer  in  Christian  education  and  sent 
his  sons  to  Central  College,  Favette,  Missouri.  He  was  married  to  Miss  Mary  E. 
Miller,  October  3d,  1858,  and  their  children  are  Mary  E.  Todd,  Edna  Todd,  Wallace- 
Todd,  Maggie  Todd,  Josephine  Todd,  Hugh  Todd,  Callie  Todd  and  Charles  Todd. 
All  of  his  children  are  happily  converted.  Brother  Todd  was  a  clear  thinker,  a  forcible 
speaker,  and  a  preacher  of  the  first  class.  His  sermons  were  full  of  meat  for  the 
thoughtful.     He  has  gone  to  his  eternal  reward  on  high. 


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REV.  SAMUEL   HAYMAN   WAINRIGHT,   M.D.,  D.D. 


The  waves  of  Infinite  Love,  agitated  by  the  Death-pain  of  Jesus, 
May  wash  all   the  shores  of    Eternity  and   of    Being. 

— Bishop  Marvin. 


Rev.  Samuel  Hayman  Wainwright  was  born  April  15th,  1863,  at  Columbus,  Illinois. 
He  is  a  son  of  Rev.  Daniel  Thomas  Wainwright  and  Amanda  F.  Wainwright.  His 
father  was  a  preacher  in  the  Missouri  Conference  and  his  mother  also  a  member  of  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  South.  Brother  Samuel  H.  Wainright  joined  the 
church  in  childhood,  at  Monticello,  Missouri,  and  afterwards  united  with  the  church 
in  Shelbyville,  Missouri,  under  the  ministry  of  Rev.  J.  M.  O'Bryen.  His  conversion  was 
in  direct  answer  to  the  earnest  prayers  of  a  sister.  At  the  very  hour  when  the  decision 
was  made  this  devoted  sister  at  a  distant  place  was  on  her  knees  making  intercession 
for  him.  Dr.  Wainwright  has  grown  in  the  deep  things  of  God.  His  hold  on  divine 
things  is  remarkable  and  his  steadfast  Christian  life  naturally  follows.  He  was 
licensed  to  preach  in  Kobe,  Japan,  and  the  Quarterly  Conference  of  Kobe  recommended 
him  to  the  Annual  Conference  for  admission  on  trial  in  August,  1894;  and  was  ordained 
Deacon  and  Elder  by  Bishop  Wilson,  also  at  Kobe,  in  August,  1898.  For  eighteen 
years  Dr.  Wainwright  was  head  of  the  iMethodist  College  for  Boys  at  Kobe,  Japan, 
called  the  Kwansei  Gakuin.  He  finished  the  common  and  high  schools  and  was  grad- 
uated from  the  Missouri  Medical  College  of  St.  Louis,  and  received  the  honorary  degree 
of  Doctor  of  Divinity  from  Central  College.  He  was  married  to  Miss  Margaret  M. 
Todd,  December  SOtli,  1886,  and  they  have  three  children,  Daniel  Todd  Wainwright, 
Samuel  Hayman  Wainwright  and  Elizabeth  Agee  Wainwright.  He  considers  the 
decision  to  go  to  the  foreign  field  in  1888  as  possibly  the  most  important  crisis  in  his 
life.  Dr.  Wainwright  has  been  a  great  student  and  a  close  reader  of  many  books, 
both  Japanese  and  English.  Philosophy  has  been  his  favorite  subject,  aside  from  the 
Bible,  which  he  studies  daily  in  the  original.  Dr.  Wainwright  is  more  than  a  reader 
of  books.  He  is  a  profound  and  reasonable  thinker.  His  sermons  are  strong  and  help- 
ful. He  has  been  elected  President  of  the  Japan  Annual  Conference  twice,  and  thi-ee 
times  delegate  to  the  General  Conference.  Such  a  man  gives  substantial  influence  to 
the  Foreign  Missionary  enterprise. 


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CENTENNIAL    VOLUME    OF    MISSOURI    METHODISM. 


REV.  AMBROSE  PRESTON  LINN. 


What  shares  our  suffering  is  to  share  our  glory. — Bishop  Hcndrix. 


Rev.  Ambrose  Preston  Linn  was  born  in  Virginia,  August  26th,  1833,  and  came 
to  Missouri  at  the  age  of  sixteen  years.  Soon  afterwards  he  was  converted  and  began 
regular  work  in  the  church  at  about  the  age  of  eighteen.  His  conversion  was  clear 
and  satisfactory.  The  fruits  of  it  remained  to  the  end.  He  made  steady  growth  in 
grace  and  exercised  his  love  and  faith  in  many  gracious  revivals  of  religion.  By  this 
means  he  grew  to  the  full  stature  of  a  man  in  Christ  Jesus.  He  was  received  into 
the  Annual  Conference  for  admission  on  trial  in  1851,  at  Fayette,  Missouri,  Bishop 
Capers  presiding.  He  was  ordained  Deacon  by  Bishop  Andrew  in  1853  at  Palmyra, 
Missouri;  was  ordained  Elder  by  Bishop  Early  in  1855  at  Richmond,  Missouri.  He 
served  the  following  appointments:  Clarksvilie  and  Paynesville  Circuits,  Fulton, 
Lagrange,  Edina,  Louisiana,  Lagrange,  Huntsville,  and  Chillicothe,  Southwest  Missouri 
Conference  at  Nevada,  Wentzville,  Monroe  City,  Clarence  and  Hydesburg.  He  received 
hundreds  into  the  church.  In  fact,  he  was  a  great  revivalist,  and  his  harvest  of  souls 
was  great.  The  church  at  Huntsville  was  built  undei-  his  pastorate.  He  was  twice 
married,  first  to  Miss  Mary  J.  Glasscock,  who  died  in  July,  1863,  and  he  was  again  mar- 
ried to  Miss  Anna  E.  Martin  January  11th,  1866,  who  now  survives  him.  The  names 
of  his  children  are  Edwin  M.  Linn,  Harry  E.  Linn,  Paul  H.  Linn  and  Nellie  ^L  Linn. 
He  lead  the  hosts  of  Israel  in  many  a  hard-fought  battle  and  by  the  help  of  the 
Lord  he  won  the  day.  He  was  a  fine  singer  and  was  a  member  of  the  Palmyra  meet- 
ing that  determined  the  future  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  South,  in  this  State. 
He  was  a  powerful  revivalist  and  in  great  demand  for  meetings,  preaching  much  at 
camp-grounds.     He  died  at  Monroe  City,  Missouri,  June  10th,  1885. 


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REV.   THOMAS  DEMOSS. 


He  came   to   his   grave    in    full    charactei-,    in    full    preparedness, 
Meet  for  the  Master's  use. — Dr.  Joseph  Parker. 


Rev.  Thomas  DeMoss,  born 
May  the  14th,  181.3,  died  at 
Monroe  City,  Mo.,  November  2.3, 
1876,  in  the  sixty-fourth  year  of 
his  life.  His  ancestors,  an  old 
French  family,  sought  refuge  in 
this  country,  on  the  breaking 
out  of  the  French  Revolution 
in  the  latter  part  of  the 
eighteenth  century,  and  settled 
on  the  Ohio  River  in  Campbell 
County,  Kentucky.  The  father 
of  the  subject  of  this  sketch 
never  identified  himself  with 
any  religious  order,  but  his 
mother,  a  native  of  Kentucky, 
was  converted  in  early  life  and 
united  with  the  Methodist  Epis- 
copal Church.  She  left  the  im- 
press of  her  Christian  char- 
acter on  her  children,  two  of 
whom  were  Methodist  preachers. 
Educational  facilities  at  that 
day  in  Kentucky  were  meager, 
and  young  DeMoss  acquired 
only  such  education  as  the  coun- 
try schools  and  a  few  terms  at 
the  Brooksville  Academy,  an 
educational  enterprise  main- 
tained at  the  metropolis  of  his 
native  country,  could  furnish. 
On  this  rudimental  foundation, 
with  an  attentive  mind  and 
studious  habits  he  was  enabled 
to  keep  abreast  of  the  times  in 
after-life  on  general  informa- 
tion. In  his  seventeenth  year 
he    was     converted     and    united 

with  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  and  two  years  later  was  licensed  to  preach.  At 
the  annual  session  of  the  Kentucky  Conference  in  1834  he  applied  for  admission  and 
an  examination  was  admitted  and  assigned  work.  He  maintained  that  relation  six- 
teen years,  filling  various  stations  and  charges  in  connection  therewith.  At  the  an- 
nual session  of  the  Conference  in  1836  he  was  ordained  a  Deacon  and  subsequently 
received  the  order  of  Elder,  but  by  whom  these  orders  were  conferred  this  writer 
cannot  now  recall. 

During  the  eventful  session  of  the  Kentucky  Conference  in  1844  he  aligned  with 
the  party  of  the  South  and  assisted  in  adjusting  the  affairs  of  the  Church  to  the 
new  order  of  things,  occasioned  by  the  division  of  the  Church.  He  was  an  able  and 
zealous  expounder  of  the  doctrine  of  the  Church.  Many  men  and  women  were  con- 
verted under  his  ministry,  who  subsequently  became  useful  and  influential  members 
of  the  Methodist  Church. 

In  the  autumn  of  185-5  he  removed  with  his  family  to  Missouri,  with  the  inten- 
tion of  engaging  in  agricultural  pursuits.  Providence,  however,  ordained  otherwise. 
.A.t  the  session  of  the  Missouri  Conference,  held  at  Hannibal  in  1856,  he  again  entered 
the  itineracy  and  continued  to  serve  the  Church  in  that  capacity  for  twenty-one  years. 
His  first  charge  was  at  Hannibal  and  the  last  at  Edina  in  Knox  County. 

Early  in  his  ministry  he  was  married  to  Katherine  Richards,  an  amiable  Christian 
woman,  well-fitted  by  disposition  and  culture  to  become  the  companion  and  solace  of 
an  itinerant  Methodist  minister.  She  survived  her  husband  many  years  and  died  at 
the  home  of  her  daughter,  near  Glasgow,  in  1898,  and  was  gathered  to  her  fathers. 
This  memorial  page  has  been  furnished  by  Jlr.  J.  M.  DeMoss,  a  son  of  the  deceased. 


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CENTENNIAL    VOLUME    OF    MISSOURI    METHODISM. 


REV.  HENRY   BASCOM  WATSON. 
Born,  April  21,  1838.     Died,  February  14,  1889. 


But  they  shall   flourish  from  the  tomb, 

The  breath  of    God  shall  wake  them  into  odorous  bloom.  — Keble. 


By  Rev.  Edgar   D.   Watson,  A.  M. 

His  father,  David  Watson,  a 
native  of  York  District,  South 
Carolina,  settled  near  the  pres- 
ent site  of  Louisiana,  Missouri, 
in  1810,  and  there  resided  till 
his  death,  N■^vember  28,  1860. 
His  mother,  Mary  Neville  Ed- 
munds, a  native  of  Virginia, 
lived  with  her  mother  near 
Clarksville,  Missouri,  where  she 
was  married  to  David  Watson, 
.July  3,  1834.  Henry  Bascom 
was  born  at  the  old  homestead 
near  Louisiana,  Missouri,  ."^pril 
21,  1838,  and  there  frrew  to  man- 
hood. Both  parents  were  deeply 
religious,  and  loyal  and  devoted 
Methodists,  and  the  son  was 
thoroughly  trained  in  religious 
matters.  He  united  with  the 
church  when  but  twelve  years 
old.  Convinced  of  his  call  to 
the  ministry,  he  attended  school 
at  Louisiana,  St.  Charles  Col- 
lege, Howard  High  School  (Cen- 
tral at  Fayette) ,  and  Wcsleyan 
University,  Middleton,  Connecti- 
cut. He  was  licensed  to  preach 
and  recommended  for  admission 
into  the  Missouri  Conference  by 
the  Louisiana  Quarterly  Confer- 
ence in  18.58,  Rev.  B.  H.  Spencer 
P.  C,  and  Rev.  A.  Monroe, 
Presiding  Elder.  He  was  re- 
ceived at  St.  Joseph,  September, 
1859.  Bishop  Paine,  presiding. 
He  was  appointed  as  follows: 
Junior  preacher,  Danville  Cir- 
cuit; Rev.  J.  W.  Cook,  P.  C,  18.59;  P.  C,  Danville  Circuit,  1860;  Junior  Preacher,  St. 
Charles  Circuit;  Rev.  Tvson  Dines,  P.  C,  1861-1862;  Junior  Preacher,  Bloomington 
and  Kirksville;  Rev.  W.  Toole,  P.  C,  1863;  located  in  1864  to  look  after  his  mother's 
affairs.  No  Bishop  being  present  he  had  never  been  ordained.  He  was  married 
October  6,  1864,  to  Miss  Gertrude  Moore,  of  Fairfax  County,  Virginia.  Their  children 
are:  Edgar  David  Watson,  of  the  Missouri  Conference;  Minnie  (deceased);  Cora 
Campbell  Watson,  Palmyra,  Missouri;  Maud  (deceased);  Mary  Gertrude  Bailey, 
Palmyra,  Missouri;  H.  Bascom  Watson  (deceased);  Henry  B.  Watson  (deceased); 
Mrs.  Gertrude  Watson  is  living  at  Palmyra.  After  residing  a  year  at  St.  Charles  he 
went  to  Bolivar,  where  he  engaged  in  teaching,  afterwards  being  admitted  to  the  bar. 
Here  his  mother  died  and  he  at  once  sacrificed  everything  to  re-enter  the  Missouri 
Conference,  and  he  was  re-admitted  at  Glasgow,  October  7,  1875.  He  was  ordained 
Deacon  September  16,  and  Elder,  Sepptember  17,  1876,  at  Hannibal  by  Bishop 
McTyeire.  His  appointments  were  as  follows:  Shelbina,  1875-1876;  Hannibal,  Fifth 
Street  (Park),  1878-1879;  Columbia,  1880-1881;  Sturgeon,  1882;  Gla.sgow,  1883,  1884, 
1885;  Pueblo,  Colorado  (Denver  Conference),  1886;  Shelbina  Circuit,  1887;  Shelbina 
Station.  1888. 

The  work  he  accomplished,  the  power  he  manifested,  and  the  indomitable  pur- 
pose he  revealed  were  astonishing  to  all  who  knew  the  suffering  he  endured.  Even 
in  his  hours  of  extremest  weakness  and  misery,  which  would  have  made  most  men 
helpless,  his  preaching  was  "in  demonstration  of  the  Spirit  and  of  power."  He 
was  ready  to  go.  "It  is  all  right.  He  knows  best.  God  makes  no  mistakes.,"  were 
among  his  last  words,  as  he  fell  asleep.  He  was  beloved  by  all  who  knew  him,  and 
his  memory  is  precious. 


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REV.  J.  S.   FRAZIER. 


Loving  God,  I  am  happy;  living  in  God,  I  am  safe. — Dr.  Joseph 
Parker. 


By  Rev.  Fielding  Marvin,  D.  D. 

Rev.  J.  S.  Frazier  was  bom  in  Davidson  County,  Tennessee,  May  24th,  1838. 
While  yet  a  mere  youth  he  came  with  his  parents  to  Missouri.  While  living  with 
an  uncle  in  Cape  Girardeau  County  he  was  converted  under  the  ministry  of  Rev. 
Samuel  Huffman.  At  the  old  McKendree  Chapel,  the  first  Methodist  church  erected  in 
Southeast  Missouri,  his  conversion  occurred.  Brother  Frazier  joined  the  St.  Louis 
Conference  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  South,  in  the  fall  of  1864,  having 
done  some  ministerial  work  as  a  supply  before  his  admission  into  the  Conference.  At 
this  Conference  he  was  ordained  local  Deacon  by  Bishop  Kavanaugh.  In  1868  he  was 
ordained  Elder  by  Bishop  Marvin.  His  first  regular  appointment  was  Fredericktown, 
and  during  this  year  there  were,  under  his  ministry,  one  hundred  and  forty  conversions. 
From  that  time  to  his  superannuation.  Brother  Frazier's  ministry  was  a  successful 
one.  Hundreds  were  brought  into  the  light  and  received  into  the  church,  and  in 
the  pastoral  work  and  in  the  work  of  starting  church-building  and  parsonage-build- 
ing enterprises  this  man  took  an  active  part.  He  sei-ved  also  the  following  charges: 
Springfield,  New  Madrid,  St.  James,  Rolla,  Merrimac,  Kirkwood,  Manchester,  Bridge- 
ton,  Charleston  and  Charleston  District.  After  serving  Charleston  District  three 
years  he  was  transferred  to  the  Missouri  Conference.  Here  he  served  O'Fallon  and 
Cottleville,  Liberty,  Palmyra,  Huntsville,  Louisiana,  Canton,  Hunnewell  Circuit,  Bowling 
Green  Circuit  and  Troy.  While  at  Troy,  his  health  failing,  he  took  superannuated 
relation. 

Some  of  the  trying  experiences  of  the  Civil  War  fell  to  the  lot  of  this  Southern 
Methodist  preacher,  experiences  such  as  many  preachers  had  in  Missouri,  for  he 
labored  during  the  times  of  the  test  oath  administration,  and  preached  at  the  peril 
of  arrest  and  imprisonment.  But  the  Supreme  Court  of  the  United  States  after  a  while 
pronounced  such  legislation  unconstitutional  and  our  hitherto  hampered  and  harrassed 
preachers  could  proclaim  without   restraint   the  glad  news   of  salvation   to   men. 

Brother  Frazier's  ministry  has  extended  almost  over  the  entire  state  and  his  name 
is  known  and  honored  in  all  the  Conferences  of  Missouri.  It  is  refreshing  to  hear  him 
talk  of  Kavanaugh  and  Pierce,  of  Doggett,  Wightman  and  Keener  and  other  lenders 
of  a  generation  that  has  passed  away. 

He  is  a  large  minded  true  preacher  of  the  gospel.  Repentance  and  faith  and 
forgiveness  he  offers  to  sinners,  all  in  the  name  of  Christ. 

Brother  Frazier  is  ever  ready  by  word  and  work  to  serve  the  Master.  Though 
superannuated  he  is  not  idle.  The  interests  of  the  church  are  still  upon  his  heart 
and  though  physical  strength  is  not  so  great  as  in  earlier  years,  yet  the  freshness  and 
vigor  of  his  prayers  and  sermons  are  truly  uplifting,  and  the  testimony  of  his  faith 
and   love  gives   courage  and  strength  to  the   church. 


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REV.  ENOCH   KIRBY   MILLER,  D.   D. 


On   life's   fair   tree   fast   by    the   throne   of   God, 

What    golden    joys    ambrosial    clustering    glow 

In    His    full    beam,   and   ripen    for   the   just. —  Young. 


Rev.  Enoch  Kirby  Miller,  son  of  Samuel  Miller  and  Sarah  Miller,  was  born  near 
Palmyra,  Missouri,  October  3rd,  1829.  He  was  converted  while  teaching  school  in  his 
eighteenth  year,  under  the  ministry  of  Rev.  B.  H.  Spencer.  About  two  years  later 
he  was  married  to  Miss  Fyrena  Maupin,  who  lived  only  a  short  time  thereafter.  He 
then  resolved  to  obey  his  convictions  to  enter  the  ministry.  Accordingly  he  was 
licensed  to  preach  at  a  Quarterly  Confei-ence  of  Paris  Circuit,  at  Spencer's  Chapel, 
May,  18.51,  Rev.  Jacob  Lanius,  Presiding  Elder.  One  week  later  he  was  admitted 
into  the  traveling  connection  of  the  Missouri  Conference  at  Fayette,  Missouri,  and 
was  appointed  to  Columbia  Circuit  as  junior  preacher.  The  next  two  years  he  was 
on  the  Edina  Circuit,  and  during  that  time  he  was  married  to  Miss  Virginia  .Maynard. 
In  18.54-185."),  he  served  Canton  charge,  the  next  year  at  Shelbyville,  then  St.  .lo.seph. 
Station  two  years,  where  he  built  old  Francis  Street  Church.  Here  his  second  wife 
died,  leaving  two  small  children,  the  elder  one,  Mr.  Andrew  Miljer,  of  Springfield, 
Missouri,  still  lives;  the  younger  son  dying  in  childhood.  The  year  18.58-18,59  he  was 
Presiding  Elder  of  Savannah  District;  the  next  two  years  he  was  stationed  at  Han- 
nibal, where  he  wa.^  married  to  Miss  .Anna  Green,  of  New  York,  who  only  lived  a 
short  while.  From  Hannibal  he  was  sent  to  Chillicothe  Station.  In  1862  he,  in  com- 
pany with  Rev.  Enoch  M.  Marvin,  started  to  the  General  Conference  at  New  Orleans, 
but  when  they  reached  Batesville,  Arkansas,  they  learned  the  Conference  had  been 
postponed.  On  his  return  he  was  arrested  by  the  State  Militia  and  thrown  into 
prison,  and  remained  a  pri.«oner  until  the  last  of  January,  1863.  In  1864  he  was  trans- 
ferred to  the  Pacific  Conference,  where  he  served  Sacramento  two  years;  San  Fran- 
cisco, two  years;  Sacramento  District,  four  years:  San  Jose,  two  years;  Colusa,  four 
years;  then  transferred  back  to  the  Missouri  Conference  in  1878,  and  pastor  of 
Francis  Street  Church,  at  St.  Joseph,  Missouri,  four  years;  Columbia  Station,  two 
years;  Park  Church,  Hannibal,  two  years;  Mexico  Station,  four  years;  Presiding 
Elder,  Fayette  District,  four  years;  Mexico  District,  two  years;  Plattesburg  Dfstrict, 
three  years;  Hannibal  District,  four  years;  he  was  then  superannuated.  The  mun- 
ner  of  his  death  was  beautiful ;  the  messenger  came  to  him  suddenly  and  apparently 
without  pain.  The  finger  of  death  touched  him  while  sitting  alone  in  hii;  room 
looking  out  of  the  window  upon  the  world  mantled  with  snow,  as  the  evening  sun  was 
closing  the  day — fit  close  of  so  beautiful  a  life.  Pr.  Miller  was  married  to  Miss  Lucy 
R.  Jones,  in  San  Francisco,  May  12th.  1868.  For  thirty-six  years  they  journeyed 
together.  Their  only  child,  Mrs.  Mary  Crider,  with  her  two  children,  survives  to  share 
the  mother's  sorrow.  Dr.  Miller  was  a  genial.  Christian  gentleman,  modest  but  courtly 
in  all   his  bearings. 


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3^»7 


REV.  FRANCIS  ASBURY  TAYLOR.  A.M. 


Thought,  too,   delivered,  is  the   more   possessed; 
Teaching  we  learn ;  and  griving;  we  retain. — Young. 


Francis  Aubry  Taylor,  son  of  John  J.  and  Mary  E.  Taylor,  was  bom  in  Shelby 
County,  ilissouri,  September  12,  1842.  His  parents  were  "natives  of  Virg-inia  and 
came  to  j\Iissouri  in  1839.  He  was  converted  at  the  age  of  twelve  years  and  joined 
the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  South.  His  early  education  was  obtained  at  Shelby 
High  School,  and  he  graduated  with  honor  at  Illinois  College,  taking  the  degree  of 
A.  B.  and  A.  i\I.  After  graduating  he  returned  to  his  native  State  and  taught  one 
year  in  Palmyra  Seminary.  Then  he  taught  four  years  in  Central  College  at  Fay- 
ette, Missouri.  After  teaching  about  ten  years  he  joined  the  Southwest  Missouri 
Conference,  having  been  licensed  to  preach  in  1870.  After  preaching  four  years  his 
health  failed,  and  he  came  to  Florida  in  1881.  His  health  having  improved,  he 
edited  the  "Citizen"  at  Apopka  for  three  years.  In  1889  he  was  elected  professor  of 
Mathematics  and  Greek  in  the  Florida  "Conference  College  at  Leesburg,  where  he 
remained  seven  years.  He  returned  to  the  itinerant  work  in  1897  in  the  Florida  Con- 
ference. He  has  served  Callahan,  High  Springs,  Waldo.  Bowling  Green  and  Maitland 
Circuits.  He  was  twice  married,  and  has  a  wife  and  four  living  children,  two  daughters 
and  two  sons. 

Brother  Frank  Taylor  was  teaching  in  Shelbyville  High  School,  when  the  writer 
first  knew  him.  He  was  then  associated  with  Rev.  W.  W.  McMurry,  who  took  great 
interest  in  educational  matters.  Among  the  many  men  of  noble  character  who  have 
helped  to  make  Centra]  College  at  Favette  stands  the  name  of  Rev.  Francis  Astjurv 
Taylor.  "  ' 


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REV.  JOHN   JEFFERSON   REED. 


All   that   was   lyinfr   frozen   at  my  heart   thou   hast   melted, 
And   put   in  motion. — Goethe. 


Rev.  John  Jefferson  Reed,  son 
of  Robert  Stephenson  Reed  and 
Sarah  Jane  Reed,  was  born  in 
Marshall  County,  Mississippi, 
.March  5th,  18."j8.  Both  of  his 
parents  were  members  of  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  Church, 
South.  He  was  converted  in 
the  fall  of  1867,  in  a  revival 
meeting  held  in  Douglas  County, 
Missouri,  while  visiting  an  uncle, 
but  did  not  join  the  church  until 
September  3rd,  1882,  under  the 
ministry  of  Rev.  J.  G.  L.  Mitch- 
ell. Being  but  a  boy,  nine  years 
old,  under  the  preaching  of  the 
Word  in  this  meeting,  he  felt  for 
the  first  time  in  his  life  the  real 
need  of  salvation.  He  had  been 
properly  taught  from  childhood, 
but  now  felt  the  need  of  a  per- 
sonal, conscious  salvation.  .As 
soon  as  the  invitation  was  given 
for  penitents  to  come  forward, 
he  hastened  to  the  altar  and  re- 
ceived the  blessing  of  salvation. 
The  experience  of  salvation  has 
grown  sweeter  and  better  to  him 
as  the  years  have  passed  along; 
a  salvation  that  is  genuine,  yet 
grows  richer.  God's  promises 
are  more  precious,  and  his  con- 
fidence in  them,  and  in  Him  who 
made  them,  deepens  and  widens. 
He  is  growing  in  grace  and  in 
the  knowledge  of  things  heaven- 
ly. His  love  for  all  men  is  man- 
ifested in  the  life  he  is  living 
and  the  work  he  is  trying  to  do 
to  save  them.  He  was  licensed 
to  preach  just  two  weeks  after  he  joined  the  church;  Rev.  J.  G.  L.  Mitchell  was 
pastor,  and  Rev.  Joseph  King  was  Presiding  Elder;  was  recommended  to  the  Annual 
Conference  for  admission  on  trial  by  the  same  Quarterly  Conference,  the  Quarterly 
Conference  of  the  Henderson  Circuit,  September  3rd,  1883;  was  received  into  the 
Southwest  Missouri  Annual  Conference  at  Boonvillc,  September  26th,  1883;  Rev. 
Joseph  King,  Presiding  Elder,  and  Bishop  A.  W.  Wilson,  presiding;  was  received  into 
full  connection  in  the  Conference  at  Lexington,  October  3rd,  188.5;  ordained  Deacon 
by  Bishop  John  C.  Granbery,  at  Lexington,  Missouri,  October  4th,  188.5;  ordained 
Elder  by  Bishop  E.  R.  Hendrix  at  Springfield,  Missouri,  October  2nd,  1887.  Appoint- 
ments served:  Southwest  Missouri  Conference,  Ozark  Circuit,  1883-1885;  Marshfield 
Circuit,  1885-1886;  Springfield  Circuit,  1886-1888;  Willard  Circuit,  1888-1889;  Bolivar 
Circuit,  1889-1891;  Morri.sville  Station,  1891-1893;  Blue  Springs  Circuit,  1893-1895; 
Carterville  Station,  189.5-1896;  Newtonia  Circuit,  1896-1898;  Sheldon  Circuit,  1898- 
1901;  Missouri  Conference,  LaBelle  Circuit,  1901-1904;  Shelbyville  Circuit,  1904,  to 
present.  Eight  hundred  and  twenty-seven  persons  have  been  received  into  the  church 
during  the  term  of  his  ministry.  The  church  at  Stella,  Ozark,  Aldrich,  and  the  one 
at  Williamstown  were  all  built  during  his  pastorat  at  those  several  places.  His  edu- 
cation was  received  at  the  public  schools,  Henderson  Academy  and  Mountain  Dale 
Seminary.  He  was  married  February  21st,  1883,  to  Miss  Susie  Edwards,  who  died 
February  17th,  1892;  of  this  marriage  the  following  children  were  born:  Clarence 
Eugene  Reed,  Charley  Robert  Reed,  Sarah  Iva  Reed  and  Nellie  May  Reed.  He  was 
married  September  18th,  1893,  to  Miss  Sarah  Antine  Appleby,  and  they  have  the 
following  named  children:  Nora  Appleby  Reed,  who  died  during  infancy,  Zula  Belle 
Reed  and  John  Paul  Reed.  He  considers  the  most  important  crisis  in  his  life,  first, 
when  he  gave  his  heart  to  God,  and  second  when  he  gave  up  all  ambitions  for  other 
things  and  devoted  himself  to  the  ministry. 


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MR.  JOHN  J.  HEWITT. 


Then   thy   Master  wrought 

Better   than    Buddh,    shewing   the    world    beyond 
Where    men   shall    find   their   treasurers   of    good    works 
Laid   up   on    trust,   awaiting;    loss    made    gain. — Arnold. 


The  parents  of  the  subject  of  this  sketch,  Samuel  M.  Hewitt  and  Caroline  Hewitt, 
came  to  Missouri  from  Kentucky  in  18.3-5.  Samuel  M.  Hewitt  was  a  member  of  the 
Cumberland  Presbyterian  Church,  and  Caroline  Hewitt,  his  wife,  a  member  of  the 
Methodist  Church,  South.  Mr.  John  J.  Hewitt  was  born  in  1848,  in  Shelby  County, 
Mis.souri,  and  was  baptized  in  infancy.  He  was  converted  and  joined  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  Church,  South,  in  1877;  Rev.  Lilburn  Rush  was  his  pastor.  He  has  been 
a  regular  attendant  of  the  Sunday  School  and  church  from  childhood  and  continues 
to  be  at  the  present  time.  He  came  to  Shelbyville  in  1880.  He  married  Miss  Lillian 
Turner,  daughter  of  Mr.  Holman  Turner,  in  1881.  Mrs.  Hewitt  joined  the  church 
at  the  age  of  eleven  in  1870.  They  have  four  children,  Esta,  John  V.,  Floyd  and 
Cresap.  Esta  married  Mr.  R.  L.  Dimmitt  and  she  and  John  V.  both  reside  now 
in  Birmingham,  Ala.  John  V.  Hewitt  is  a  teacher  in  the  Birmingham  High  School. 
Mr.  John  J.  Hewitt  engaged  in  the  mercantile  business  in  Shelbyville  in  1880.  He 
was  elected  President  of  the  Citizens'  Bank  in  1894,  which  position  he  now  holds. 
He  was  elected  Superintendent  of  the  Sunday  School  in  Shelb^-ville  in  1881,  and  this 
position  he  now  fills.  The  Sunday  School  and  church  have  been  a  great  means  of 
grace  to  him;  the  Lord  has  graciously  blessed  him  both  temporally  and  spiritually, 
and  as  he  grows  in  years  he  wants  to  partake  more  and  more  of  spiritual  food,  the 
Word  of  God,  that  he  may  grow  in  the  Grace  and  knowledg-e  of  our  Lord  and  blaster. 
Brother  Hewitt  has  won  an  honorable  place  in  the  banking  world,  and  his  name  stands 
for  integrity.  He  has  given  his  children  a  good  education  and  they  are  an  honor  to 
their  parents.  As  Sunday  School  Superintendent,  he  has  given  bis  influence  in  favor 
of  world-wide  missions.     It   is  easy  to  count  him   a   friend  and   brother. 


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REV.  JOHN   MOREHEAD  O'BRYEN. 


I   contemplate   Christ    and    His    work,   and    worship    God    with    a 
Deeper   joy. — Binliop    Marvin. 


Rev.  John  Morehead  O'Bryen 
was  born  July  0th,  1843,  in 
Randolph  County,  North  Caro- 
lina. He  is  a  son  of  Myal 
O'Bryen  and  Jane  O'Bryen. 
Both  parents  belonged  to  the 
.Mt'thodist  Episcopal  Church, 
South.  He  was  convorted  in 
1X.")7,  at  Prospect  Church,  in 
Randolph  County,  North  Caro- 
lina, under  the  ministry  of  Rev. 
Thos.  H.  (iuthrie  and  Rev.  D. 
Johnson,  and  joined  the  church 
at  the  same  time  and  place.  He 
had  been  trained  by  religious 
parents  and  was  converted  the 
first  time  he  went  forward  to  the 
niDurner's  bench  for  prayers.  It 
was  ten  years  before  he  began  to 
mow  in  grace  and  to  be  finally 
lixed  in  his  purpose  to  serve 
(Jod.  Since  1H66,  he  has  steadily 
iiiown  in  the  knowledge  and  love 
nf  God.  He  was  made  perfect 
111  love,  after  seeking  that  bless- 
ing by  faith  in  the  Son  nf  God. 
lie  was  licensed  to  preach  by 
the  Quarterly  Conference  of 
Auburn  Circuit,  I*\ibruary  19th, 
1870;  Rev.  Andrew  Monroe, 
Presiding  Elder.  He  was  recom- 
mended to  the  .4nnual  Confer- 
ence by  the  Quarterly  Confer- 
ence of  the  Old  Alexandria  Cir- 
cuit, August  17th,  1872;  he  was 
received  into  the  Annual  Con- 
ference at  Mexico,  Missouri,  in 
1872;  Rev.  W.  E.  Dockery,  Pre- 
siding Elder,  and  Bishop  Pierce,  presiding.  He  was  ordained  Deacon  by  Bishop  J.  C. 
Keener,  September  20th,  1874,  at  St.  Joseph,  Missouri;  was  ordained  Elder  by  Bishop 
H.  N.  Mc'Tyeire,  September  17th,  1876,  at  Hannibal,  Missouri.  He  has  served  the 
following  appointments:  Auburn  Circuit,  1872-1873;  Wright  City  Circuit,  1874-1876; 
Jonesburg  Circuit,  1877-1878;  Clarksville  Circuit,  1879-1882;  Shelbyville  Circuit, 
1883-1886;  Shelbina  Station,  1887;  Plattsburg  District,  1888-1892;  St.  Joseph  District, 
Chillicothe  Station,  and  Shelbyville.  He  has  received  more  than  one  thousand  persons 
into  the  church  under  his  ministry.  Under  his  pastorate  Ellsbcvry  Church  and  O'Bryen 
Chapel  were  built,  and  the  Clarksville  Church  and  Bacon  Chapel  were  remodeled,  and 
the  parsonage  at  Shelbyville  built.  He  received  his  education  in  the  public  schools 
and  at  Trinity  College,  North  Carolina.  Brother  O'Bryen  has  been  twice  married,  the 
first  time  to  Miss  Serena  Hall,  November  29th,  1870,  and  on  October  9th,  1877,  he  was 
united  in  marriage  with  Miss  Mai-y  E.  Ballard.  'The  names  of  his  children  are  as 
follows:  Enoch  M.  O'Bryen,  Joseph  L.  O'Bryen,  William  W.  O'Bryen,  Leiia  Carey 
O'Bryen,  Paul  O'Bryen,  Seney  H.  O'Bryen,  Dora  W.  O'Bryen,  Samuel  I).  O'Bryen, 
Lydia  M.  O'Bryen,  Willard  R.  O'Bryen  and  Pinkley  O'Bryen.  Two  books  which  have 
been  specially  helpful  to  him.  aside  from  the  Bible,  are  Bishop  Foster's  "Beyond  the 
Grave,"    and    Bickersteth's    "Yesterday,    Today    and    Forever." 


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MR.  PRINCE  DIMMITT. 


Virtue,   not   rolling   suns,   the    mind   matures; 

That   life   is   long   which   answers    life's   great   end. — Young. 


Prince  Dimmitt,  son  of  Dr. 
P.  F.  and  Caroline  F.  Dimmitt, 
was  born  July  30th,  1860,  in 
Cooper  County,  Missouri.  When 
but  six  months  old  he  moved 
with  his  parents  to  Shelby 
County,  Missouri,  where  he  has 
since  resided.  He  was  educated 
in  the  old  Shelbyville  High 
School  in  Shelbyville,  Missouri; 
he  entered  this  school  in  1868, 
when  Rev.  John  W.  Adkisson 
was  principal.  In  1878,  when 
but  eighteen  years  old,  his 
brother  Frank  and  he  took 
charge  of  his  father's  farm.  In 
1881  he  was  married  to  Miss 
Cora  E.  Schofield,  of  Palmyra, 
Missouri;  seven  children  were 
born  of  this  marriage.  Nora 
Lee  (now  Mrs.  Quisenberry,  of 
Gallatin,  Missouri),  Edith  Bell, 
Cora  Leta,  Eula  Schofield,  Wil- 
liam Philip  Ellis,  Prince  Harold 
and  Fannie  Agee  Dimmitt. 
Being  a  strong  advocate  of 
Christian  education,  he  has  edu- 
cated his  girls  in  Howard-Payne 
College  and  also  patronized  Cen- 
tral College,  Fayette,  Missouri. 
He  continued  to  live  on  the  farm 
until  1897,  when  he  moved  to 
Shelbyville,  Missouri,  and  in 
February,  the  following  year, 
was  elected  president  of  the 
Shelbyville  Bank,  a  position 
which  he  now  holds.  He  was 
converted    in   the   old    Methodist 

church  at  Shelbyville  in  February,  1887,  under  the  ministry  of  Rev.  J.  M.  O'Bryen  and 
was  received  by  him  a  few  weeks  later  into  the  church  at  Duncan  Chapel,  where  his 
membership  still  remains.  His  conversion  was  clear  and  distinct,  attested  by  the 
work  of  the  Spirit,  and  he  has  rejoiced  along  the  way.  His  father  and  mother  were 
both  members  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  South,  and  taught  him  from  his 
childhood  to  reverence  the  Sabbath  day  and  to  attend  Sunday  School  and  church  ser- 
vices. In  regard  to  the  books  that  have  helped  him  most,  aside  from  the  Bible,  he  has 
read  the  sermons  of  Bishop  Marvin,  George  and  Lovick  Piei-ce,  Bishop  Soule,  Thomas 
O.  Summers,  Doggett,  McTyeire  and  others,  which  have  been  very  helpful  to  him, 
but  he  has  derived  more  special  benefit  in  trying  to  perform  his  Christian  duties.  He 
has  been  a  teacher  in  the  Sunday  School  for  more  than  fifteen  years,  and  during  this 
time  he  has  had  chai'ge  of  but  two  classes,  and  whatever  good  that  is  in  his  life,  he  is 
certain  that  the  association  from  Sabbath  to  Sabbath  with  these  two  classes  of  young 
Christian  women  has  been  instrumental  in  bringing  it  about.  Then  he  has  derived 
special  blessings  in  ministering  to  the  sick  and  suffering.  It  has  always  been  the 
joy  and  delight  of  his  life  to  help  the  best  he  could  those  who  were  suffering.  He 
would  say,  "Let  duty  be  our  law  in  life,  our  watchword  at  the  gate  of  death,"  and 
we  are  certain  of  the  promised  reward.  He  feels  that  when  this  frail  bark  is  finally 
loosened  from  its  moorings,  that  his  faith  will  tower  above  the  wreck,  and  he  shall 
be  safely  anchored  on  the  other  side. 

Mr.  Dimmitt  is  the  writer's  school  mate  and  friend,  and  it  is  a  pleasure  to  i-ecord 
this  account  of  true  worth.  He  is  a  banker  of  first-class  standing,  and  he  has  a  fine 
family. 


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CENTENNIAL    VOLUME    OF    MISSOURI    METHODISM. 


REV.  ROBERT  WHITE. 


So  long  thy  power  hath  blest  me,  sure   it  still  will  lead  me  on. 
— John   Henry  Kewman. 


By  Rev.  A.  B.  Culbertson,  A.  M. 

Rev.  Robert  White  has  had  such  an  eventful  and  useful  career  that  a  brief 
sketch   will   only   hint   at   what   has   been   done. 

He  was  born  in  Australia,  March  8th,  1842.  When  fifteen  years  old  he  went 
to  England,  and  there  the  Spirit  of  God  convicted  him  of  sin.  On  the  9th  day  of 
February,  1857,  this  same  Spirit  converted  his  soul,  and  he  at  once  joined  the  Meth- 
odist church.  At  the  age  of  nineteen  he  was  preaching.  He  came  to  the  United 
States  in  the  year  1872,  and  was  received  by  the  Annual  Conference  at  Mexico,  Missouri, 
in  Elders'  Orders  from  the  Wesleyan  Methodist  Conference  of  England.  From  that 
day  to  the  present  he  has  been  doing  faithful  work  as  an  itinerant  in  the  country, 
church,  and  Conference  of  his  adoption. 

He  has  served  the  following  charges  in  the  Missouri  Annual  Conference:  Salis- 
bury, Ashland,  Rocheport,  Sturgeon,  Maryville,  Tenth  Street,  St.  Joseph,  Plattsburg, 
Shelbina,  Chillicothe,  Moberly,  Louisiana,  Paris,  St.  Charles  District,  four  years  on 
the  Rocheport  Circuit;  Hunnewell.  Three  of  these  appointments  he  served  four 
years;  three,  three  years;  five  of  them  two  years,  and  three  of  them  one  year. 

He  is  truly  a  "fisher  of  men."  When  he  has  once  served  a  people  they  never  forget 
him.  Their  hearts  ai'e  knit  to  him.  His  most  distinguished  gift  is  evangelistic.  His 
power  to  so  present  gospel  truth  that  it  can  be  easily  comprehended  and  relished  is 
worthy  of  special  note.  His  greatest  meetings  have  been  held  on  his  own  works  where 
at  times  more  than  one  hundred  souls  have  professed  faith  in  Christ  in  a  single 
meeting.  When  his  bow  ceases  to  abide  in  its  strength  the  church  will  lose  a  faithful 
servant  and  successful  laborer. 


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REV  JOHN   R.   TAYLOR. 


The  noble  love  of  Jesus  impels  a  man  to  do  great  things,  and 
Stirs  him  up  to  be  always  longing  for  what  is  more  perfect. 
— Thomas  A    Kempis. 


John  R.  Taylor  was  bom  January  24,  1838,  in  Hampshire  County,  Virginia,  and 
■was  born  again  in  1851  in  Missouri,  and  united  with  the  Southern  Methodists  the 
same  year.  He  was  licensed  to  preach  in  August,  1858,  and  in  the  following  Sep- 
tember was  admitted  on  trial  in  the  Missouri  Conference.  After  a  quarter  of  a  century 
of  continued  service  in  the  itinerancy  he  was  transferred  to  the  Florida  Conference, 
in  1883,  where  he  has  served  circuits  and  missions  for  over  twenty  years.  He  loves 
the  polity  and  doctrines  of  the  Southern  Methodist  Church  and  delights  to  preach 
and  defend  them.  He  is  endeavoring  to  be  diligent  in  duty,  and  wants  to  declare  the 
whole  council  of  God,  and  considers  it  a  great  privilege  to  preach  a  whole  gospel 
and  proclaim  free  and  full  salvation  through  a  perfect  Saviour.  His  motto  is:  "Holi- 
ness unto  the  Lord,  and  loyalty  to  God  and  His  Church."  Most  of  those  who  entered 
the  campaign  when  he  did  have  crossed  over  the  river  and  are  resting  with  God. 
Brother  Taylor  hopes  to  finish  his  course  with  joy,  and  be  ready  to  join  his  old 
comrades   on   the  other  bright   shore. 

Brother  Taylor  has  been  in  the  itinerant  ranks  for  forty-eight  years,  and  he  is 
not  tired  of  the  service.  He  is  a  class-mate  of  the  late  and  lamented  Rev.  W.  W. 
McMurry.  He  belongs  to  that  immortal  group  of  Shelby  County  preachers,  and  he 
has  never  discredited  his  lineage.  He  desires  to  be  remembered  kindly  to  all  the 
brethren   of   Missouri. 


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REV.   ROBERT   W.   HOWERTON. 


El   ministros  siws  ignis  flatninam. 

And   his   ministers   a    flame    of    fire. — St.    Paul. 


Rev.  Robert  \V.  Howerton,  son 
of  Joseph  H.  Howerton  and 
Martha  A.  Howerton,  was  born 
in  1848,  in  Chariton  County, 
Missouri,  near  Brunswick.  Both 
parents  were  members  of  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  Church, 
South.  He  was  converted  at 
the  old  Prairie  Chapel  church 
in  Chariton  County,  under  the 
ministry  of  Rev.  Wm.  I'enn.  His 
conversion  was  clear  and  full; 
he  was  alone  in  the  woods  at 
prayer  when  the  evidence  of  the 
Spirit  came;  everything  was 
calm  and  it  was  like  the  passing 
away  of  a  dark  shadow  and  the 
breaking  in  upon  his  soul  of  the 
light,  beauty  and  warmth  of  the 
sun.  He  was  impressed  early  in 
his  ministry  with  the  necessity 
of  a  deeper  religion,  and  sought 
it  and  found  it,  and  he  has 
grown  in  grace  from  the  second 
year  of  his  work  as  a  ministjer; 
as  he  grows  older  his  faith  has 
grown  stronger,  and  he  no  long- 
er walks  by  sight,  but  by  faith. 
He  was  licensed  to  preach  in 
the  spring  of  1873,  by  the  Quar- 
terly Conference  of  Keytesville, 
Missouri,  Rev.  B.  F.  Johnson, 
preacher  in  charge,  and  Rev.  S. 
W.  Cope,  Presiding  Elder;  rec- 
ommended to  the  Annual  Con- 
ference for  admisison  on  trial 
by  the  same  Quarterly  Confer- 
ence in  the  fall  of  1873;  Rev. 
S.  W.  Cope,  Presiding  Elder,  and  was  received  into  the  Annual  Confeience  on  trial 
in  1873;  Rev.  S.  W.  Cope,  Presiding  Elder,  and  Bishop  Keener,  presiding  at  the 
Conference,  which  was  held  at  St.  Joseph,  Missouri;  ordained  l)eacon  by  Bishop 
Marvin  in  1877,  at  Fulton,  Missouri,  ordained  Elder  by  Bishop  Wightman  in  1879, 
at  Louisiana,  Missouri.  Appointments  filled  are:  Meadville  Circuit,  two  years;  Milan 
Circuit,  two  years;  Lineville  Circuit,  one  year;  Platte  City,  three  years;  Gosneyville, 
one  year;  New  Market,  one  year;  Osborn,  two  years;  Dearborn,  four  years;  St. 
Joseph,  two  years;  Cowgill,  two  years;  Lawson  and  Excelsior  Springs,  two  years; 
Prairie  Hill,  two  years;  Readsville,  one  year;  Cedar  City,  two  years:  Vandalia,  one 
year;  was  supernumerary  one  year;  Troy  Circuit,  two  years;  Florida  Circuit,  two 
years;  Stewartsville,  one  year.  During  the  thirty-five  years  of  his  ministry  he  has 
received  about  two  thousand  persons  into  the  church.  He  built  the  church  at  Milan, 
Missouri,  one  at  .'\gency,  Missouri,  one  at  Ebenezer,  one  at  Wallace  and  Dearborn, 
one  at  Prairio  Hill,  and  one  at  Wainright,  Mis.souri,  and  built  a  parson- 
age at  Gosneyville  and  one  at  Cowgill.  He  obtained  his  education  at  the  District 
schools.  He  was  married  to  Miss  Adelia  Smith,  December  10th,  1873,  and  their 
children  are:  Clarence  Joseph,  Claudius,  Wilhelmina,  Mary  Alpha,  Willie  H.,  Hugh 
L.,  Ruth  A.,  Robert  F.,  and  Paul  Malcolm.  He  considers  his  entrance  upon  the 
great  work  of  the  ministry  as  possibly  the  most  important  crisis  in  his  life.  Some 
of  the  books  that  have  proven  very  helpful  to  him,  aside  from  the  Bible,  are  "Pilgrim's 
Progress,"  "Life  of  John  Wesley,''  and  "Whitehead's  Life  of  Wesley." 


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REV.  JOHN  IRA  SEARS,  A.  M. 

A  man  that  is  young  in  years  mav  be  old  in  hours,  if  he  have 
Lost  no  time. — Bacon. 


AT  I  ^•^X,v.J°'^"  ^'■''^  Sears,  son  of  Arthur  E.  Sears  and  Anna  E.  Sears,  was  born  near 
Milan,  Missouri,  February  14th,  1877;  both  parents  were  members  of  the  Methodist 
Lpiseopal  Church,  South.  He  was  converted  in  March,  1894,  under  the  ministry  of 
Kev.  J.  R.  Kmcaid  and  joined  the  church  during  that  same  meeting.  For  a  long 
time  he  had  felt  the  burden  of  his  sins,  and  one  night  went  forward,  and  throwing 
himself  down  at  the  altar,  his  .soul  in  agony,  in  a  short  time,  he  felt  the  peace  of 
Lrod  in  his  heart  and  rejoiced  in  his  saving  grace.  He  has  been  growing  in  grace 
since  that  good  day,  and  has  striven  to  go  alwavs  forward,  and  today  is  stronger  and 
happier  than  ever  before.  He  was  licensed  to  preach  in  April,  1899,  at  Clifton  Hill 
Missouri,  by  the  Fayette  District  Conference;  Rev.  G.  M.  Gibson  was  preacher  in 
charge  and  Dr.  John  Anderson  Presiding  Elder. 


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REV.  ORLANDO  B.  HOLLIDAY. 


The  men  who  have  most  absolutely  loved  Christ  have  been  also 
The  men  who  have  most  truly  loved  all  men  and  the  whole  of 
Man. — Dr.    Fairbairn. 


Dr.  Orlando  B.  Holliday,  son  of  the  Rev.  R.  N.  T.  Holliday  and  Sophia  F.  Holli- 
day,  was  born  May  9th,  1860,  at  Stewartsville,  Missouri.  He  was  converted  October 
18th,  1885,  at  Carrollton,  Missouri,  under  the  ministry  of  Rev.  D.  M.  Proctor,  and  joined 
the  church  at  the  same  time  and  place.  His  conversion  was  of  the  old  type,  clear, 
conscious  and  joyous.  He  loves  the  service  of  the  Lord  more  today  than  ever  before. 
He  was  licensed  to  preach  December  12th,  188.j,  by  the  Quarterly  Conference  of  Car- 
rollton; Rev.  D.  M.  Proctor,  pastor,  and  Rev.  John  Anderson,  D.  D.,  Presiding  Elder. 
He  was  recommended  to  the  .Annual  Conference  for  admission  on  trial  by  the  same 
Quarterly  Conference  at  Carrollton,  Missouri,  in  July,  1886;  and  was  received  into 
the  Annual  Conference  on  trial  in  1886;  Rev.  John  Anderson,  D.  D.,  Presiding  Elder, 
and  Bishop  H.  N.  McTyeire,  presiding;  ordained  Deacon  by  Bishop  E.  R.  Hendrix, 
at  Gallatin,  Missouri,  in  September,  1888:  ordained  Elder  by  Bishop  J.  S.  Key,  in 
September,  1890,  at  Fayette,  Missouri.  He  has  served  the  following  appointments: 
Troy  and  Wentzville;  Bowling  Green;  Edina;  Kirksville;  Shelbyville;  Monroe  City; 
Palmyra;  Macon  District;  Hannibal  District;  he  is  now  at  Albuquerque,  New  Mexico. 
The  Kirksville  church  was  rebuilt  and  a  large  parsonage  debt  paid,  the  church  at  Shel- 
byville built  and  a  large  debt  on  the  Monroe  City  parsonage  paid  under  his  pastorate, 
and  they  are  now  finishing  a  new  parsonage  at  Albuquerque.  His  education  was  i"e- 
ceived  at  St.  Charles  College.  He  was  married  to  Miss  Lizzie  Lee,  March  9th,  1887, 
and  they  have  four  children,  Minnielee,  Robert  C,  Frances  and  Florence  Virginia  Hol- 
liday. After  his  conversion,  his  yielding  to  the  call  to  preach  the  Gospel  has  been  the 
most  important  crisis  in  his  life.  Brother  Holliday  is  a  man  of  fine  executive  ability, 
and  his  record  of  success  on  the  Hannibal  District,  as  in  other  places,  is  all  in 
his   favor. 


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REV.  GUSTAVUS  ADOLPHUS  LEHNOFF. 


Perfection  is  being-,  not  doing;  it  is  not  to  effect  an  act, 
But  to  achieve  a  Character. — Dr.  Frederick   IF.  Robertson. 


Rev.  Gustavus  Adolphus  Lehnhoff  was  born  January  29th,  1868,  at  St.  Charles, 
Missouri.  He  is  the  son  of  William  H.  Lehnhoff  and  Charlotte  Lehnhoff,  Methodists! 
He  began  his  education  in  the  public  schools  of  St.  Charles  and  later  of  Chariton 
County.  When  a  young  man  he  entered  Central  College  at  Fayette,  in  September,  1892 
and  continued  without  interruption  until  June,  1896.  He  "was  converted  at  Little 
Hill  Church  in  Chariton  County  in  a  meeting  conducted  by  Rev.  H.  P.  Bond  in  Decem- 
ber, 1886,  and  united  with  the  German  Methodist  Church.  In  February,  1892  he 
transferred  Kk  membership  to  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  South,  under  the  min- 
istry of  Rev.  M.  L.  Gray.  He  was  licensed  to  preach  by  the  Quarterly  Conference  of 
Salisbury  Circuit,  March  28th,  1892,  Dr.  E.  K.  Miller,  Presiding  Elder.  He  was  admit- 
ted on  trial  into  the  Missouri  Annual  Conference,  which  met  in  Hannibal,  Missouri, 
in  September,  1896,  and  was  ordained  Deacon  September  6th,  1896,  by  Bishop  Charles 
B.  Galloway;  was  ordained  Elder,  September  8th,  1901,  by  Bishop  Warren  A.  Candler 
at  the  Missouri  Annual  Conference  which  was  at  that  time  in  session  in  St.  Joseph, 
Missouri.  He  has  served  the  following  appointments:  Ashland  Circuit,  1896;  Prairie 
Hill  Circuit,  1897-1900;  Jameson  Circuit,  1900-1904;  Monroe  City  Station,  1904-1906. 
Brother  Lehnhoff  is  a  man  of  strong  character,  true  and  reliable,  with  good  business 
qualities,  a  faithful  pastor,  a   fluent  speaker,   and  a  good  preicher. 

He  married  Miss  Jennie  E.  Shepherd,  October  7th.  1896.  Two  children  have 
been  born  unto  them,  one  dying  in  infancy,  and  the  other  living,  Edward  Palmore 
Lehnhoff. 


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BROOKVALE  TENT. 


Mrs.  M.  L.  Gray.  Miss  S.  Bdrdette  Edmonds. 

Mrs.  Thos.  J.  Edmonds.  Mr.  Thos.  .r.  Edmonds. 

Miss  N'ekley  J.  Edmonds. 
(Deceased) 

Metliodists  Tenting'  at  Brookvale  near  O'Bryen  Chapel, 
Shelby  County,  Mo.  , 


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REV.   CHARLES   JACOB    CHAPPELL. 


I   press  toward  the    Mark.  — St.  Paul. 


Charles  Jacob  Chappell  is  the 
son  of  Oscar  Chappell  and  Mar- 
garet Chappell,  members  of  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  Church, 
South.  He  was  born  in  Lewis 
County,  Missouri,  November  15, 
1872.  At  Humphreys,  Missouri, 
July,  1888.  under  the  ministry 
of  Rev.  B.  D.  Sipple,  he  was 
converted,  and  united  with  the 
church  at  Humphrevs  July  29th, 
1888.  Brother  Chappell  says: 
"I  was  under  deep  conviction 
for  several  days,  went  forward 
and  knelt  at  the  altar  three 
nig'hts  in  succession.  The  third 
nic^ht  peace  came  to  my  soul. 
The  Spirit  came  into  my  soul 
in  a  calm,  gentle  way.  I  could 
feel  the  evil  spirit  driven  out  be- 
fore the  mighty  Spirit  of  Jesus 
Christ.  I  have  grown  in  grace 
gradually  but  surely.  The  un- 
derstanding of  the  things  of 
God  has  come  by  prayer  and 
meditation  on  his  holy  Word. 
A  love  to  God  and  man  has 
been  made  more  perfect  day  by 
day  by  doing  his  holy  will." 

His  license  to  preach  is  dated 
April  15th,  1897,  at  Triplett, 
Missouri,  by  the  Chillicothe  Dis- 
trict Conference.  Rev.  S.  H. 
Renfi'o  was  preacher  in  charge, 
and  Rev.  J.  A.  Snarr,  Presiding 
Elder.  He  was  recommended  by 
the  Chillicothe  District  Confer- 
ence to  the  Annual  Conference 
for  admission  on  trial  April  15th,  1897,  discontinued  September,  1899,  because  of 
poor  health,  served  as  local  preacher  until  September,  1903.  Rev.  0.  B.  Holliday,  Pre- 
siding Elder,  then  appointed  him  to  supply  Gorin  Circuit,  and  he  was  again  recom- 
mended for  admission  on  trial  into  the  Annual  Conference  by  the  District  Confer- 
ence of  Hannibal  District,  April   6th,   1904. 

Brother  Chappell  was  received  on  trial  by  the  Missouri  Conference  in  1897, 
Bishop  Fitzgerald,  presiding,  but,  health  failing,  he  remained  in  the  Conference  only 
two  years,  and  was  again  admitted  on  trial  September,  1904,  at  Columbia,  where  he 
was    ordained    Deacon    by    Bishop    Hendrix. 

His  appointments  and  terms  of  service  have  been  as  follows:  Green  Castle  Cir- 
cuit, one  year;   Harris  Circuit,  one  year;    Gorin   Circuit,  three  years. 

For  four  years  a  student  in  the  Chillicothe  District  Academy,  and  a  faithful 
and  conscientious  student  and  worker  in  the  itinerant  ranks.  Brother  Chappell  has 
proven  himself  to  be  an  effective  and  acceptable  minister  of  the  Gospel,  having  re- 
ceived sixty-one  members  into  the  church,  and,  we  may  safely  say,  is  still  adding  to 
the  number.     The   work  prospers   in  his  hands. 

He  was  married  to  Miss  Lucy  O.  Ingraham,  November  5th,  1893.  Their  children 
are  Paul  J.  and  Ruth  E.  Chappell.     One,  Ella  Marie,  died  August  21st,  1903. 

The  time  he  gave  himself  in  complete  surrender  to  God,  to  preach  the  Gospel  of 
His  Son,  our  brother  considers  to  be  the  important  crisis  in  his  life.  He  felt  the 
call  early  in  life,  but  the  world  offered  strong  inducements  to  other  employment,  and 
the  time  of  struggle  came.  Does  it  not  come  to  every  life  in  one  form  or  another? 
Suffice  it  to  say,  he  gained  the  victory  and  is  happy  in  his  work. 


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REV.   WILLIAM    DEE   XEALE. 


God  mapnifies  Man  by  sharing  with  him  His  greatest  Thoughts, 
And  thus  fits  him  for  Thrones  of  intellectual  and  Spiritual 
Might.— Bishop  Hctidi-ix. 


Rev.  William  Dee  Neale  was 
bora  on  a  farm  in  Ralls  County, 
Missouri,  November  11,  1870. 
He  is  the  youngest  son  of  Ben- 
jamin D.  Neale  and  Salli'i  M. 
Neale,  who  were  among  the 
earliest  members  of  the  Meth- 
odist Church,  South,  at  Hydes- 
Inirg,  a  country  church  near 
Hannibal.  At  the  age  of  eleven 
years  he  was  converted  at  the 
altar  of  the  church  of  his  par- 
;nts  after  a  sermon  preached  by 
Rev.  J.  P.  Nolan,  i).  D.,  then 
['residing  Elder  of  the  Hannibal 
District.  Having  been  bapJzod 
in  infancy  by  the  Rev.  W.  W. 
.McJIurry,  he  received  the  church 
vows  from  his  pastor,  tha  Rev. 
H.  W.  James,  the  Sunday  fol- 
lowing his  conversion,  .\lthough 
but  a  boy,  he  had  a  clear  evi- 
dence of  his  acceptance  with 
God.  All  was  bright  within  and 
in  God's  world  without.  A  few 
yeai's  afterward  he  took  up  the 
cross  of  public  prayer  and  tes- 
timony for  the  Master  and  fojnd 
his  growth  in  grace  very  maiKed 
from  that  time.  While  attending 
school  at  Palmyra  and  boarding 
at  the  home  of  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
R.  I.  Winn,  he  was  called  of 
God  to  preach  the  Gospel.  The 
Quarterly  Conference  of  the  I'al- 
mvra  Circuit,  which  conv.ned  at 
Hydesburg,  November  29,  1890, 
licensed  him  to  preach;  the  Rev. 
J.  R.  A.  Vaughan  was  Presiding  Elder,  and  the  Rev.  H.  P.  Bond  was  pastor.  Two 
years  were  spent  in  teaching  school,  the  last  of  which  he  was  professor  of  math- 
ematics in  Centenary  College  of  Palmyra.  Having  been  recommended  to  the  Mis- 
souri Conference  for  admission  on  trial  by  the  Hannibal  Conference,  he  was  re- 
ceived by  that  body  at  Montgomery  City  in  September,  18i»2,  Bishop  Charles  B. 
Galloway,  presiding.  At  the  close  of  the  following  Conference  year  he  asked  to  be 
discontinued  for  the  purpose  of  attending  school.  After  two  years  in  college,  he 
was  readmitted  to  the  Missouri  Conference  at  Macon  City  in  1895,  Bishop  W.  W. 
Duncan  in  the  chair.  On  September  6,  1896,  he  was  ordained  Deacon  by  Bishop 
Galloway  at  the  Hannibal  session  of  the  Annual  Conference.  At  Fayette  Bishop 
John    C.   Granbery   ordained   him   Elder   September   3,    1899. 

He  is  a  graduate  of  Centenary  College  at  Palmyra,  Missouri,  and  has  attended 
Central  College  at  Fayette,  Missouri,  and  the  Methodist  University  of  Georgetown, 
Texas.  October  30,  189.5,  he  was  married  to  Miss  Virginia  Edna  Feeley,  the  oldest 
daughter  of  James  L.  Feeley  and  Mattie  E.  Feeley,  old  time  Methodists  of  Shelby 
County,  Missouri.  Two  children  brighten  their  home,  Kathleen  and  Richard,  ages 
ten  and  seven.  The  books  that  have  been  the  most  inspiration  to  him,  aside  from 
the  Bible,  are  "Pilgrim's  Progress,"  "Life  of  Bishop  Marvin,"  and  "  Life  of  William  G. 
Caples." 

He  has  served  acceptably  the  following  charges:  Rutledge,  Dalton,  Jamesport, 
New  Hampton,  Maywood,  Monticello,  Hunnewell,  and  is  at  present  the  pastor  of 
the  Kahoka  Station.  Nine  years  of  his  ministry  have  been  spent  in  the  Hannibal 
District. 


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REV.  THOMAS  ASHLEY  ALLISON. 


To    the    humblest    task    the    man    of    mighty    motives    advances 
Keeping  step   to   martial   music. — Bishop   Candler. 


Rev.  Thomas  Ashley  Allison 
was  born  March  29th,  1866, 
three  miles  Southwest  of  Rich- 
mond, Ray  County,  Missouri. 
He  is  a  son  of  Christopher  C. 
Allison  and  Mary  F.  Allison, 
both  members,  from  their 
youth,  of  the  Primitive  Baptist 
Church.  He  was  converted  in 
1880,  in  Dade  County,  Missouri, 
at  a  Baptist  camp  meeting  con- 
ducted in  a  grove.  He  joined 
the  Cumberland  Presbyterian 
Church  soon  after  this  conver- 
sion, then  after  about  seven 
years,  he  united  with  the  Meth- 
odist Episcopal  Churcn,  South, 
at  Orrick,  Alissouri.  He  was 
converted,  as  it  seemed  to  him, 
with  wonderful  power  at  rhe 
old  fashioned  moui'ner's  bench; 
he  had  asked  for  the  prayers  of 
the  church  one  yea''  before  this 
time.  His  mother,  who  was 
quite  religious,  always  had  a 
great  influence  over  him  for 
good.  He  is  very  confident  that 
he  has  a  more  perfect  under- 
standing of  the  things  cf  God 
and  a  stronger  will  to  do  good. 
His  growth  in  grace,  is  not 
entirely  satisfactory  to  him,  yet 
he  is  striving  in  all  things  to  be 
more  perfect  in  Christ.  He  was 
licensed  to  preach  March  19th, 
1894,  by  the  Quarterly  Confer- 
ence of  Richmond  Station;  Rev. 
W.  F.  McMurry,  D.  D..  preacher 

in  charge,  and  Rev.  R.  H.  Cooper,  Presiding  Elder.  He  was  recommended  to  the 
Annual  Conference  for  admission  on  trial  by  the  Gallatin  District  Conference  in 
the  spring  of  1895,  and  was  received  on  trial  into  the  Annual  Conference  in  1895; 
Rev.  Z.  M.  Williams,  D.D.,  Presiding  Elder,  and  Bishop  W.  W.  Duncan,  presiding. 
He  was  ordained  Deacon  by  Bishop  O.  P.  Fitzgerald  in  1897,  at  Albany,  Missouri;  was 
ordained  Elder  by  Bishop  John  C.  Gi'anbei-y  September  3rd,  1899,  at  Fayette,  Mis- 
souri. Brother  Allison  has  served  the  following  charges:  Bethany  Circuit,  1894- 
1895;  Eagleville  Circuit,  1895-1898;  Breckenridge  and  Mooresville  charge,  1898-1901; 
Union  Star,  1901-1902;  Kearney  and  Lathrop,  1902-1903;  Shelbina  Circuit,  1903-1905; 
Edina,  1905-1906;  his  present  charge  is  Gorin,  Missouri,  having  received  his  appoint- 
ment in  1906.  About  two  hundred  and  forty-one  members  have  been  received  into  the 
church  under  his  ministry.  Under  his  pastorates  the  church  at  Matkins  was  built, 
the  church  at  Edina,  though  not  finished,  yet  practically  so,  and  the  parsonage  was 
bought  at  Kearney.  He  received  his  education  in  the  public  schools  and  county  nor- 
mals of  Ray  County,  Missouri.  He  was  married  to  Miss  Laura  A.  Kincaid  January 
20th,  1889,  and  their  children  are:  Pearl  J.  Allison,  Thomas  A.  Allison,  Bascom 
D.  Allison,  Zach  M.  Allison,  Helen  M.  .A.llison,  Chris.  K.  Allison  and  John  M.  Allison. 
He  believes  the  Christian  College  should  be  supported  by  the  church  and  kept  free  of 
all  state  entanglements. 


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REV.    THOMAS    RUCKER    KENDALL. 


Mine   is  an   unchanping  love, 

Higher  than  the  heights  above. —  William  Cnwper. 


Thomas  Rucker  Kendall  was 
born  in  Shelby  County,  Ken- 
tucky, December  l.'Jth,  iW.Wy,  and 
emigrated  to  Missouri  in  18.52. 
He  vva.s  born  again  and  joined 
the  .Methodist  lOpiscupai  Church, 
South,  in  the  spring  of  18.')9. 
He  was  licensed  to  exhort  and 
preach  the  same  year,  and  he 
taught  school  and  preached  until 
the  autumn  of  18G0.  *Jien  he  en- 
tered St.  Charles  (Jollege  and 
continued  there  until  the  war, 
when  he  returned  to  Scotland 
County.  He  tried  to  teach  and 
failed;  the  war  excitement  was 
too  great.  In  the  spring  of  1862 
he  went  to  Colorado,  locating  in 
Lake  County  for  the  summer 
and  spending  the  following  win- 
ter in  Gilpin  County,  preaching, 
mining  and  continuing  his  stud- 
ies. In  the  summer  of  1863  he 
preached  as  supply  in  Boulder 
and  St.  Urain  valleys.  In  the 
autumn  of  18().'5  he  returned  to 
Missouri  and  followed  teaching 
with  success  until  1866.  On 
.Mav  11th,  1864,  he  was  married 
to  'Miss  H.  S.  Walker  of  Mem- 
phis, Missouri.  In  February, 
1866,  he  was  engaged  as  supply 
for  Smithville,  Illinois,  by  Re  v. 
Rumsey  Smithson,  Superintend- 
ent of  Christian  Union  of  Illi- 
nois. He  filled  the  following 
charges:  Smithville,  two  and 
one-half  years;  Ottawa,  two 
years;  Hebion,  two  years;  Midway,  one  year.  He  had  many  conversions  and  addi- 
tions and  built  a  par.sonage  on  the  Ottawa  Circuit.  The  Christian  Union,  composed  of 
members  driven  from  various  churches  by  political  preaching,  was  merged  in  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  South,  now  the  Illinois  Conference.  In  the  autumn  of 
187.S  he  transferred  to  the  Missouri  Conference  and  served  consecutively,  until  1894,  the 
following  charges:  Newark,  one  year;  had  many  conversions  and  additions  and 
churches  wonderfully  blessed;  Canton,  one  year;  unable  to  do  much  on  account  of 
poor  health  following  typho-malarial  fever;  the  kindness  of  his  people  is  yet  sacred 
in  his  memory;  Palmyra  Circuit,  two  years;  work  opened  with  bright  prospects;  a 
good  but  sad  year;  in  April  his  wife  bade  them  farewell  and  went  home  to  God,  and  left 
the  father,  Ida  and  Marvin  very  lonely  and  sad;  under  these  shadows  he  had  the 
visitation  of  God's  light  and  power  with  conversions  and  additions;  1877,  appointed  to 
Colony,  two  years;  October  Uth,  1877,  was  married  to  Miss  Willie  C.  Brown,  of  Phila- 
delphia, Marion  County,  a  native  Virginian;  had  many  conversions  and  additions  and 
other  prosperities;  1879,  LaBelle,  three  years;  built  parsonage  at  LaBelle  and  secured 
lot  for  church;  built  a  church  in  Shelby  County;  three  busy  years;  Philadelphia,  two 
profitable  years  to  all;  Ashley,  three  prosperous  years;  1886,  New  Florence,  two  years; 
Jonesburg,  two  years;  Winfield,  three  years;  built  new  church  at  Asbury  and  secured 
parsonage  at  Winfield;  1894,  health  failed;  he  went  to  Colorado  in  May  and  spent  two 
months  in  Colorado  Springs,  then  located  at  Lake  George  in  the  mountains.  In  the 
late  autumn  he  was  joined  by  his  wife  and  Mamie  Kendall,  Lucy  B.  Kendall,  Willie  Lee 
Kendal!  and  Ruby  P.  Kendall,  his  four  estimable  daughters.  After  his  health  returned 
he  preached  regularly  on  Sabbaths  in  mountain  towns  and  settlements.  He  resided 
and  preached  in  Florissant  for  two  years.  His  hope  is  in  God.  Though  the  outward 
man  perish,  yet  the  inward  man  is  renewed  day  by  day.  "Bless  the  Lord,  oh  my  soul. 
and  all  that  is  within  me  bless  His  holv  name.     Amen." 


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353 


REV.    SAMUEL   RODGERS   DILLMAN. 


One  in  whom  persuasion  and  belief  had  ripened  into  Faith,  and 
Faith  became  a  passionate  intuition. — Wordsworth. 


Rev.  Samuel  Rodgers  Dillman 
was  born  May  9th,  1874,  in  Lan- 
caster County,  Pennsylvania. 
He  is  the  son  of  A.  F.  Dillman 
and  Annie  M.  Dillman,  who 
were  members  of  the  United 
Brethren  Church,  but  later  his 
mother  became  a  member  of  the 
Methodist  Church.  He  was  con- 
verted November  14th.  188.5,  at 
Oregon,  Pennsylvania,  under  the 
ministry  of  Rev.  G.  A.  Loose, 
of  Reading,  Pennsylvania,  and 
joined  the  United  Brethren 
Church  at  Oregon,  Pennsyl- 
vania. He  was  converted  in  the 
old-fashioned  way,  being  at  the 
mourner's  bench  for  several 
nights  before  he  found  complete 
peace  when  God  was  permitted 
to  come  in  His  way.  His  growth 
in  grace  has  been  steady  and 
constant  and  he  now  has  a  much 
richer  and  fuller  understanding 
and  experience  of  the  things  of 
God.  He  was  licensed  to  preach 
by  the  Quarterly  Conference  of 
the  United  Brethren  Church  at 
Trenton,  Missouri,  April  9th, 
1894;  Rev.  U.  P.  Wardrip,  Pre- 
siding Elder.  He  was  received 
into  the  Missouri  Conference  at 
Fulton,  Missouri,  September 
16th,  1900,  as  a  traveling 
preacher,  having  been  ordained 
to  the  office  of  an  elder  accord- 
ing to  the  usages  of  the  United 
Brethren  Church.  Brother  Dili- 
man    has    served    the    following 

appointments:  At  Brookfield  and  Trenton  filled  unexpired  terms;  as  a  supply  at 
Brashear,  three  years;  Raymore,  two  years;  since  uniting  with  the  Missouri  Confer- 
ence, at  Hunnewell,  three  years;  Monticello,  four  years.  During  the  time  he  has 
been  in  the  Missouri  Conference,  he  has  received  about  two  hundred  and  forty  persons 
into  the  Church.  The  Church  at  Monticello,  Missouri,  was  built  during  his  pastorate 
there.  He  received  his  education  at  the  Alexis  Illinois  High  School,  and  was  graduated 
from  the  Avalon  College,  Trenton,  Missouri;  also  from  the  Kirksville,  Missouri,  State 
Normal,  Kirksville,  Missouri.  He  was  married  to  Miss  Daisy  Dean  Drinkard  in  Decem- 
ber, 1897.  Brother  Dillman  had  the  good  fortune  to  marry  into  one  of  the  best  Methodist 
families  in  Macon  county,  and  he  is  worthy  of  the  family.  He  has  found  a  congenial 
church  home  in  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church.  South,  and  he  is  diligent  in  his  en- 
deavors for  the  Church.  He  preaches  well,  and  rings  true  on  the  fundamental  doc- 
trines of  the  Bible.     He  loves  his  people  and  he  is  loved  by  them. 


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ST.  LOUIS  CONFERENCE.  CENTENNIAL  VOLUME. 


1. 

\V 

.    H.    Pascoe 

42. 

J. 

C.   L.    Boehm 

S3. 

H. 

Whitehead 

2. 

W 

.    H.    Cunningham 

43. 

J. 

T.     Triple-.t 

84. 

A. 

S.    Coker 

3. 

c. 

M.    Cagle 

44. 

J. 

Stephan 

S5. 

A. 

M.    Robinson 

4. 

R. 

E.    Atkinson 

45. 

W 

.   B.   Palmore 

S6. 

G. 

E.    Parsons 

5. 

W 

.    Carlisle 

46. 

W 

.    M.    Prottsman 

87. 

J. 

M.    Boiling 

6. 

O. 

H.   Phillips 

47. 

W 

.    S.    Taylor 

.S8. 

J. 

P.    Johnson 

7, 

G. 

W.    Hull 

4S. 

A. 

Symons 

89. 

W, 

.    Lowe 

8. 

F. 

Wisdom 

49. 

M. 

T.    Haw 

90. 

s. 

J.    Watson 

9. 

J. 

K.  P.  Dickson 

50. 

J. 

R.    Eddleman 

91. 

J. 

C.    Burkholder 

10. 

W 

.    H.    Blake 

51. 

O. 

H.    Halliburton 

92. 

A. 

P.     Satfold 

11. 

W 

.    Q.    Donnon 

52. 

W 

.    R.    Mays 

93. 

T. 

H.    Clayton 

12. 

J. 

F.    Stukenbreaker 

53. 

J. 

H.    Headlee 

94. 

W. 

J.     Velvick 

13. 

J. 

Ulery 

54. 

N. 

B.    Henry 

95. 

A. 

H.    Russell 

14. 

s. 

C.  Bitfle 

55. 

.4. 

T.  Tidwell 

96. 

W 

,   D.  Henderson 

15. 

J. 

F.    Comer 

5  6. 

g_ 

H.    Werlein 

97. 

C. 

M.    Gray 

16. 

F. 

M.    Ladd 

57. 

J. 

.\.    Russell 

9S. 

z. 

T.     McCann 

17. 

J. 

W.   Worsnop 

5S. 

J. 

B.    Seay 

99. 

L. 

L.     Pinnell 

18. 

F. 

Moore 

59. 

W 

.    P.    Gibson 

100. 

W, 

,    W.    Moss 

19. 

J. 

M.    England 

60. 

s. 

Richmond 

101. 

W 

.    B.    Patty 

20. 

A. 

R.    Williams 

61. 

E. 

B.    Chappell 

102. 

B. 

F.    Ray 

21. 

H. 

R.   Singleton 

62. 

J. 

Mathews 

103. 

R. 

D.    Kennedy 

22. 

W 

.    T.    Barnhouse 

63. 

H. 

M.    Eure 

104. 

M. 

Pipkin 

23. 

C. 

M.    Davenport 

64. 

J. 

W.    Robinson 

105. 

R. 

L.    Russell 

24. 

M. 

D.    Lewis 

65. 

T. 

C.    Cooksey 

106. 

J. 

A.    Collins 

25. 

R. 

Wilkinson 

66. 

T. 

E.    Sharp 

107. 

H. 

V.    John.son 

26. 

W 

.   H.    Paschall 

67. 

H. 

A.    Smith 

lOS. 

W 

.    J.    Heys 

27. 

W 

.    A.    Humphreys 

68. 

W 

.    B.    North 

109. 

J. 

C.    Crott 

2S. 

J. 

M.    Stamper 

69. 

J. 

W.  Lee 

110. 

M. 

T.    Gregory 

29. 

J. 

M.    King 

70. 

J. 

C.    Berryman 

111. 

H. 

L.   Jenkinson 

30. 

J. 

M.   Beard 

71. 

T. 

M.    Finney 

112. 

A. 

E.   Whitaker 

31. 

I.. 

R.    Mauk 

72. 

J. 

L.   Batten 

113. 

C. 

P.   Marehman 

32. 

J. 

N.    Holmes 

73. 

J. 

M.    Moore 

114. 

R. 

Walton 

33. 

J. 

H.    Early 

74. 

H. 

L.    Davis 

115. 

T. 

J.    Hancock 

34. 

J. 

M.    Keithley 

7o. 

C. 

L.    Smith 

116. 

C. 

Burton 

35. 

.A. 

T,    Osborn 

76. 

L, 

F.    Aspley 

117. 

C. 

S.    Rennison 

36. 

s. 

J.   Upton 

77. 

J. 

H.   Prichett 

118. 

J. 

K.   Mathews 

37. 

A. 

B.   Haltom 

7S. 

W 

.   S.    Woodard 

119. 

T. 

Lord 

38. 

E. 

A.    Hogan 

79. 

s. 

W.    Emory 

120. 

J. 

M.  Stmts 

39. 

F. 

Eaker 

80. 

J. 

L.   Carlisle 

40. 

J. 

G.    Doyle 

81. 

T. 

P.    Hill 

41. 

J. 

A.    Greening 

82. 

L. 

D.    Nichols 

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ST.  LOUIS  CONFERENCE. 


GENERAL    BOOTH. 


1 806-CENTENNI AL  APPOINTMENTS—  1 905. 


ST.    LOUIS    DISTRICT. 


T.  E.  Sharp Presiding:  Elder 

Centenary Samuel  R.  Hay 

St.  John H.  S.  Bradley 

Cook  Avenue Caspar  S.  Wright 

Wagoner  Place C.  W.  Webdell 

Lafayette  Park L.  E.  Todd 

Cabanne C.  M.  Hawkins 

St.  Paul Theodore  Copeland 

First  Church R.  L.  Russell 

Mount  Aubui-n Thomas  F.  Rucker 

Shaw  Avenue Josephus  Stephan 

Marvin C.  F.  Blackburn 

Carondelet W.  R.  Mays 

Immanuel Z.  T.  McCann 


Oak  Hill W.  Q.  Donnon 

Kirkwood J.  H.  Young 

Clayton W.  B.  North 

Ferguson J.  M.  Stultz 

Bridgeton  and  Coldwater..R.  E.  Atkinson 

Belief ontaine G.  W.  Nollner 

Sloan  Mission R.  P.  Basier 

Grand  Avenue William  Court 

Secretary  Church  Extension  Board. . 

W.  F.  McMurry 

President  Central  Female  College. . . 

A.  F.  Smith 

Secretary  of  Education T.  E.  Sharp 


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357 


REV.    THOMAS    E.    SHARP,    D.D. 


The  Sovereignty  of  Man  lieth  hid  in  Knowledge. — Bacon. 

At  fourteen  years  of 
age  Rev.  Thomas  E. 
Sharp  was  led  to  Christ 
under  the  ministry  of 
the  Rev.  H.  W.  Eagan, 
and  lived  a  devoteS 
Christian  life  for  a 
number  of  years.  He 
gradually  fell  away 
from  devotion,  but  nev- 
er from  faith  in  the 
verities  of  the  Christian 
religion,  still  he  had 
ceased  to  regard  him- 
self as  a  Christian.  Out 
in  God's  great  cathed- 
ral, the  woods,  near 
Kirksville,  Missouri,  in 
company  with  Rev. 
George  W.  Sharp,  a  be- 
loved cousin,  to  whom, 
with  his  good  wife,  he 
owes  an  everlasting- 
debt  of  gratitude,  while 
together  they  prayed 
"he  for  me  and  I  for 
myself,"  God  gracious- 
ly forgave  his  sins  and 
he  was  received  as  his 
child  again,  June  10th, 
1888.  He  must  here  al- 
so record  the  debt  he 
Dwes  to  the  devotion  of 
his  wife  and  daughter, 
the  latter  since  gone  to 
Heaven,  and  the  mem- 
ory of  his  parents, 
whose  lofty  Christian 
character  never  ceased 
to  be  a  factor  in  his  re- 
ligious life.  Julv  lllh, 
1888,  he  joined  the 
Met  h  o  d  i  s  t  Episcopal 
Church,  South,  at  Can- 
ton, Missouri,  of 
which  the  Rev.  Jacob 
Snarr  was  pastor.  July  16th,  1888,  he  was  licensed  to  preach  by  the  Canton  church; 
the  Rev.  \V.  W.  McMurry,  Presiding  Elder.  The  call  to  preach  had  been  resisted 
for  eight  years,  and  this  resistance  he  believes  was  one  cause  of  his  backsliding.  July 
2:3rd  he  preached  his  first  sermon  in  the  Methodist  Church  at  La  Grange,  Missouri. 
In  September,  1888,  he  was  appointed  by  Bishop  Hendrix,  supply  at  Warrenton  and 
Wright  City  Circuit,  having  previously  preached  six  sermons,  four  of  which,  he  says, 
"were  so  poor"  that  he  could  never  bring  himself  to  preach  them  over  again,  and  thus 
he  began  his  pastorate  with  a  stock  of  two  sermons.  This  first  year  of  his  ministry 
was  at  once  the  hardest  and  happiest  of  his  life.  He  was  admitted  on  trial  in  the 
Missouri  Conference  in  September,  1889,  and  was  appointed  pastor  of  the  Vandalia 
Circuit,  by  Bishop  Key;  he  served  this  charge  for  two  years.  On  Sunday,  September 
6th,  1889,  he  was  ordained  Deacon  by  Bishop  Hargrove,  at  the  Conference  held  at  Mary- 
ville,  Missouri,  and  the  next  day  appointed  pastor  of  the  Maryville  Church,  serving  one 
year  in  this  Station.  He  was  appointed  pastor  of  the  Columbia  Station,  September, 
1892,  and  served  this  Church  three  years;  he  was  ordained  Elder  at  the  Conference  at 
Monroe  City,  Missouri,  by  Bishop  Haygood.  In  September,  1895,  he  was  appointe*.' 
pastor  of  Fayette  Station,  serving  this  church  for  three  years.  He  was  transferred  to 
the  St.  Louis  Conference  by  Bishop  Candler,  and  appointed  pastor  of  the  Wagoner 
Place  church,  and  served  this  church  four  years.  In  May,  1902,  Hargrove  College 
conferred  upon   him   the   degree  of  Doctor  of   Divinity. 


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REV.  HENRY   STILES  BRADLEY,  D.D. 


We   feel  our  lives  resonant  to  the  thoughts  of  elect  thinkers. — 
Dr.  William  A.  Quayle. 


Rev.  Henry  Stiles  Bradley,  D.D.,  was  born  in  Jackson  County,  Georgia,  March 
22nd,  1869.  He  is  the  son  of  Henrj'  Stiles  Bradley  and  Su.san  Jackson  Bradley. 
Georgia  has  given  a  great  amny  preachers  to  the  ministry  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
Church,  South,  such  as  Bishop  Pierce,  Dr.  Young  J.  Allen,  Dr.  James  W.  Lee,  and 
many  others,  and  Dr.  Bradley  ranks  with  the  best  of  them.  In  early  life  he  decided 
on  a  college  course,  and  to  this  end  he  bent  all  his  energies.  He  went  with  the  spirit 
of  a  student  to  Emory  College,  Oxford,  Georgia,  and  he  found  a  congenial  atmosphere 
in  association  with  fellow  .students  and  with  the  members  of  the  faculty.  Blessed  as 
he  was  with  an  active  mind,  he  found  himself  happy  in  this  higher  intellectual  world. 
He  sought  the  fountain  of  truth  eagerly,  and  went  into  the  reason  of  things.  His 
plow  must  go  deep  or  not  at  all.  Later  he  gathered  the  hai-vest  all  the  richer.  In 
1890  he  won  his  A.B.  degree  from  Emory  College.  After  this  the  University  of  Georgia 
recognized  his  merits  and  ability,  and  conferred  on  him  the  degree  of  D.D.  But  it 
was  not  for  him  to  stop  with  graduation  and  honors,  so  he  pursued  post  graduate  work 
at  Brooklyn  Institute  of  Arts  and  Sciences,  taking  Biology;  Cold  Spring  Harbor,  New 
York,  1896;  Marine  Biological  Laboratories,  Woods  Hall,"  Massachusetts,  1897.  These 
after-graduate  studies  show  the  trend  of  his  thought,  and  they  have  enabled  him  to 
examine  the  foundations  of  life.  Miss  May  Stafford  became  an  important  factor  in 
his  life  when  the  Orange  Blossoms  were  showered  upon  them  at  Barnesville,  Georgia, 
November  1st,  1893.  Since  those  happy  days  life  has  been  a  morning  song.  Dr. 
Bradley  applied  for  admission  into  the  North  Georgia  Conference  in  1891 ;  was  re- 
ceived into  full  connection,  189.3;  was  Adjunct  Professor  of  Natural  Sciences  at  Emory 
College,  1890-189.5;  Professor  of  Biologj-  and  Geology,  1898-1901;  Vice  President  of 
Emory  College,  1899-1901;  and  resigned  all  college  positions  in  1901.  He  then  became 
pastor  of  Trinity  Church,  Atlanta,  where  he  remained  four  years.  He  came  from 
Atlanta  to  St.  Louis  to  take  charge  of  St.  John's  Church,  where  he  enjoys  the  love 
and  esteem  of  his  people  and  his  brethren. 


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ST.    JOHN'S    CHURCH. 
Rev.  Henry  Stiles  Bradley,  n.D.,  Pastor. 
This  church  was  erected  while  Rev.  James  W.  Lee,  D.D.,  was  pastor,  and  it  is  one  of  the  most  costly  and  elegant  churches 
in  the  St.  Louis  District.    This  is  truly  a  family  church. 


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JOHN  WESLEY. 

THE  POWER  OF  A  GREAT  PERSONALITY. 


By  Bishop  E.  K.  Hendrix. 

Wesley,  who  was  to  help  every  great  Church  in  Christendom,  was  a  learner  of 
all.  Like  Paul,  the  slave  of  the  rubric  in  his  early  life,  he  sat  at  the  feet  of  Peter 
Bohler,  the  Moravian,  as  Saul  of  Tarsus  sat  at  the  feet  of  Ananias  of  Damascus  in  his 
eagerness  to  know  the  whole  truth  as  it  is  in  Jesus.  He  would  know  all  that  could 
be  taught  by  the  Scotch  Presbyterians  or  the  Lutheran  Salzburgers,  by  Thomas  A. 
Kempis  or  Thomas  Law.  No  scientist  ever  studied  physical  phenomena  as  John  Wesley 
studied  spiritual  phenomena  gathered  through  his  large  coiTespondence  and  wide  ob- 
servation. His  intellectual  hospitality  was  unbounded  in  the  desire  to  know  all  that 
God  was  still  doing  in  his  world,  and  he  sought  to  weigh  and  classify  facts  so  soon 
as  a  careful  analysis  showed  that  they  were  facts.  His  monthly  meeting  to  hear  the 
triumphs  of  grace  in  whatever  part  of  Christendom  gave  the  stamp  of  catholicity  to 
Methodism  which  has  made  it  at  once  the  most  tolerant  of  all  faiths  toward  all  who 
love  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ  in  sincerity  and,  through  its  theology,  that  can  be  preached, 
has  made  it  the  great  enricher  and  modifier  of  the  creeds  of  Christendom.  A  gospel 
that  can  be  offered  to  all  the  world  is  the  true  parent  of  a  creed  that  can  be  shared 
with  all  mankind.  Despite  a  tendency  among  his  followers  to  confound  a  religious 
vocabulary  with  a  religious  experience,  John  Wesley  ever  declared  the  fullness  of  thg 
blessing  of  the  gospel  of  peace.  All  that  there  was  in  the  gospel  he  was  eager  to 
know  and  to  teach;  and  while  his  own  profession  was  ever  modest,  he  set  no  limit  to 
the  power  of  the  gospel,  the  life  of  God  in  the  soul  of  man.  To  Wesley  man  was  a 
"yonder-sided  being,"  his  life  hid  with  Christ  in  God.  He  believed  that  the  graft 
would  ultimately  determine  the  fruit.  It  was  this  broad  catholicity,  this  faith  alike 
in  man  under  God  and  in  God  over  man,  that  made  him  the  leader  of  the  great  religious 
movement  of  the  Eighteenth  centui-y,  a  revival  that  promises  to  continue  to  the  end 
of  the  world.  The  truest  picture  of  John  Wesley  is  that  which  represents  him  stand- 
ing on  his  father's  tombstone,  in  reverent  touch  with  the  past,  but  with  a  message  for 
the  present  and  the  future,  as  he  declares:  "'I  look  upon  the  whole  world  as  my 
parish."  No  wonder  from  such  a  new  and  powerful  preaching  of  the  old  gospel  there 
should  come  the  mightest  agents  for  its  spread,  whether  in  Missionary  or  Bible  Socie- 
ties, the  living  evangels  and  the  gioaning  presses,  whose  voice  has  gone  out  into  all 
the  world  until  the  reapers  shall  overtake  the  sower,  and  reaper  and  sower  shall 
rejoice  together.  In  subordinating  the  creed  to  the  life  Wesley  helped  to  deliver  men 
from  the  religion  of  a  mere  creed  to  the  glorious  liberty  of  the  sons  of  Giod  who  know 
the  gospel  of  a  person,  even  the  Christ  of  God. 

The  true  measure  of  a  great  life  is  its  lifting  power.  An  average  man  lives,  but 
a  great  man  lifts.  Whenever  there  has  been  any  learned  class,  it  has  usually  been  the 
clergy,  especially  in  view  of  the  fact  that  they  are  forbidden  to  learn  and  practice  the 
art  of  war,  the  usual  outlet  for  surplus  human  energj'.  But  human  learning  must 
have  an  outlet  to  keep  it  from  stagnation,  and  the  enthusiasm  of  humanity  bom  of 
religion  gives  that  outlet  such  as  Wesley  found.  But  there  can  be  no  true  enthusiasm 
of  humanity  without  faith  in  humanity;  and  there  can  be  no  faith  in  humanity  without 
faith  in  the  Son  of  God  as   realized  humanitv. 


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CENTENNIAL    VOLUME    OF    MISSOURI    METHODISM. 


REV.  JOHN   MATHEWS,   D.D. 


The  men  who  have  the  ear  of  the  world  are  the  prophets  fresh 
From  an   audience  with   God. — Dishap  Heiidri.r. 


Rev.  John  IMathews,  D.D.,  was 
bo.n  in  ^Philadelphia,  l^ennsylvania, 
June  13th,  182b.  Was  reared  in 
Tennessee.  Licensed  to  preach  in 
184.>.  Entered  the  travelinfr  con- 
nection, 184().  Received  four  ap- 
pointments in  the  Tennessee;  then 
transferred  to  the  Pacific  Confer- 
ence in  1852.  At  the  end  of  the 
ecclesiastical  year  returned  to 
Tennessee;  was  stationed  at  four 
churches.  While  at  Florence,  Ala- 
bama, he  was  married  to  Miss 
-Mary  A.  Menefee,  April  .30th,  1857. 
.At  Florence  he  had  a  sweeping;  re- 
vival, with  150  conversions.  He 
then  transferred  to  the  .Alabama 
Conference,  and  was  stationed  at 
Tuscaloosa,  where  his  labors  were 
(greatly  blessed.  From  there  he 
was  sent  to  Tuskegee;  thence  to 
.Auburn;  then,  for  one  year,  was 
Presiding:  Elder.  Duiinp  the  next 
three  years  he  lived  on  his  planta- 
tion, and  was  appointed  to  charges 
near  his  home  durin)^  the  Civil 
War.  .At  the  close  of  the  war  he 
sold  out  his  plantation,  in  order  to 
continue  in  the  itinerancy.  He 
spent  one  year  in  Wetumpka,  and 
was  then  sent  to  the  city  of  Mont- 
gomery, where  he  spent  four  years. 
Durinj;  the  last  year  of  this  pas- 
torate, a  most  wonderful  revival 
took  place,  leachinK'  all  classes.  In 
the  winter  of  1870  he  transferred 
to  the  Louisiana  Conference,  and 
was  stationed  at  Felicity  Street 
Church;  God  honored  his  ministry 
here;  there  were  conversions  and 
accessions  constantly.  -At  the  close 
of  this  quadrennium,  he  was  sta- 
tioned at  the  historical  Carondelet  Street  Church;  there  the  work  of  God  was  carried 
forward  with  preat  power;  hundreds  were  converted.  During  the  last  year  of  this  pas- 
torate, a  great  epidemic  of  yellow  fever  swept  over  the  city;  he  and  his  entire  family 
were  stricken  with  the  fever,  and  his  youngest  son  died.  At  the  end  of  this  quadren- 
nium he  was  sent  to  what  is  now  called  Rayne  Memorial  Church,  where  he  labored  for 
three  years,  working  incessantly.  At  the  earnest  solicitation  of  Bishop  Pierce,  he  then 
consented  to  transfer  to  the  Southwest  Missouri  Conference,  and  was  stationed  at  the  old 
Walnut  Street  Church,  in  Kansas  City,  where  God  wrought  marvelous  things.  After  one 
year  at  Washington  street,  he  was  transferred  to  the  St.  Louis  Conference,  and  was  sta- 
tioned at  Centenary  Church;  during  this  quadrennium,  God  greatly  blessed  his  labors; 
hundreds  were  added  unto  the  Lord.  At  the  close  of  this  pastorate  the  city  officials  of 
St.  Louis,  Roman  Catholics  though  they  were,  united  in  a  public  testimonial,  expressing 
their  high  appreciation  of  the  influence  of  his  minstry  upon  the  morals  of  the  city.  From 
here  he  was  sent  to  St.  John's,  the  celebrated  family  church  of  Methodism;  during  this 
pastorate  the  Lord  blessed  him  with  a  gracious  revival,  in  which  many  were  converted. 
At  the  end  of  three  years  he  was  returned  to  Centenary  Church,  where  he  remained  in 
charge  for  five  years — one  year  beyond  the  legal  limit.  The  Lord  wrought  a  great  work 
here,  the  fifth  year  being  the  most  prosperous  of  all  in  its  visible  results.  At  the  close  of 
this  pastorate  he  was  transferred  to  the  Tennessee  Conference,  and  stationed  at  the  fa- 
mous McKendree  Church,  where  he  spent  four  years  of  diligent  service  and  great  profit. 
During  the  close  of  this  pastorate  he  was  attacked  by  the  grippe,  from  which  he  never 
rcovered;   it  finally  left   him  a  total  physical  wreck. 


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361 


REV.  WESLEY  BROWNING. 


The  best  of  all  is:   God  is  with  us. — Johji   Wesley. 


Rev.  Wesley  Browning  was 
born  August  15th,  1795,  at  Hag- 
erstown,  Maryland.  He  was  a 
son  of  Archibald  Browning,  a 
local  Methodist  pi'eacher,  and 
Margaret  Browning.  He  was 
converted  at  Chillicothe,  Ohio,  at 
the  age  of  twenty-six,  and  joined 
the  church  at  once.  Ha  and  a 
companion  had  been  very 
wicked.  While  the  latter  was 
away  on  a  visit  to  Kentucky,  he 
was  converted,  and  wrote  to 
Brother  Browning  a  proposition 
to  pray  every  day  for  him  for 
six  weeks,  and  Browning  must 
also  pray  and  then  report  by  let- 
ter at  the  end  of  the  six  weeks. 
Brother  Browning  did  nothing 
till  three  weeks  had  gone,  but 
then  began  in  earnest  to  seek 
salvation  and  asked  various  peo- 
ple, on  the  street,  or  anywhere, 
how  to  get  religion.  At  last  the 
quarte'-ly  meeting  was  held,  and 
while  at  public  prayer  Browning 
clapped  his  hands  and  exclaimed 
"Gloiy  to  God,  now  I've  got  it,' 
meaning  the  witness  of  the 
spirit.  He  went  right  into  re- 
ligious work  and  study  and  went 
on  to  the  best  appointments  in 
the  Pittsburg  Conference,  to 
which  he  was  transferred,  and 
soon  was  a  shining  witness  for 
full  salvation  as  taught  by  John 
Wesley  and  his  brother  Charles, 
and  continued  in  the  experience 

until  he  passed  to  his  reward.  He  began  to  preach  in  Chillicothe,  Ohio,  and  was  rec- 
ommended by  one  of  the  Quarterly  Conferences  of  that  District.  He  was  ordained 
Deacon  by  Bishop  Roberts.  At  various  times  he  served  the  leading  charges  in  Pitts- 
burg and  the  Ohio  Conferences;  was  Presiding  Elder  when  Mathew  Simpson,  after- 
ward Bishop,  was  a  young  man,  and  the  m.ain  instrument  to  encourage  him  to  ask 
the  District  Conference  for  license  to  preach  and  helped  him  at  college.  He  had  no 
school  advantages  during  early  life,  but  after  entering  Conference  he  studied  hard 
and  became  an  accomplished  Hebrew  scholar.  He  was  twice  married,  first  to  Miss 
Phoebe  Battelle,  in  1836,  and  to  Miss  Phebe  Dunn,  in  1846.  He  has  two  sons  living, 
Fletcher  W.  Browning,  of  St.  Louis,  Missouri,  and  John  Gay  BrowTiing,  of  Springdale, 
Arkansas. 

Of  Rev.  Wesley  Browning,  Dr.  D.  R.  McAnally  writes:  "In  his  ninety-three  years 
of  natural  life  he  saw  the  federal  population  increase  from  .3,929.214,  in  1790,  to  fully 
65,000,000  in  1888.  He  saw  Methodism,  in  these  United  States,  numericallv  increase 
from  50,604  all  told,  ministers  and  members,  in  the  year  he  was  born,  to  5,000,000,  in 
the  year  that  he  died.  He  saw  American  Methodism  extend  itself  into  different  parts 
of  Europe,  Asia,  Africa,  South  America,  and  the  isles  of  the  seas."  Rev.  Wesley 
Browning  was  the  first  man  to  plant  Methodism  among  the  Germans.  In  the  '40s  he 
had  Bishop  Morris  send  Rev.  Ludwick  Jacoby  to  St.  Louis  to  evangelize  the  German 
people. 


3«2  CENTENNIAL    VOLUME    OF    MISSOURI    METHODISM. 


MR.  SAMUEL  CUPPLES. 


The    Bible    invites,    attracts,    and    commands    the    adhesion    of 
Mankind. — Gladstone. 


By  Bishop  E.  R.  Hendrix. 

Mr.  Samuel  Cupples  was  bom  September  13th,  1831,  in  Harrisburg,  Pennsylvania, 
He  is  the  son  of  James  and  Elizabeth  Cupples,  natives  of  County  Down,  of  Ireland, 
who  came  to  the  United  States  in  1814.  His  father  established  a  school  in  PittsDurg, 
Pennsylvania,  in  which  the  son  laid  the  foundation  for  his  successful  business  career. 
When  some  fifteen  years  of  age,  the  son  being  left  by  his  father's  death  the  sole  de- 
pendence of  his  mother  and  sister,  removed  to  Cincinnati,  Ohio.  There  he  entered  the 
employ  of  Mr.  Albert  O.  Tyler,  the  pioneer  woodenware  merchant  of  the  West.  So  did 
he  impress  his  employer  by  his  ability  and  integrity  that,  although  not  yet  of  age,  he 
e.stablished  the  house  of  Samuel  Cupples  &  Co.,  of  St.  Louis,  1851,  his  former  employer 
being  the  silent  and  responsible  partner.  This  was  the  foundation  of  the  Cupples 
Woodenware  Company,  the  largest  establishment  of  its  kind  in  the  world,  having  acres 
of  manufacturing  plants  of  all  sorts  and  also  branch  houses  in  different  cities  reaching^ 
from  ocean  to  ocean.  In  his  broad  and  statesmanlike  views  of  business,  his  selection  of 
his  associates,  his  consideration  for  his  employees,  and  his  Christian  liberality,  Mr. 
Cupples  is  a  notable  man  in  the  business  world.  "'Cupples  Station,"  which  he  founded 
in  the  heart  of  St.  Louis  for  handling  the  great  wholesale  business  by  train  loads 
attracts  visitors  from  all  parts  of  the  world. 

Mr.  Cupples  became  a  Christian  when  living  in  Newport,  Kentucky,  in  1848,  and 
for  nearly  .sixty  years  has  been  a  member  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  South. 
In  1860  he  was  married  to  Miss  Martha  Kells,  a  noble  Christian  woman,  who  was  in 
full  sympathy  with  him  in  all  his  Christian  life  and  work.  It  was  in  her  memory  that 
Mr.  Cupples  built  the  beautiful  building  for  the  Methodist  Orphans  Home  in  St.  Louis. 
As  an  active  member  of  the  Church,  Mr.  Cupples  has  shared  in  the  work  of  all  her 
organizations.  He  has  been  an  unfaltering  friend  in  all  the  forward  movements  of  the 
Church  in  St.  Louis,  a  curator  and  benefactor  of  Central  College,  Fayette,  and  is  now 
the  President  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  of  the  Robert  A.  Barnes  Hospital  of  St.  Louis. 
No  Church  has  been  more  blessed  than  ours  with  such  laymen  as  Brothers  Cupples 
and  Scruggs. 


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W.  E.  GLADSTONE. 
Quoted  in  connection  with  the  life  of  Mr.  Samuel  Cupples,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 


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CENTENNIAL    VOLUME    OF    MISSOURI    METHODISM. 


REV.  JOHN  EMORY  GODBEY,  D.D. 

The  renown  of  >roodness,  the  fame  of  character,  the  reputation 
Associated  with  deeds  of  sacrifice  or  valor — that  is  a  renown 
Which  lives  in   Heaven. — Dr.  Juneph  Parker. 


Rev.  John  Emory  Godbey,  the 
son  of  Rev.  Josiah  Godbey  and 
Lena  Kelly  Godbey,  was  born 
.A.ug:ust  lUh,  1839,  in  Casey 
County,  Kentucky.  The  God- 
beys  were  Methodists.  Ur.  God- 
bey thinks  there  are  twenty- 
seven  Methodist  preachers  who 
have  come  from  the  families  of 
his  grandparents.  Dr.  J.  E. 
Godbey  was  educated  chiefly  in 
private  subscription  schools,  but 
for  the  mo.st  part  his  teachers 
were  well  educated  and  compe- 
tent men.  He  was  in  the  Sopho- 
more class  at  St.  Charles  Col- 
Ic'fre,  when  the  breaking  out  of 
ilio  Civil  War  closed  the  school. 
l!cing  forced  to  abandon  his 
pl.ms,  he  yielded  to  the  advice 
if  friends  and  entered  the  itin- 
iracy  in  the  St.  Louis  Confer- 
Liice.  He  had  been  licensed  to 
preach  by  Dr.  John  R.  Bennett, 
at  Otterville,  Missouri,  in  the 
fall  of  18.59,  on  recommendation 
of  the  Quarterly  Conference  of 
that  charge.  His  first  appoint- 
ment was  to  Independence  Cir- 
cuit. Brother  Godbey  served 
Asbury  charge  a  year,  and  was 
then  assigned  to  Merrimac  Cir- 
cuit, which  charge  he  held  for 
two  years  and  a  half.  He  was 
married  to  Miss  Mary  S.  Hollo- 
way,  November  2nd,  186.'),  and 
their  children  are  Alice  Maud 
Godbey  and  Nannie  HoUoway 
Godbey,  Lizzie  Godbey  and  William  Godbey  having  died  in  childhood.  After  two  years' 
service  on  Union  Circuit,  Dr.  Godbey's  appointments  were:  Washington  Station,  four 
years,  and  Labadie  Circuit,  where  Brother  Godbey  secured  the  building  of  two  good 
houses  of  worship — Salem  and  North's  Chapel.  His  next  appointment  was  Labadie  and 
Washington,  one  year;  then  Washington  and  St.  Clair,  one  year;  Salem  District,  three 
years;  First  Church,  St.  Louis,  two  years;  Page  Avenue  Church,  St.  Louis,  now  Cook 
Avenue,  four  years.  Dr.  Godbey  raised  the  entire  subscription,  $7.5,000,  for  the  Cook 
Avenue  Church.  In  1882,  a  new  church  paper  was  started  in  St.  Louis  called  the 
Southwestern  Methodist,  and  Dr.  Godbey  was  chosen  its  editor,  and  continued  to  serve 
in  this  capacity  eight  years.  During  four  years  of  this  time,  however,  he  continued 
to  serve  as  a  pastor.  After  closing  his  term  at  Page  Avenue  in  1883,  he  served  Chou- 
teau Avenue  one  year,  and  Kirkwood  two  years.  In  1890  the  Southwestern  Methodist 
was  consolidated  with  the  St.  Louis  Christian  Advocate,  and  Dr.  Godbey  was  trans- 
ferred to  the  Southwest  Missouri  Conference  and  appointed  Presiding  Elder  of  Kansas 
City  District,  which  he  held  for  four  years.  In  the  fall  of  1894,  being  elected  editor 
of  the  Arkansas  Methodist,  he  transferred  to  the  Little  Rock  Conference,  and  edited 
the  Methodist  at  Little  Rock  for  eleven  years.  Two  years  ago  he  returned  to  the 
pastorate.  Dr.  Godbey  wrote  and  published  "The  Methodist  Church  Members'  Manual," 
a  book  which  has  passed  many  editions.  Soon  after  appeared  from  his  pen,  "Light  in 
Darkness,  or  Missions  and  Missionary  Heroes."  This  book  had  a  sale,  by  subscription, 
of  .50,000  in  four  years.  Since  going  to  Arkansas,  Dr.  Godbey  has  produced  another 
book,  "Foundations  of  Faith,"  a  work  which  is  now  a  text-book  on  Christian  evidences 
in  some  of  our  colleges.  Dr.  Godbey  was  chairman  of  the  delegation  of  the  St.  Louis 
Conference  of  1886.  He  represented  the  Southwest  Missouri  Conference  in  1894,  and 
•was  chairman  of  the  Little  Rock  Conference  delegation  in  1902  and  1906.  Emory 
College  conferred  on  Rev.  J.  E.  Godbey  the  title  of  D.D.  in  188.5. 


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365 


REV.  WILLIAM   RILEY   MAYS,   D.D. 


On  with  toil  of  heart  and  knees  and  hands, 
Thro'  the  long  gorge  to  the  far  light  has  won 
His  path  upward,  and  preYaiVd.^Tennijson. 


Rev.  William  Riley  Mays,  son 
of  Riley  Mays  and  Sarah  Mays, 
both  of  whom  were  members  of 
the  Baptist  Church,  was  born  in 
Caldwell  County,  Missouri,  April 
5th,  1843.  He  was  converted  in 
his  room,  all  alone,  in  the  City 
of  Chicago,  January  7th,  1867, 
and  joined  Clark  Street  Meth- 
odist Episcopal  Church,  Chicago, 
under  the  ministry  of  Dr.  W.  C. 
Dandy.  He  had  been  under  con- 
viction for  some  time,  and  went 
to  Chicag'o  and  was  a  student  in 
Eastman's  Business  College.  D. 
L.  Moody  had  more  to  do  with 
the  shaping  of  his  early  Chris- 
tian life  than  any  other  man. 
After  his  conversion,  he  began 
active  work  at  once,  continued 
in  the  Lord's  service  for  some 
years,  and  during  all  this  time 
had  a  deep  yearning  for  a  deeper 
work  of  grace.  He  received  a 
mighty  baptism  of  the  Holy 
Ghost  while  in  school  at  Bos- 
ton in  1874.  He  was  licensed  to 
preach  July  14th,  187.3,  by  the 
First  Methodist  Episcopal 
Church  Quarterly  Conference,  in 
Aurora,  Illinois;  Rev.  William 
Goodfellow,  D.D.,  Presiding  El- 
der. He  was  recommended  to 
the  St.  Louis  Annual  Conference 
by  the  Marvin  Chapel  Quarterly 
Conference  of  St.  Louis  in  1878. 
He  was  appointed  as  supply  to 
Marvin  Chapel  by  Bishop  Mar- 
vin in  September,  1877.  He  was  received  on  trial  into  the  St.  Louis  Conference 
October  13th,  1878;  Rev.  J.  W.  Lewis,  D.D.,  Presiding  Elder,  and  Bishop  D.  S. 
Doggett,  presiding;  ordained  Local  Deacon  by  Bishop  D.  S.  Doggett  at  Charleston, 
Missouri,  October  13th,  1878,  having  been  a  local  preacher  four  years;  ordained  Elder 
by  Bishop  J.  C.  Granbery  at  Farmington,  Missouri,  October  15th,  1882.  Appointments 
served  are  as  follows:  Marvin  Chapel,  St.  Louis,  1877-1881;  Lafayette  Park,  St.  Louis, 
1881-1883;  St.  Paul's  Church,  St.  Louis,  1883-1887;  Marvin  Chapel,  St.  Louis,  1887- 
1888;  South  St.  Louis  District,  1888-1892;  St.  Louis  District  (consolidated),  1892-1893; 
Kirkwood  Station,  189-3-1897;  Farmington  District,  1897-1901;  Washington  District, 
1901-1905;  Carondelet,  St.  Louis,  1905-1906.  During  his  pastorates,  about  one  thousand 
persons  have  been  received  into  the  Church.  He  has  spent  thirteen  years  of  his 
ministry  as  Presiding  Elder.  The  beautiful  stone  church  at  Kirkwood  was  built  during 
his  pastorate  there,  and  he  had  something  to  do  with  building  many  of  the  churches 
in  St.  Louis  and  in  the  districts  he  served  as  Presiding  Elder.  His  education  was 
obtained  at  Rock  River  Seminary  in  Illinois,  where  he  spent  two  years,  and  he  grad- 
uated at  Aurora,  Illinois,  before  going  to  Boston  University,  where  he  attended  the 
School  of  Theology  for  three  years.  He  was  married  to  Miss  Jlary  V.  Allen,  October 
7th,  1886,  and  they  have  two  children,  W.  R.  Mays,  Jr.,  and  ilyrtle  L.  Mays.  Some 
of  the  books,  aside  from  the  Bible,  which  have  been  helpful  to  him,  are:  Thomas  A. 
Kempis'  "Imitation  of  Christ,"  Wesley's  Journal,  Fletcher's  Checks,  Charles  G.  Finney's 
Works  and  Bishop  Tompson's  Educational   Essay.t. 


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CENTENNIAL    VOLinVIE    OF    MISSOURI    METHODISM. 


REV.  THOMAS  MONROE   FINNEY,  D.D. 


The  chamber  where  the  nood  man  meets  his  fate 

Is  privileged  beyond  the  common  walk 

Of  virtuous  life,  quite  in  the  verge  of  Heaven. — Young. 


Rev.  Thomas  Monroe  Finney, 
clergyman  and  philanthropist, 
was  born  July  i:Uh,  1827.  in  St. 
Louis,  Missouri.  He  was  the 
secoml  son  of  William  Finney 
and  Jane  Finney.  His  education 
in  primary  branches  was  ob- 
tained in  private  schools  in  St. 
Louis.  In  1840  he  entered  St. 
Charles  CoUejre,  there  continu- 
ing his  studies  for  two  years. 
During  the  next  two  years  he 
was  a  student  at  St.  Louis  Uni- 
versity, from  which  he  was 
iiraduated  in  1844.  He  then  de- 
termined to  continue  his  studies 
at  Yale  University  and  was  one 
of  the  first  three  students  to  en- 
ter that  institution  from  west  of 
the  Mississippi  river.  He  grad- 
uated from  Yale  with  the  class 
of  1847.  Returning  home  he 
studied  law  in  the  office  of  Gam- 
ble &  Bates,  being  admitleil  to 
the  bar  in  1849.  Notwithstand- 
ing the  favorable  auspices  of 
professional  life  as  a  lawyer,  he 
did  not  long  follow  that  calling, 
feeling  that  he  had  a  call  to  the 
ministry.  Dr.  Finney  was 
licensed  to  preach  by  the  Fourth 
Street  Methodist  Church  July 
1st,  1850,  and  on  the  10th  day 
of  the  same  month  he  was  ad- 
mitted on  trial  into  the  St.  Louis 
Conference,  which  held  its  ses- 
sion at  Independence,  Missouri. 
He  was  ordained  Deacon  by 
Bishop  -Andrew,  and  Elder  by  Bishop  Kavanaugh.  The  degree  of  Doctor  of  Divinity 
was  conferred  on  him  in  1870  by  the  Southern  University  of  Alabama.  During  the 
first  six  years  of  his  ministry  he  preached  successively  in  Saline  County,  at  Jefferson 
City  and  Lexington  Station,  two  years  being  at  that  time  the  limit  of  the  pastoral 
term.  In  18.^6  he  was  brought  to  St.  Louis,  and  from  time  to  time  he  served  as  pastor 
of  several  churches  in  that  city.  He  has  been  recognized  and  honored  in  the  Church 
as  a  clear,  logical  and  forceful  preacher,  but  his  most  efficient  service  has  been  rendered 
as  a  leader,  an  administrator  and  man  of  affairs.  During  fifteen  years  of  his  active 
ministerial  work  he  was  a  Presiding  Elder  in  St.  Louis,  serving  first  from  1861  to  1868, 
and  later  from  1884  to  1892.  Under  his  administration  the  following  churches  in  St. 
Louis  and  vicinity  were  built:  St.  John's,  Lafayette  Park,  Marvin,  Immanuel,  at 
Benton,  Ferguson  and  Kirkwood.  He  originated  the  City  Mission  and  Church  Exten- 
sion Society.  From  1869  to  1872,  he  edited  the  St.  Louis  Christian  Advocate.  He  was 
selected  to  write  the  life  of  Bishop  Marvin,  which  is  easily  entitled,  both  for  substance 
and  composition,  to  a  place  among  the  leading  biographies  of  the  Church.  Dr.  Finney 
was  a  member  of  the  convention  which  established  Central  College  at  Fayette,  Missouri, 
and  served  as  one  of  its  curators  for  forty  years.  His  worth  as  a  leader,  and  adviser, 
sound  in  judgment  and  wise  in  counsel,  was  recognized  by  the  Church  at  large.  He 
was  made  President  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  South. 
He  served  with  distinction  as  a  member  of  the  General  Conference  and  a  member  of  the 
Cape  May  Commission.  Dr.  Finny's  character  is  one  in  which  strength  and  beauty  are 
well  blended.  Dr.  Finney  was  married  in  18.53  to  Miss  Mary  Shackelford  of  Saline 
County,  Missouri,  by  whom  he  had  four  children — Eliza  Lee.  Maiy  Shackelford.  William 
and  Thomas  Finney,  the  two  latter  deceased.  His  wife  died  in  1860,  and  four  years 
later  he  married  Miss  Lucinda  Edmonstone  of  St.  Louis  County,  by  whom  he  had  four 
children — Jennie  Lou   (deceased),  John,  Clara  Beall  and  Bessie  Barrett. 


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THE  HONORABLE  TRUSTEN  POLK. 


The  Christian  Faith  and  the  Holy  Scriptures  arm  us  with  the 
Means  of  neutralizing  and  repelling  the  assaults  of  evil. — 
William    E.    Gladstone. 

Trusten  Polk,  Governor  and 
United  States  Senator,  was  bom 
!May  29th,  1811,  in  Sussex  Coun- 
ty, Delaware,  son  of  William  N. 
Polk,  who  was  a  direct  descend- 
ant of  Robert  Polk  and  Magda- 
lene Polk,  from  whom  likewise 
was  descended  the  late  Presi- 
dent, James  K.  Polk.  He  gradu- 
ated at  Yale  at  the  age  of  nine- 
teen with  distinguished  honors. 
He  studied  in  the  office  of  John 
Rogers,  then  Attorney-Genei-al 
of  Maryland,  and  afterward  at- 
tended two  courses  of  lectures  in 
the  law  department  of  Yale  Uni- 
versity. In  1835,  without  influ- 
ence and  with  comparatively  lit- 
tle means,  he  came  to  St.  Louis. 
Even  at  that  early  period,  St. 
Louis  could  boast  of  lawyers 
such  as  Batc!s,  Napton,  Ryland, 
Field,  Scott  and  Hamilton  Gam- 
ble, and  it  is  sufficient  to  say  of 
Trusten  Polk's  abilities,  that  he 
rose  to  eminence  among  leaders 
like  these.  Aside  from  a  mind 
well  grounded  in  the  philosophy 
and  principles  of  legal  lore,  he 
possessed  the  quick  discernment 
and  clear  logic  that  instantly 
grasped  the  salient  points  of  a 
case.  His  manner  was  polished 
and  courtly;  his  personal  ap- 
pearance was  stately  and  dis- 
tinguished. In  184.3  he  was  city 
counselor.  He  was  elected  with 
MjTon  Leslie  on  the  Democratic 
ticket  for  member  of  the  State  Constitutional  Convention.  In  1848  he  was  one  of  the 
Cass  and  Butler  Presidential  electors,  but  took  no  other  prominent  part  in  public 
affairs  until  the  great  political  crisis  of  1856,  the  year  of  the  birth  of  the  latter  day 
Republican  party.  Trusten  Polk  was  the  nominee  of  the  Democracy  and  Robert  C. 
Ewing  of  the  American  party.  The  canvass  was  extremely  exciting.  The  contest  was 
in  large  measure  for  the  United  States  Senate,  the  friends  of  Benton  nurturing  the 
hope  that  he  might  carry  the  State  and  the  Legislature.  Polk  was  elected  Governor, 
Benton  being  third  in  the  race.  Polk  was  inaugurated  Januai-y  3rd,  1857,  and  ten  days 
later  the  General  Assembly  met  to  elect  a  United  States  Senator  for  six  years,  at  which 
election  Governor  Polk  received  one  hundred  and  one  votes;  Thomas  H.  Benton,  twenty- 
three,  and  Hamilton  Gamble,  thirty-four.  In  October,  1857,  Governor  Polk  resigned  the 
executive  chair.  Early  in  1861  he  resigned  from  the  Senate  and  went  to  New  Madrid, 
where  he  waited  an  opportunity  to  join  his  fortunes  with  the  Confederates  and  subse- 
quently became  Judge  .\dvocate  General  of  the  army  under  General  Sterling  Price,  with 
the  rank  of  Colonel.  In  1864  he  was  taken  prisoner  and  was  confined  for  several 
months  on  Johnson's  Island,  where  he  was  exchanged.  .\t  the  close  of  the  war  he 
returned  to  St.  Louis  and  resumed  the  practice  of  law,  continuing  until  his  death, 
April  16th.  1876.  Governor  Polk  was  married  in  St.  Louis,  December  26th,  1837,  to 
Miss  Elizabeth  N.  Skinner,  second  daughter  of  Curtis  Skinner  and  Ann  Skinner.  His 
children  are:  Anna,  now  Mrs.  W.  F.  Causey,  of  Delaware;  Mary,  now  Mrs.  James  A. 
Draper,  of  Delaware;  Cornelia,  now  Mrs.  John  Kennard,  of  St.  Louis,  and  Elizabeth, 
now  Mrs.  Thomas  S.  McPheeters.  of  St.  Louis.  Governor  Polk  was  a  prominent  mem- 
ber of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  South,  and  of  its  Annual  and  General  Confer- 
ences. He  gave  his  means  and  influence  to  Central  College,  Fayette,  Missouri.  He 
was  a  tower  of  strength  to  our  educational  interests.  He  was  a  man  of  stainless  in- 
tegrity and  of  the  purest  private  character. 


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CENTENNIAL    VOLUME    OF    MISSOURI    METHODISM. 


SKETCH  OF  THE  WOMAN'S  FOREIGN  MISSIONARY 
SOCIETY  OF  THE  ST.  LOUIS  CONFERENCE. 


MRS.   10.    M.    .MARVIN. 


By  Mrs.  J.  W.  Evans,  President. 

The  first  Missionary  orjjanization  in  tlie  St.  Louis  Conference  was  effected  at  First 
Church  (Eighth  street  and  Washing-ton  avenue),  November  8th,  1878.  Rev.  W.  V. 
Tudor,  D.D.,  Presiding  Elder  of  the  St.  Louis  District,  presided,  and  the  following 
officers  were  elected:  President,  Mrs.  E.  M.  Mai-vin;  Vice  Presidents,  Mrs.  E.  G.  Boyle 
and  Mrs.  J.  W.  Lewis;  Corresponding  Secretary,  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Avis;  Recording  Secre- 
tary, Mrs.  E.  S.  Brooks;  Treasurer,  Mrs.  F.  C.  Sharp.  These  ladies  were  all  members 
of  St.  John's  Church,  but  the  twenty-eight  members  enrolled  that  day  were  from  all 
the  churches.  In  October,  1879,  Mrs.  Juliana  Hayes,  President  of  the  Woman's  Board 
of  Foreign  Missions,  visited  St.  Louis,  and  on  the  18th  of  that  month  organized  at  St. 
John's  Church,  Twenty-ninth  and  Locust  streets,  the  Conference  Society,  with  the 
following  officers:  President,  Mrs.  E.  M.  Marvin;  Vice  Presidents,  Mrs.  L.  Westlake, 
Mrs.  L.  F.  Aspley  and  Mrs.  Moore;  Corresponding  Secretary,  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Avis; 
Recording  Secretary,  Mrs.  C.  C.  Anderson;  Treasurer,  Mrs.  J.  W.  Lewis.  Several 
auxiliaries  were  organized  that  year  and  the  work  was  fairly  started.  In  1882  Mrs. 
C.  C.  Anderson  was  elected  Treasurer,  an  office  she  filled  to  the  perfect  satisfaction  of 
everybody  concerned  for  fourteen  years,  being  succeeded  by   Mrs.  W.   H.  Hogan,  who 


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MARVIN   GROUP. 


Blshop  Marvin. 


Dr.  Morris. 


Dr.  Clinton. 

Dr.    JOSEIPH    BOYLK, 


still  holds  the  office,  the  St.  Louis  women  believing  that  treasurers,  like  poets,  "are  born, 
not  made."  There  have  been  six  Presidents,  Mrs.  J.  C.  Granbery  succeeding  Mrs. 
Marvin,  being  in  turn  succeeded  by  Mrs.  C.  L.  Smith,  Mrs.  John  Matthews,  Mrs.  C.  E. 
Patillo  and  Mrs.  J.  W.  Evans,  the  last  being  the  only  one  who  was  not  a  preacher's  wife. 
Mrs.  Avis  was  Corresponding  Secretary  for  eighteen  years,  there  being  only  two  others, 
Mrs.  E.  L.  Holmes  and  Mrs.  J.  E.  Musick.  The  Society  will  this  year,  1907,  hold  ita 
twenty-eighth  annual  meeting  at  Sikeston,  having  in  that  time  sent  out  seven  Mission- 
aries, viz:  Miss  Marcia  Marvin,  who  served  the  Board  first  in  Brazil,  then  in  Cuba 
and  is  now  resting  at  home;  Miss  Ella  Granbery,  who  went  to  Brazil  and  is  now  the 
wife  of  Rev.  H.  C.  Tucker,  our  agent  of  the  American  Bible  Society  there;  Miss  Helen 
Richardson,  who  is  now  in  China,  Secretary  and  Treasurer  of  the  Shanghai  District, 
and  Principal  of  the  McTyeire  Home  and  School;  Miss  Willie  Bowman,  who  made  a 
name  and  place  for  herself  in  Rio  de  Janeiro  and  last  year  retired  from  the  work  to  be 
married;  Miss  Ida  Worth,  who  is  in  the  employ  of  the  Parent  Board,  teaching  in  the 
Lambuth  Memorial  in  Hiroshima,  Japan;  Miss  Emma  Christine,  now  teaching  in 
Mineiro  College  in  Juiz  de  Fora,  Brazil ;  and  Miss  Ii'ene  King,  who  is  teaching  in 
Sungkong,  China,  in  the  Susan  B.  Wilson  School.  These  young  women  were  sent  to 
to  us  in  answer  to  prayer,  and  our  greatest  reproach  is  that  there  are  not  more. 
The  St.  Louis  has  always  been  among  the  weaker  Conference  Societies,  so  much  of  its 
territory  being  in  that  sparsely  settled  part  of  Southeast  Missouri,  where  very  little  of 
the  territory  is  occupied  by  the  Church.  The  women  are  beginning  to  wake  up  to  an 
appreciation  of  the  privilege  of  having  a  share  in  the  grand  work  of  bringing  the  world 
to  Christ,  and  are  learing  that  it  means  self-denial  and  work  to  do  it.  With  com- 
paratively little  increase  in  membership  we  have,  in  five  years,  raised  our  pledge  to 
the  general  work  of  the  Board  from  three  hundred  dollars  to  two  thousand  dollars, 
which   amount   we  have   reached   for  the  first  time  this   year.     We  know   that  "there 


370  CENTENNIAL    VOLUME    OF    MISSOURI    METHODISM. 


REV.  S.  P.  JONES, 
Our  Greatest  Evangelist. 


Sketch  of  the   St.   Louis   Conference   Woman'.s   Foreign    Missionary   Society. 
gates." 

remaineth  yet  very  much  land  to  be  possessed,"  but  in  the  name  of  the  Lord  of  Hosts, 
we  propose  to  keep  up  the  battle  against  ignorance  and  indifference  and  do,  as  nearly 
as  we  can,  our  part  toward  hastening  the  day  when  "the  Kingdoms  of  this  world  are 
become  the  Kingsdoms  of  our  Lord,  and  of  His  Christ." 

The  following  are  the  present  officers:  President,  Mrs.  J.  W.  Evans;  First  Vice 
President,  Mrs.  C.  A.  Olcott;  Second  Vice  President,  Mrs.  .John  Carton;  Treasurer,  Mrs. 
W.  H.  Hogan;  Recording  Secretary,  Mrs.  M.  D.  Schmalhorst;  Corresponding  Secretary, 
Mrs.    J.    E.    Musick.      District    Secretaries:  St.    Louis,    Mrs.    M.    A.    Harnett,    Old 

Orchard;  Farmington,  Mrs.  J.  R.  Chilton,  Fredericktown ;  Charleston,  Mrs.  Joseph  Lee 
Moore,  Commerce;  Poplar  Bluff,  Mrs.  T.  J.  Bennett,  Doniphan;  West  Plains,  Mrs. 
Margaret  Raub,  Winona;  DeSoto,  Miss  Nellie  Murphy,  St.  Clair. 


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Ml 


MRS.  ELIZABETH  AVIS. 


Some  Christians  I  have  known  were  sweeter  than  the  breath  of 
Roses  in   radiant  June. — Ur.    Wiltiain   A.   Qitayle. 

To  give  a  record  of  a 
life  consecrated  through 
its  entire  length  to  the 
service  of  God  is  a  task  an 
angel  might  covet.  We 
have  all  known  such  char- 
actei's  and  loved  them,  and 
from  a  group  in  our  mind, 
we  are  going  to  select  one 
figure,  one  that  stands  out 
prominently,  and  make  her 
the  subject  of  these 
thoughts.  In  the  morning 
of  life,  she  gave  herself 
unreservedly  to  the  serv- 
ice of  God,  and  as  a  conse- 
quence of  this  choice  was 
eminently  fitted  for  the 
varied  stations  in  life  as 
daughter,  wife,  mother, 
teacher  and  friend.  She 
was  to  loved  ones  all  that 
is  embraced  in  each  term. 
Her  mind  was  an  inex- 
haustible store-house  of 
knowledge  gathered  from 
her  long  and  varied  ca- 
reer. From  this  fund  she 
'reely  and  graciously  gave 
to  all  who  asked.  Her 
:ife,  an  eventful  one,  was 
broadened  and  strength- 
ened by  discipline.  In  joy 
or  sorrow,  in  sunshine  or 
shadow,  being  a  fellow- 
worker  with  God,  she  ever 
exerted  the  might  of  her 
womanly  influence  for 
good.  Especially  was  this 
the  case  in  one  of  her 
chosen  branches  of  church 
work — Foreign  Mission  work.  In  this,  her  faith-inspired  enthusiasm  was  an  mspiration 
to  all  who  came  within  the  circle  of  her  influence.  Years  developed  sweetness  and 
grace  in  her  character;  outwardly  the  only  change  they  had  been  able  to  make  had 
been  to  turn  the  dark  locks  to  a  silver  color,  for  love,  that  gi-eat  beautifier,  was  ever 
in  her  heart;  hence  the  chisel  of  time  failed  to  leave  any  scars  on  her  calm,  tranquil 
face;  wherever  she  went,  her  presence  seemed  to  impart  a  light  and  fragrance  that 
reached  upward  and  constantly  reminds  us  that 

"Autumn  hath  violets  as  well  as  Spring, 
And  age  its  sweetness  hath  as  well  as  youth." 
Let  us  be  teachable  and  learn  from  the  life  of  this  dear  one  how  beautifully 
Christianity  harmonizes  with  the  varied  incidents  of  life  and  character  and  leads  them 
into  a  gentleness  and  beauty  which  is  a  part  of  its  own  characteristic.  It  is  beyond 
human  calculation  to  estimate  the  good  accomplished  during  such  a  life;  as  well  attempt 
"to  count  the  circles  of  a  pool  into  which  a  pebble  has  been  thi'ov.-n";  the  influence  of 
it  goes  on  and  on  through  all  eternity.  But  we  can  strive  to  make  our  life  loving, 
useful  and  self-conquering.  We  can  honor  her  by  imitating  the  qualities  we  admired 
in  her.  This  is  one  little  blossom  of  love  offered  to  one  whose  precept  and  example 
have  been  a  blessing  to  us,  and  we  offer  it  now,  remembering  that  "rarest  blossoms, 
what  can  they  suffice,  offered  to  one  who  can  no  longer  gaze  upon  their  beauty."  Rather 
let  us  "give  her  of  the  fi'uit  of  her  hands,  and  let  her  own  works  praise  her  in  the 
gates." 


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CENTENNIAL    VOLUME    OF    MISSOURI    METHODISM. 


MRS.  SARAH   PINDALL  WILFLEY. 


It  is  the  charm  of  Woman's  modesty  and   purity   that  holds  all 
Society   in    its  coherency. — Bislmp  Marvin. 


Mrs.  Sarah  Pindall  Willloy  is 
the  widow  of  James  Franklin 
Wilflfv,  and  the  mother  of  Evan 
Shelby  Pindall  Wiltley,  Lebbeus 
Redman  Willley,  Mary  .Morpan 
VVillley,  Xenoph(m  Pierce  Wil- 
lley  and  .1.  Douglas  Willley.  She 
is  the  daughter  of  General  Evan 
Shelby  and  Di'usilla  Morgan 
Pindall,  and  was  born  September 
3th,  18-10.  Beg-inning  her  church 
life  at  ten  years  of  age,  she  has 
served  faithfully  in  Sunday 
School,  Foreitrn  Missionary  and 
Home  Mission  work.  As  Confer- 
ence Corresponding  Secretary, 
she  was  for  seven  years  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Woman's  Board  of 
Home  Missions  of  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  Church,  South.  Her 
fine  executive  ability  and  clear 
conception  of  the  needs  of  the 
work,  coupled  with  faithful  con- 
;ecrated  service,  soon  ranked  her 
a  distinguished  member  of  that 
distinguished  body  of  women. 
She  is  the  author  of  some  of  the 
most  comprehensive  laws  of  this 
organization.  She  filled  various 
important  places  at  the  Annual 
meetings  which  were  held  at  Lit- 
tle Rock,  St.  Louis,  Richmond, 
Atlanta.  Montgomery  and  Ash- 
ville.  Through  the  courtesy  of 
the  Woman's  Board  of  City  Mis- 
sions of  the  St.  Louis  Confer- 
ence Society,  she  is  an  emeritus 
life  member  of  that  body.  Her 
four  sons,  all  students  of  Central  College,  and  three  of  them  graduates  of  that  insti- 
tution, have  taken  foremost  rank  in  their  chosen  professions.  Nor  have  they  become  so 
ab.sorbed  or  blinded  by  their  successes  as  to  forget  to  live  true  to  the  principles  so 
deeply  implanted  by  their  mother's  Christian  training,  for  they  honor  and  serve  the 
God  she  first  taught  them  to  love.  This  fact  was  strongly  emphasized  recently  by  the 
author  of  a  mafiazine  article,  who,  recognizing  the  influence  of  the  mother  on  the  char- 
acter of  her  distinguished  son.  Judge  L.  R.  Wilfley,  now  Judge  of  the  United  States 
Court  in  China,  when  speaking  of  him,  pays  the  following  just  and  graceful  tribute  to 
her.  "Besides  being  a  'gentleman  unafraid,'  he  is  the  clean,  wholesome  type  of  Amer- 
ican who  does  not  believe  that  ideals  are  a  marketable  commodity,  so  he  has  kept  a 
surprising  number  of  the  old-fashioned  notions  which  seem  to  be  coming  once  more  into 
vogue.  One  of  them  is  a  pronounced  zeal  for  a  clean  national  escutcheon.  I  fancy 
that  the  old  Methodist  mother  back  in  Missouri,  who  is  the  Judge's  most  faithful 
American  correspondent,  has  had  more  than  a  little  to  do  with  this.  Probably  it  was 
from  as  an  unassuming  teacher  as  she  that  he  got  his  simple  creed:  'The  greatest 
factor  in  life,  next  to  honesty,  is  courage.'  " 


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373 


REV.  JOHN  W.  ROBINSON. 


Then  on  the  incarnate  Saviour's  breast 

The  fount  of  sweetness,  they  shall  rest. — Keble. 


By  Rev.  John  E.  Godbey,  D.D. 
Rev.  John  W.  Robinson  was 
born  in  Campbell  County,  Vir- 
ginia, April  loth,  1824.  He 
moved  with  his  father  and 
mother,  William  and  Lucy  Rob- 
inson, to  Callaway  County,  Mis- 
souri, seven  miles  from  Fulton 
to  the  farm  on  which  Calwood 
is  now  built.  In  1845  he  mar- 
ried Miss  Dorcas  Griffith,  the 
daughter  of  Asa  and  Elizabeth 
Griffith  of  St.  Charles  County, 
Missouri.  On  the  24th  of 
August,  1838,  he  was  converted 
at  the  Craighead  camp-ground, 
three  miles  southwest  of  Fulton, 
and  shortly  afterwards  he  was 
baptized  by  Rev.  Abram  Milice 
at  Captain  Anderson's  on  the 
Nine  Mile  Prairie.  On  May  4th, 
1847,  he  took  the  entered  ap- 
prentice degree  in  Fulton  lodge 
of  the  A.  F.  &  A.  M.  He  was 
passed  June  1st,  raised  June 
23d,  1847.  On  the  10th  of 
February,  1849,  he  was  licensed 
to  preach  by  Rev.  W.  W.  Red- 
man, Presiding  Elder  of  St. 
Charles  District  of  the  Missouri 
Conference,  Methodist  Episcopal 
Church,  South.  He  was  or- 
dained Deacon  by  Bishop  John 
Early  October  31st,  18.55,  and 
Elder  by  Bishop  H.  H.  Kava- 
naugh  on  the  4th  day  of  October, 
1868.  In  1874  he  entered  on 
trial  the  St.  Louis  Annual  Con- 
ference, of    which  he  became    a 

member  two  years  afterwards.  He  served  the  Carondelet  Church  one  year;  Mount 
Olive  Circuit,  one  year;  Salem  and  Rolla,  two  years;  Manchester,  three  years; 
Merimac  Circuit,  two  years;  Farmington,  four  years;  Fredericktown,  three  years; 
Brdigeton,  four  years,  and  Clayton,  four  years.  At  the  Conference  held  at  DeSoto, 
1898,  he  was  granted  the  superannuated  relation.  He  died  Saturday,  September  22d, 
1900,  in  Chicago,  age  seventy-six  years.  The  funeral  took  place  from  St.  John's 
Methodist  Church  in  St.  Louis,  Tuesday,  September  25th,  Rev.  B.  M.  Messick,  D.  D., 
and  Rev.  J.  E.  Godbey,  D.  D.,  officiating.  He  was  Chaplain  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of 
Missouri,  and  was  buried  under  the  auspices  of  that  order.  I  became  acquainted 
with  John  W.  Robinson  in  1860  when  I  was  a  student  in  St.  Chai-les  College.  Brother 
Robinson  resided  there  and  took  much  interest  in  the  class  of  young  preachers.  We 
all  loved  him  very  much.  He  was  then  a  local  preacher  in  our  church.  Brother  Rob- 
inson was  a  man  of  fine  natural  ability  and  of  good  literary  attainments.  To  me 
he  was  always  a  very  interesting  preacher.  After  he  became  a  member  of  the  St. 
Louis  Conference  I  was  his  Presiding  Elder  for  two  years.  We  both  lived  at  the 
town  of  Salem.  Never  had  we  associates  dearer  to  us  than  Brother  Robinson  and 
his  wife,  Dorcas,  and  his  youngest  daughter,  Julia,  than  with  them.  Their  home  life 
was  most  beautiful.  No  one  could  excel  Sister  Robinson  as  a  housekeeper  and  her 
husband  knew  that  full  well.  He  loved  Dorcas  with  a  chivalrous  devotion  to  the 
last.  When  she  was  called  home  he  was  left  as  one  walking  alone  and  crying  in  the 
night.  His  children  were  tender  and  devoted  to  him;  they  were  well-to-do  and  in 
the  north  or  south  he  could  make  his  home  with  them  at  will.  I  loved  Bi'other 
Robinson;  I  never  loved  a  man  more;  he  had  a  gentle  spirit,  and  he  never  wearied 
in  the  patience  of    hope  and  the  labor  of    love. 


:in  CENTENNIAL    VOLUME    OF    MISSOURI    METHODISM. 


REV.  CHARLES   MARTYR   HAWKINS,   D.   D. 


All  Christ's  teaching  is  a  Divine  Poetry,  luxuriant  in  Metaphor, 
And  overflowing   with   Truth. — Dr.  Frederick   W.  Robertson. 


Rev.  Charles  Martyr  Hawkins,  D.  D.,  is  a  native  of  Missouri,  born  at  Glasgow, 
spending  his  childhood  at  Richmond  and  younger  manhood  at  Warrensburg.  He 
joined  the  Southwest  Missouri  Conference  at  Marshall,  1880,  having  traveled  the  pre- 
vious six  months  as  supply  under  M.  Adkisson  on  the  Pleasant  Hill   Circuit. 

At  the  Conference  of  1880  he  was  appointed  as  Junior  Preacher  to  this  same 
work.  After  nine  months  he  was  appointed  to  fill  a  vacancy  at  Washington  Street, 
Kansas  City,  where  he  remained  four  years  and  three  months.  He  then  served  the 
following  charges,  remaining  four  years  at  each,  excepting  the  last  named:  Boon- 
ville.   Independence,  Central  Church,  Kansas  City  and  Troost  Avenue,  Kansas  City. 

In  1898  he  transferred  to  the  Baltimore  Conference,  serving  four  years  each  at 
Trinity,  Baltimore  and  Greene  Memorial,  Roanoke,  Virginia.  In  190.5  he  transferred 
to  the  St.  Louis  Conference  and  was  stationed  at  Cabanne,  St.  Louis,  where  he  is  now 
pastor. 

In  1883  he  was  married  to  Miss  Mary  A.  Mathews,  daughter  of  Rev.  John 
Mathews,  D.  D.  Four  children  bles.sed  this  union,  all  of  whom  are  yet  living:  John 
Mathews,  Robert  Martyr,  Phala  and  Oscar  Menefee.  The  degree  of  Doctor  of 
Divinity  was  conferred  upon  him  by  the  Missouri  State  University,  1897. 

Every  pastorate  of  Dr.  Hawkins  has  been  marked  by  large  in-gatherings  into 
the  Church  and  full  financial  reports.  His  gifts  as  a  revivalist  have  led  to  his  helping 
a  number  of  brother  pastors  each  year  in  meetings  which,  almost  without  exception, 
have   resulted   in  large  visible  results. 

Dr.  Hawkins  is  a  man  of  fine  social  qualities  and  his  presence  graces  any  social 
evening.  He  has  a  pleasing  voice  and  in  pulpit  utterance  he  knows  how  to  use  his 
voice  with  the  best  effect.  He  thinks  in  symbols  and  hence  it  is  easy  and  pleasing 
for  an  audience  to  follow  him.  His  power  of  statement  is  strong  and  this  i»  enforced 
by  apt  illustration.     The   truth  is   mighty   in   his  hand. 


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MR.    CHARLES    HIRAM    LANHAM. 


All  that  love  to  our  fellow-man  can  prompt  finds  itself  only  a 
Copy  of  That  Life  which  was  spent  in  continually  Doing 
Good. — Dr.  Cunningham  Geikie. 


Mr.  Charles  Hiram  Lanham  was  born  January  10th,  1858,  at  New  Albany,  In- 
diana. He  is  the  son  of  Hiram  Lanham  and  Ann  E.  Lanham,  members  of  the 
Methodist  Church.  His  mother,  who  is  still  living,  has  been  a  Methodist  for  more 
than  sixty  years.  He  was  converted  in  his  own  room  in  1882  and  joined  St.  John's 
Church,  St.  Louis,  and  was  a  member  there  for  a  few  months  but  joined  Centenary 
Church  December  31st,  1882,  where  he  is  still  a  member.  He  was  convicted  of  sin, 
and  while  reading  one  of  Bishop  William  Taylor's  books  was  shown  the  way  of  salva- 
tion. He  laid  the  book  aside,  knelt  at  his  bedside,  and  was  converted.  Shortly  after 
his  conversion,  and  while  reading  "The  Christian's  Secret  of  a  Happy  Life,"  by 
Hannah  Whitehall  Smith,  he  gave  himself  to  God  in  a  full  consecration,  and  since 
that  day  has  never  had  a  desire  to  withdraw  the  consecration.  God  accepted  the 
offering  and  the  word  of  God  became  another  book  to  him.  God  gave  him  the  wit- 
ness of  his  consecration  and  fulfilled  His  promise  in  giving  him  the  Comforter.  His 
education  was  received  principally  in  the  public  schools.  He  was  a  delegate  to  the 
World's  Third  Sunday  School  Convention  which  met  in  London.  He  went  with  the 
delegation  from  North  America  on  the  Catalonia  of  the  Cunard  line.  He  considers 
the  time  when  the  subject  of  a  full  surrender  to  God  was  first  presented  to  him 
and  he  understood  what  it  was  as  the  most  importance  event  in  his  life.  Some  of  the 
books  which  have  been  most  helpful  to  him,  aside  from  the  Bible,  are  "The  Christian's 
Secret  of  a  Happy  Life,"  "Interior  Life,"  "Life  of  Alfred  Cookman,"  Wesley's  Ser- 
mons, "Life  of  Amanda  Smith,"  and  "Biographies  of  Godly  Men  and  Women."  He 
has  been  a  member  of  Centenary  church  for  more  than  twenty-four  years,  and  has 
been  honored  by  the  church  as  a  class-leader,  Sunday  School  Superintendent,  Steward, 
and  Sabbath  School  teacher.  He  is  now  Secretary  of  the  Board  of  Stewards  and 
also  Treasurer  of  the  Board  of    Missions  of    the  St.  Louis  Conference. 


3"fi  CENTENNIAL    \ULU.ME    OF    -MISSOURI    METIiOUISM. 


REV.   WILLIA.M   COURT,  A.   B.,   B.   I). 


It  is  the  grand  distinction  of  humanity  that  it  is  made  permeable 
By  the  Divine  Nature,  prepared  in  that  manner  to  receive  and 
Entemple  the  Infinite  Spirit. — Dr.  Biislniell. 


Ul-v.  William  Court  was  born 
April  2^!th,  18(ii),  at  St.  Louis, 
Missouri.  He  is  a  son  of  William 
Court  and  Julia  Court.  His 
parents  had  been  brought  up  in 
the  German  Evangelical  Church. 
He  was  convoi'tecl  in  a  little 
chapel  on  Russell  Avenue  in  St. 
Louis,  where  Rev.  J.  J.  Watts 
labored  for  a  number  of  years. 
It  was  during  special  services 
conducted  by  Rev.  Richard  Gar- 
rison that  he  was  converted 
June  6th,  1886.  He  joined  Mar- 
vin Church,  St.  Louis,  August 
22d,  1886.  All  his  life  he  had 
shown  inclination  to  be  re- 
ligious, though  not  always  good. 
He  realized  his  need  of,  salva- 
tion when  seventeen  years  of 
age.  It  was  a  struggle  for  him 
to  fix  his  mind  on  the  one  thing 
needful,  but  the  Spirit  gave 
help  and  he  entered  into  the  ex- 
perience of  forgiveness  with 
great  quiet  in  his  soul.  His  re- 
ligious experience  has  not  al- 
ways been  satisfactory,  but  a 
desire  to  honor  God  with  his 
service  and  life  has  Itept  him  in 
union  with  His  love.  All  of  his 
movements  have  been  actuated 
by  a  single  motive — to  serve 
man  in  larger  service  of  love 
and  faith  to  God.  He  was 
granted  license  to  exhort  by  the 
Quarterly  Conference  of  Marvin 
Chapel  church  in  1889,  and  granted  license  to  preach  by  the  same  Quarterly  Confer- 
ence June  8th,  1891.  He  was  recommended  to  the  Annual  Conference  by  the  Nashville 
District  Conference  in  1900  and  was  received  into  the  St.  Louis  Annual  Conference  in 
1900;  Rev.  James  W.  Lee,  D.  D.,  Presiding  Elder,  and  Bishop  John  C.  Granbery,  pre- 
siding. He  was  ordained  Deacon  by  Bishop  O.  P.  Fitzgerald  at  Nashville,  Tennessee, 
in  1897;  was  ordained  Elder  by  Bishop  Warren  A.  Candler  at  Fredericktown,  Mis- 
souri, in  1901.  He  has  served  tile  following  appointments:  Higbee  Circuit,  1891-1897; 
Bellvue  Circuit,  1897-1898;  Cabanne  charge,  1900-1901;  transferred  to  Japan  Mission 
Conference  and  appointed  teacher  at  Kobe,  Japan,  1901-1902;  principal  of  Palmore 
Institute,  Kobe,  Japan,  1902-1905;  home  on  enforced  leave  of  absence  due  to  Mrs. 
Court's  health,  190.")-1906;  transferred  to  St.  Louis  Conference  and  appointed  to  Grand 
Avenue  Church.  1906-1907.  He  has  received  about  one  hundred  and  twenty-five  per- 
sons into  the  church.  He  attended  the  public  schools  in  St.  Louis,  Central  College, 
graduating  with  A.  B.  degree  in  1897.  and  Vanderbilt  University,  Theological  Depart- 
ment, taking  B.  D.  degree  in  1900.  He  was  married  to  Miss  Cora  May  Trawick  on 
April  18th,  1901,  and  they  have  one  little  boy,  Andrew  Trawick  Court.  He  says  his 
missionary  experience  is  the  sweetest  page  of  his  life's  history  and  he  would  rather 
give  his  strength  in  the  far-off  country,  if  God  permitted,  than  be  in  the  place  so 
many  deem  as  "home."  Some  of  the  books  which  have  helped  h  m  most  are  "Pilgrim's 
Progress,"  "With  Christ."  bv  Andrew  Murray,  "The  New  Acts  of  the  Apostles,"  and 
"Sermons  for  the  New  Life." 


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377 


REV.    THEODORE    COPELAND. 


The  highest  Reason  ends  in  Faith. — Bishop  Marvin. 


XT  1^'  Theodore  Copeland,  son  of    S.  V.  Copeland  and  Marv  J.  Copeland,  was  born 

November  18th,  1867,  at  Blountsville,  Alabama.  Both  parents  were  members  of  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  South.  He  was  converted  in  1889  at  Greensboro 
Alabama,  under  the  ministry  of  Rev.  J.  B.  Culpepper.  His  g-rowth  in  grace  has  been 
gradual  but  persistent  and  progressive.  Forgetting  the  things  that  are  behind  he  is 
pressing  forward  to  Christian  perfection.  He  was  licensed  to  preach  in  1890  bv  the 
Quarterly  Conference  of  First  Church  of  Birmingham,  Alabama;  Rev.  V.  O.  Hawkins, 
Presiding  Elder,  and  Rev.  C.  B.  Riddick.  D.  D.,  preacher  in  charge;  the  same  Quar- 
terly Conference  recommended  him  to  the  Annual  Conference  for  admission  on  trial 
and  he  was  received  into  the  Annual  Conference  in  1891;  Rev.  L.  A.  Daisey,  Presiding 
u  ,on5  ?i'°,?  Galloway  presiding;  ordained  Deacon  by  Bishop  Duncan  in  Novem- 
??!;'_  l^^-^'^t  Talladega,  Alabama;  ordained  Elder  by  Bishop  Gallowav  in  November, 
lS9o,  at  Gadsden,  Alabama.  His  education  was  obtained  at  Southern  University 
Greensboro  Alabama,  and  at  Vanderbilt  Universitv.  He  was  married  to  Miss  Kate 
Phillips   July   6th,   1892,   and   they   have   two   children,    Theo.   Copeland,   and     Phillips 


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CENTENNIAL    VOLUME    OF    MISSOURI    METHODISM. 


REV.  JOHN   W.   CUNNINGHAM. 


The  pure  in  heart  shall  see  God  forever  and  the  widening  vision 
Shall    fill  the  redeemed,  soul  and  body,  with  light. 

— Bishop  Hendrix. 


Rev.  John  W.  Cun- 
ningham was  born  at 
Leitchfield,  Kentucky, 
June  12th,  1824;  lived 
there  till  near  fifteen 
years  old,  when  he  en- 
tered the  store  of  his 
brother  at  Elizabeth- 
town.  His  education 
in  the  village  school 
house  was  spelling, 
reading,  arithmetic, 
writing  and  Engli.=h 
iirammar.  After  more 
than  a  year  in  the 
store  he  spent  ten 
months  in  the  Green 
River  High  School  at 
Bowling  Green.  He  re- 
turned to  the  store 
July,  1841.  In  1800 
his  mother  became  a 
Presbyterian,  and  later 
a  Cumberland  Presby- 
terian. His  religious 
;issociations  were  with 
those  people  before  he 
was  nineteen  and  a 
half  years  old.  He  was 
converted  at  a  revival 
in  the  Methodist 
Church  at  Elizabeth- 
town  about  noon,  on 
February  1st,  1844. 
Two  months  later  he 
was  a  class  leader; 
July  6th  was  licensed 
to  preach;  was  received 
on  trial  in  the  Ken- 
tucky conference  of  the 
Methodist  Episcopal 
Church  and  preached 
his  first  sermon  as 
junior  preacher  with 
Rev.  A.  H.  Redford  at  Augusta,  where  was  then  the  oldest  college  in  Methodism, 
whose  first  President,  Martin  Ruter,  was  the  first  Methodist  Doctor  of  Divinity,  and 
as  a  "Doctor"  he  preached  in  the  Methodist  Church  in  Augusta  arrayed  in  a  black 
silk  gown.  The  young  preacher  spent  his  first  two  years  in  Mason  and  Bracken 
counties.  September  17th  he  was  united  in  marriage  with  Miss  Samantha  S.  Ingram. 
After  nearly  sixty-one  years  of  married  life  she  is  with  him.  He  was  ordained 
Deacon  by  Bishop  Soule  in  1846  and  Elder  by  Bishop  Capers  in  1848.  He  served 
Methodism  in  the  Kentucky  and  Louisville  Conferences,  on  Circuits,  Stations  and  Dis- 
trict, twenty-five  years.  In  January,  1866,  he  became  editor  of  the  Kentucky 
Department  of  the"  Christian  Advocate  of  St.  Louis,  Missouri,  and  Louisville,  Ken- 
tucky, and  did  the  work  for  that  Department  and  of  a  pastor  nearly  four  years,  living 
three  years  of  the  time  in  Louisville.  Before  and  after  the  period  indicated  the  paper 
was  known  as  the  "St.  Louis  Christian  Advocate."  In  September,  1869,  he  came  to 
Missouri  with  a  certificate  of  location  and  was  received  into  the  Missouri  Confer- 
ence. After  three  years  at  Palmyra,  one  at  Chillicothe,  and  two  at  St.  Charles  he 
retired  at  his  request  by  location  in  September,  187.5,  and  has  been  nearly  thirty  years 
a    local    Elder    in    Centenary    Church,    St.    Louis. 


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Ti'.t 


REV.  WILLIAM   PEERY  GIBSON. 


He    took    kindly    to    every    aspect    of     the    life    which    God    and 
Nature  gave  him. — Dr.  D.  R.  McAnally. 


Rev.  William  Peery  Gibson 
was  born  December  5th,  1825, 
in  Taswell  County,  West  Vir- 
ginia. His  parents,  John  Gib- 
son and  Cynthia  Peery  Gibson, 
were  life-long  members  of  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  Church. 
He  was  converted  in  18.36  in  old 
Taswell  Court  House  under  the 
ministry  of  Rev.  Mr.  Weaver. 
He  united  with  the  church  at 
the  same  time  and  place.  There 
is  no  incident,  he  says,  that 
lingers  in  his  memory  to  com- 
pare with  the  one  which  took 
place  the  night  when  God  for 
Christ's  sake,  pardoned  his  sins. 
He  looks  back  to  that  hour  now 
as  the  most  supreme  moment  of 
his  long  life.  Since  being  a  mil- 
itant in  the  army  of  the  Lord 
for  seventy  years  he  has 
learned  many  of  the  arts  of 
this  life  of  warfare.  He  has 
camped  on  battlefields,  crossed 
lances  with  enemies,  van- 
quished foes,  and  although  a 
little  bronzed  by  buraing  suns, 
he  says  that  he  stands  vv'ith  his 
feet  on  higher  ground  than  ever 
before.  And  now,  after  the 
battle  and  the  strife,  in  the 
serene  and  calm  evening  of  life, 
he  is  expecting  and  looking  for 
that  abundant  entrance  through 
the  beautiful  gates.  He  was 
licensed  to  preach  in  1849  in 
Jefferson  County,  Missouri;  the 
preacher  in  charge  was  Rev. 
John  Buren,  his  uncle,  and  Rev. 

Mr.  Roberts  was  the  Presiding  Elder;  he  was  received  into  the  Annual  Conference  in 
1849;  Rev.  Mr.  Roberts,  Presiding  Elder,  and  Bishop  Jones  presiding.  He  was  or- 
dained Deacon  by  Bishop  Beverly  Waugh  in  1851.  at  Hannibal,  Missouri;  he  was 
ordained  Elder  by  Bishop  David  S.  Doggett  in  1867  at  Arcadia,  Missouri.  He  has 
served  the  following  appointments:  Steelville  Circuit,  two  years;  Cape  Girardeau, 
one  year;  Oregon  Circuit  was  his  next  appointment,  but  on  account  of  wife's  illness 
could  not  go  and  asked  for  a  location;  after  some  years  he  again  entered  the  travel- 
ing connection,  about  1875;  from  this  time  he  served  Piedmont  Station  four  years; 
Marquand,  four  years;  Oakridge,  one  year;  Benton,  two  years;  Bellview  Circuit,  one 
year;  Richwoods,  two  years.  He  has  witnessed  many  conversions  and  has  been 
blessed  by  taking  many  into  the  church.  He  received  his  education  in  the  best  country 
schools  of  his  day.  He  was  married  to  Miss  Augusta  Thomas,  .August  7th,  1851,  and 
his  children  are  Mrs.  Mary  Gibson  Townsend  and  Mrs.  Lucy  Gibson  Thornburgh.  Two 
sons,  John  Emery  Gibson  and  William  Howard  Gibson,  died  in  childhood.  Wesley's 
"Notes,"  Clark's  "Commentaries,"  and  Fletcher's  ".Appeal,"  are  books  which  have 
greatly  helped  him.  Brother  Gibson  writes:  "In  this  the  evening  time  of  life  I  am 
biding  my  time,  serving  the  Lord  as  best  I  can.  I  am  very  happily  situated,  my  every 
want  is  looked  after  by  loving,  devoted  children.  I  spend  my  summers  at  Potosi  and 
Belgrade,  Missouri,  with  my  oldest  daughter,  Mrs.  Charles  S.  Townsend,  and  her 
children,  in  whose  homes  I  am  monarch  of  all  I  survey.  My  winters  I  spend  with  my 
youngest  daughter  in  this  the  city  of  roses.  Little  Rock,  Arkansas.  Her  husband,  Hon. 
George  Thornburgh,  of  Sunday  School  fame,  lives  for  the  good  he  can  do  humanity. 
He  is  Superintendent  of  the  largest  Sunday  school  in  the  State  and  gives  the  best 
energies  of    his  life  to  this  work." 


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CENTENNIAL    VOLUME    OF    MISSOURI    METHODISM. 


REV.  JOHN  RUDOLPH  EDDLEMON. 


The  Christ-life  seizes  all  the  soul,  and  fires  it  with  the  plory  of 
Assured  and  perpetual  triumph. — Dr.   William  A.  Qi<ai/le. 


Rev.  John  Rudolph  Eddlemon 
was  born  in  Perry  County,  Mis- 
souri, November  2nd,  1838.  His 
father,  Joseph  F.  Eddlemon,  was 
a  member  of  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  Church,  South,  and 
his  mother,  Belinda  Eddlemon, 
was  a  member  of  the  Presby- 
terian Chui-ch,  but  afterward 
joined  the  i\Iethodist  Episcopal 
Church,  South,  with  her  hus- 
band. He  was  converted  at 
Mount  Pleasant  camp  Rround, 
near  the  place  of  his  birth,  when 
about  eleven  years  old,  at  a 
meeting  conducted  by  Rev.  D. 
W.  Pollack,  Presiding:  Elder, 
ind  Rev.  J.  M.  Proctor,  the 
pastor  in  charKC.  His  conver- 
sion was  the  culmination  of  im- 
pressions beprinning  with 
Ihe  earliest  recollections.  The 
family  altar  was  really  the 
place,  he  says,  of  earliest  re- 
lig-ious  life.  He  always  enjoyed 
all  of  the  means  of  grace  and 
does  not  remember,  even  in  his 
youth,  to  have  neglected,  or 
wilfully  refused  to  hear  preach- 
ing- or  to  attend  prayer  meet- 
ing and  class  meeting  when  he 
iiad  the  opportunity.  He  loved 
the  preachers  and  their  visits  to 
his  father's  house  were  always 
a  delight  to  him.  He  was  li- 
censed to  preach  at  an  appoint- 
ment a  few  miles  west  of  Fort 
Scott,  Kansas,  on  the  Fort 
Scott  Mission;  Rev.  Charles  Boles,  Presiding  Elder,  and  Rev.  .•\rthur  Hawkins, 
preacher  in  charge  in  1869;  the  same  Quarterly  Conference  recommended  him  to  the 
Annual  Conference  in  1869.  He  was  received  on  trial  into  the  St.  Louis  Confei'ence 
in  the  fall  of  1869;  Rev.  Charles  Boles,  Presiding  Elder,  and  Bishop  Pierce,  presiding. 
He  was  ordained  Deacon  by  Bishop  Uoggett  October  15th,  1871,  at  St.  Louis,  Missouri; 
ordained  Elder  by  Bishop  Wightman,  October  19th,  187.3,  at  Charleston,  Missouri.  He 
has  served  the  following  appointments:  Bloomgarden,  1869-1870;  Salem  Circuit,  1870- 
1872;  Marble  Hill,  1872-1874;  Plattin  Circuit,  1874-1876;  York  Chapel  and  Mount 
Pleasant,  1876-1877;  Bloomfield  Circuit,  1877-1878;  Lutesville  Circuit,  1878-1880;  Jack- 
son and  Cape  Girardeau,  1880-1881;  Lutesville,  1881-1883;  Merimae  Circuit.  1883-1886; 
Wa.shington  and  New  Haven,  1886-1888;  Potosi  Circuit,  1888-1892;  New  Haven,  1892- 
1896;  Potosi,  1896-1898;  Fredericktown,  1898-1900;  Poplar  Bluff  District,  1900-1902; 
Bellefontaine  and  Coldwater,  1902-1906;  Mount  Zion  and  Trinity,  his  present  charge. 
He  has  received  into  the  church  about  four  hundred  persons.  Under  his  pastorate  two 
churches  on  the  Marble  Hill  charge  were  built;  a  parsonage  at  Marble  Hill;  parsonage 
at  Potosi.  and  others  were  begun,  finished,  improved  and  repaired  on  charges  lie  has 
served.  His  education  was  received  in  the  country  schools,  the  .\rcadia  High  School 
and  the  Academy  at  DeSoto,  Missouri.  He  was  married  to  Miss  Mary  .4bcrnathy 
September  16th,  1879,  and  one  little  girl   was  born  to  them,  Jessie  Eddlemon. 


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381 


REV.  RUFUS  A.  HOLLOWAY. 


His  name  shall  stand  forever; 

That  name  to  us  is  Love. — James  Montgomery. 


Rev.  Rufus  A.  Holloway  was 
born  May  20th,  1849,  at  Ellis- 
ville,  St.  Louis  County,  Missouri. 
His  parents,  William  Holloway 
and  Elizabeth  Holloway,  were 
both  members  of  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  Church,  South.  He 
joined  the  church  at  Lewis 
Chapel  in  18G.5  unde!  the  min- 
istry of    Rev.  J.   E.   Godbey,   D. 

D.  About  two  years  later  he 
was  converted  while  attending 
school  at  Washington,  Missouri 
— Washington  High  School,  un- 
der the   management  of  Rev.  J. 

E.  Godbey,  D.  D.  His  conver- 
sion was  bright  and  happy  while 
crossing  the  street  in  the  town 
of  Washington.  He  had  been 
in  distress  for  a  week  and  was 
earnestly  seeking  the  Lord  in 
secret  by  prayer  and  searching 
the  Scriptures.  It  marked  a 
new  era  in  his  life.  All  nature 
seemed  to  have  received  a  fresh 
touch  from  the  hand  of  the 
Creator.  His  growth  in  grace 
has  been  somewhat  regular,  with 
here  and  there  a  fresh  impetus 
given  by  a  good  meeting,  a 
spell  of  seeking  a  baptism  of 
the  Holy  Spirit  leading  to  a 
fuller  consecration.  He  was  li- 
censed to  preach  in  April,  1870, 
by  the  Quarterly  Conference  of 
Washington   Circuit,   Rev.   J.   E.  ^ -^^^ 

Godbey,      D.      D.,    preacher     in  ^^  ^  ^'. __,--^ 

charge,  and  Rev.  J.  H.  Boyle,  D. 

D.,  Presiding  Elder;  the  same  Quarterly  Conference  recommended  him  to  the  Annual 
Conference  for  admission  on  trial  in  September,  1871;  was  received  into  the  West 
St.  Louis  Conference,  afterwards  the  Southwest  Missouri  Conference,  at  Kansas  City, 
in  September,  1871 ;  Rev.  H.  W.  Webster,  Presiding  Elder,  and  Bishop  D.  S.  Doggelt 
presiding.  He  was  ordained  Deacon  by  Bishop  G.  F.  Pierce  in  1872  at  Nevada  City, 
Missouri;  was  ordained  Elde  rby  Bishop  .1.  C.  Keener  in  October,  1874,  at  Lexington, 
Missouri.  He  has  served  the  following  charges:  Nevada  City  Circuit,  1871;  Clinton, 
1872;  Westport,  187.3;  Westport  and  Belton,  1874;  Warrensburg,  187.5;  Versailles  Sta- 
tion, 1876-1877;  Independence  Station,  1878-1879;  Sedalia,  1880;  Waverlv,  1881-1882; 
Marshall,  1883-1884;  Staten,  188.5;  Gilliam,  1886;  Staten  Station,  1887-1888;  War- 
fensburg,  1889-1890;  Citra,  Florida,  1891-1894;  Live  Oak,  1895;  Madison,  Florida, 
1896-1897;  Batesville,  Arkansas,  1898-1899;  Marianna,  1900-1901;  in  the  fall  of  1902  he 
took  a  supernumerary  relation,  but  served  DeVallo  Bluff  for  nine  months;  same  rela- 
tion in  fall  of  190-3,  but  preached  three  months  at  Crosset.  Arkansas;  in  December, 
1904,  he  was  appointed  to  Keatchil,  Louisiana;  stationed  at  Winnfield,  Louisiana,  1906- 
1907.  The  church  at  Belton  and  parsonages  at  Staten,  Warrensburg  and  Cit'-a, 
Florida,  were  all  built  under  his  pastorates.  He  attended  the  Washington  High 
School,  at  Washington,  Missouri.  He  was  married  to  Miss  Ella  Dent,  September  21st, 
1875.  The  following  children  were  born  of  this  marriage:  Edgar  Pierge  Holloway, 
John  Lewis  Holloway.  Rufus  Emory  Holloway,  Mary  Holloway  and  Elizabeth  Hollo- 
way. Among  the  books  that  have  helped  him  he  names  Wesley's  and  Watson's  "Ser- 
mons," Drummonds  "Natural  Law,"  "Training  of  the  Twelve","  "Our  Children,"  by 
Haygood,  "The  Crisis  of  Missions,"  and  of  late  years  the  works  of  Dr.  S.  D.  Gorden. 


382  CENTENNIAL    VOLUME    OF    MISSOURI    METHODISM. 


REV.  ZACHARY  TAYLOR  McCANN. 


The   only    hope   of   the   world's    Redemption     is     in     co-operation 
With  God. — [irahop  Hemlrix. 


Rev.  Zaehary  Taylor  McCann, 
son  of  Michael  L.  McCann  and 
Catherine  McCann,  was  born  in 
Talladega  County,  Alabama, 
September  1st,  1848.  His  par- 
ents moved  to  Arkansas  in  18.57. 
He  was  converted  at  a  camp- 
meeting  near  Arkadelphia, 
Arkansas,  under  the  ministry  of 
Dr.  A.  R.  Winfield.  There  was 
nothing  at  all  strange  about  his 
conversion.  From  childhood  he 
had  been  taught  to  love  the 
church  and  the  ministry,  and  at 
this  camp-meeting  he  gave  his 
hand  to  the  church  and  his 
heart  to  God,  fully,  without  re- 
serve, and  at  the  same  time  re- 
solved to  give  his  whole  life  to 
the  work  of  the  ministry  and  at 
once  began  to  prepare  for  his 
life  work.  He  was  licensed  to 
preach  by  the  Quarterly  Confer- 
ence of  Tulip  Circuit,  Little 
Rock  Confeience,  November 
IGth,  1872;  Rev.  A.  Minor, 
preacher  in  charge,  and  Dr.  A. 
R.  Winfield,  Presiding  Elder. 
The  same  Quarterly  Conference 
recommended  him  to  the  Annual 
Conference  for  admission  on 
trial  at  the  same  time,  with  the 
same  preacher  in  charge  and 
same  Presiding  Elder;  was  re- 
ceived into  the  Annual  Confer- 
ence on  trial  December  3rd, 
1872;  Dr.  A.  R.  Winfield,  Presiding  Elder,  and  Bishop  H.  N.  McTyeire,  presiding; 
ordained  Deacon  by  Bishop  H.  H.  Kavanaugh  in  Monticello,  Arkansas,  November 
29th,  1874;  ordained  Elder  by  Bishop  J.  C.  Keener  at  Arkadelphia,  .Arkansas,  Decem- 
ber .5th,  1876.  Appointments  filled:  Hamburg  Circuit,  187:?;  Perryville  Circuit, 
1874;  Mt.  Ida  Circuit,  1875;  Holly  Grove  Circuit,  1876;  Dallas  Circuit,  1877;  Locks- 
bury  Circuit,  1878;  Little  Rock  Circuit,  1879;  Carlisle  Circuit,  1880;  Colleyville  Cir- 
cuit, 1881-1882;  Hickory  Circuit,  1883-1885;  Des  Arc  Station,  1886-1887;  Lehigh  Cir- 
cuit, 1888-1889;  New  Edinburg.  1890-1891;  transferred  to  St.  Louis  Conference  in 
1901,  and  stationed  at  Dexter  and  Maiden;  Dexter  and  Maiden,  1892-1893;  Caruthers- 
ville  Circuit,  1894;  supernumerary  1895;  Doniphan  Circuit,  1896-1899;  Potosi  Circuit, 
1899;  Fredericktown  Station,  1900-1902;  Bridgeton  Circuit,  1902-1905;  Immanuel  Sta- 
tion, 1906.  Nineteen  hundred  and  seventy-three  persons  have  been  received  into  the 
church  under  his  ministry.  Two  churches  and  two  parsonages  have  been  built  or  re- 
modeled under  his  pastorates.  He  received  his  education  in  the  public  and  private 
schools  of  Arkansas.  He  was  married  to  Miss  Fannie  Wade,  February  3rd,  1881, 
and  their  children  are:  Wade  L.  McCann,  Carrie  E.  McCann.  Earl  C.  McCann,  Roy 
O.  McCann,  M.  Floy  McCann,  Ruth  L.  McCann,  Fannie  P.  McCann,  Dorothy  T.  Mc- 
Cann and  Willard  O.  McCann.  He  considers  his  conversion,  which  changed  his  whole 
life  from  politics  to  that  of  the  ministry,  as  the  most  important  crisis  in  his  life. 
"Fletcher's  Appeal"  and  "Watson's  Institutes"  are  two  of  the  books,  aside  from  the 
Bible,  that  have  greatly   helped   him   in   his  Christian   life. 


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383 


REV.  CHARLES   EUGENE    DE   VINNEY. 


Our  Good  Shepherd  never  puts  us  forth  to  the  work  or  warfare 
Of  any   day  without  going  before   us. — Dr.   F.  B.   Meyer. 


Rev.  Charles  Eugene  De  Vin- 
ney  was  born  at  Nashville, 
Tennessee,  March  2nd,  1847. 
He  departed  this  life  at  mid- 
night April  21st,  1906.  His  boy- 
hood and  youth  were  spent  in  the 
City  of  Nashville,  and  other 
parts  of  Tennessee,  Kentucky 
and  Indiana.  Shortly  after  the 
close  of  the  Civil  war  his  par- 
ents came  to  St.  Louis,  when, 
after  a  few  years,  they  decided 
to  return  to  the  Southland. 
Scarcely  had  the  Stonewall  made 
the  first  hundred  miles  of  her 
trip,  when  a  terrible  catastrophe 
occurred.  On  the  night  of  Octo- 
ber 27th,  1869,  her  boilers  blew 
up,  and  she  burned  almost  to 
the  water's  edge.  Many  lives 
were  lost,  among  whom  were  the 
parents  of  C.  E.  De  Vinney,  a 
little  brother  and  sister.  Sad 
though  it  was,  he  pressed  on 
with  renewed  zeal,  a  valliant 
soldier  for  his  Lord  and  Master, 
against  all  odds.  On  June  21st, 
1870,  he  was  recommended  by 
the  Leaders  Meeting  of  Wesley 
Chapel,  St.  Louis,  for  license, 
and  authorized  to  preach,  being 
then  in  his  twentj'-thii'd  year. 
Rev.  Dr.  Boyle  was  Presiding 
Elder  of  the  District  at  that 
time.  Two  years  later  he  was 
ordained  Deacon  by  Bishop 
George  F.  Pierce,  at  Arcadia, 
Missouri.  On  October  18th, 
1874,  he  was  ordained  Elder  by  Bishop  J.  C.  Keener  at  Caledonia,  Missouri.  He  was 
married  to  Miss  Leeanah  Gourley,  November  19th,  1873.  The  union  was  blessed  with 
six  children,  two  sons  and  four  daughters.  During  his  active  ministry  he  served  the 
following  charges:  Manchester,  Saint  Clair,  Steelville,  Potosi,  Bloomfield,  Licking, 
New  Madrid,  Benton,  Marquand,  Doniphan,  Arcadia  and  West  Plains.  As  a  pi-eacher, 
he  was  thoughtful,  strong  and  spiritual.  His  sermons  were  prepared  with  great  care, 
realizing  as  he  did  the  importance  of  the  message  he  brought  the  people.  If  any 
special  line  of  work  was  characteristic  of  our  departed  brother,  it  was  his  breaking 
the  Bread  of  Life  to  the  poor.  Truly  he  was  the  friend  of  the  friendless.  No  home 
was  too  lowly  for  him  to  enter  and  minister  to  the  sick,  bury  the  dead,  and  comfort 
the  bereaved,  and  no  distance  was  too  great  for  him  to  go  to  do  this  labor  of  love. 
Perhaps  his  desire  to  do  this  particular  line  of  work  was  due  to  his  own  bereavement 
early  in  life — the  loss  of  loved  ones.  Rev.  C.  E.  De  Vinney  was  a  member  of  the  St. 
Louis  Conference  thirty-six  years,  sixteen  of  which  he  spent  in  the  itineracy.  During 
these  years  he  wrought  well  in  the  vineyard  of  the  Master  and  with  other  heroic  men 
helped  lay  the  foundation  of  our  church  in  Southeast  Missouri.  During  the  eleven 
latter  years  of  his  life,  he  was  totally  blind,  but  in  the  darkness  of  his  natural 
vision,  he  lost  not  that  faith  which  takes  hold  on  the  Eternal,  and  during  these  weary 
years  of  suffering  he  "endured  as  seeing  Him  who  is  invisible,"  and  looked  for  the 
"city  that   hath   foundations,   whose   builder   and   maker   is   God." 


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CENTENNIAL    VOLUME    OF    MISSOURI    METHODISM. 


KEV.   ARIIIUU   MATIIEK,    D.   D. 


Videte    qiialcin    cliaritatem    debit    yiobis    Pater. — St.    .lulni. 
Behold  what   manner  of  Love  the  Father  hath  bestowed  upon  us. 


The  Rev.  Arthur  Mather,  D.  D.,  hails  from  Great  Britain,  and  was  bora  at 
Rawdon,  near  the  city  of  Leeds,  in  the  County  of  York.  His  family  has  been  iden- 
tified with  Methodism  from  its  earliest  days;  his  kinsman,  Alexander  Mather,  hav- 
ing been  ordained  a  General  Superintendent  by  John  Wesley  himself,  and  was  the 
second    President   of  the   Conference   after    Mr.   Wesley's   death. 

Dr.  Mather  joined  the  Wesleyan  Methodist  Church  in  1880  at  the  Carlisle  Road 
Church  in  the  Bradford  (Mannungham)  Circuit.  He  began  to  preach  in  the  year 
188.5,  and  was  admitted  on  Full  Plan  as  a  Local  preacher  in  1887,  under  the  min- 
istry  of   the    Rev.    Joseph    Nettleton. 

After  completing  his  education  he  adopted  the  profession  of  Expert  Accountant 
and  followed  this  until  entering  the  ministry  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church, 
South. 

He  came  to  this  country  in  1899,  and  after  a  brief  stay  in  the  city  of  Philadel- 
phia, came  to  Missouri,  and  joined  the  St.  Louis  Annual  Conference.  His  appoint- 
ments have  been  as  follows:  Supply  on  the  old  Gayoso  Circuit,  Hayti,  St.  Louis 
(Immanuel),  and  Assistant  Secretary  of  the  Board  of  Church  Extension  at  Louis- 
ville,   Kentucky,    which    latter   appointment   he   now    holds. 

Dr.  Mather  was  educated  at  the  Rawdon  National  School,  the  Belle  Vue  High 
School  at  Bradford,  Yorks,  the  Bradford  Municipal  College,  and  South  Kensington, 
London. 

He  was  ordained  Deacon  by  Bishon  Galloway,  and  Elder  by  Bishop   Hendrix. 

The  honorarv  degree  of  Doctor  of  Divinity  was  conferred  upon  him  by  Morris- 
ville  College  in   190.5. 

Dr.  Mather  married  in  1891  Miss  Martha  Bradley,  the  eldest  daughter  of  Thomas 
Bradley,  Esq.,  of  Bradford,  Yorks,  and  has  two  sons  named  resepctively  Thomas 
Bradley    and   John    Wate'-house    Mather. 


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385 


REV.  WILLIAM   M.   LEFTWICH.  D.   D. 


They    do    not    die    who    leave   their    thoug-ht    imprinted    on    some 
Deathless    page. — Thomas    Bailey    Aldrich. 


By  Bishop  O.  P.  Fitzgerald. 


If  asked  by  what  right 
Dr.  Leftwich  is  accorded 
a  place  in  this  volume,  the 
answer  is:  Dr.  Leftwich 
was  a  Missouri  Method- 
ist. The  prime  of  his 
manhood  was  given  to  the 
service  of  the  Church  in 
Missouri.  In  Missouri  he 
grew  into  strength  and  ef- 
fectiveness as  a  preacher. 
The  associations  he  formed 
in  Missouri  were  cherished 
by  him  tend:;rly  all  his 
life.  He  carried  Missouri 
in  his  heart.  Missouri 
holds  him  in  her  heart  to- 
day as  one  of  her  sons. 
It  is  the  heart  of  a  mother 
whose  children  have  felt 
v/ith  joy  the  clasp  of  her 
loving  arms,  whose  hearts 
turn  back  to  her  wherever 
they  wander. 

The  Missourians  in  early 
California  days  were 
many,  and  they  were  Mis- 
sourians to   the  very  las' . 

Dr.  Leftwich  married 
a  Missouri  maiden,  who 
thenceforward  was  his 
help-meet,  his  traveling- 
companion,  the  light  of 
his  home  and  the  mother 
of  his  children.  God  bless 
their  living  children,  and 
be  with  them  to  the  latest 
generation,  and  bring  them 
all  "Home"  at  last. 

Missouri,  Virginia,  Cal- 
ifornia, Tennessee  and 
Heaven,  touch  in  my 
thought  when  I  think  of 
Dr.  Leftwich.  He  was  of 
the  stock  of  the  Leftwichs 
of  the  Bedford  hills,  in  Virginia.  They  were  a  virile,  aggressive  race,  valued  and 
trusted  by  friends  and  dreaded  by  foes.  "  When  Methodism  struck  them,  it  found  con- 
genial soil.  It  was  the  very  thing  that  fitted  their  traditions  and  met  their  needs. 
It  was  no  wonder  that  our  Leftwich,  the  young  lawyer,  when  he  was  converted,  should 
become   a    Methodist   preacher. 

Dr.  Leftwich  was  born  in  Bedford  County,  Virginia,  November  6th,  1828.  When 
quite  young  his  family  moved  to  Maury  County,  Tennessee,  and  located  about  four 
miles  from  Columbia. 

His  boyhood  days,  until  he  went  to  college,  were  spent  on  the  farm.  When  quite 
young  he  entered  Emory  and  Henry  College,  Virginia,  and  was  an  alumnus  of  that 
Institution.  He  practiced  law  for  three  years  after  leaving  college,  one  year  in 
Texas,  and  two  years  in  Missouri.  At  the  end  of  his  third  year  in  the  law,  he 
determined  to  enter  the  ministry,  and  did  so.  In  1851  he  was  married  to  Miss  Mary 
M.  Smith  of  Wellington,  Missouri;  entered  the  St.  Louis  Conference  in  1853;  was 
at  different  periods  connected  with  the  Missouri  and  Tennessee  Conferences;  for  the 
last  eight  years  of  his  life  was  engaged  mostly  in  the  evangelistic  work. 


38ti  CENTENNIAL    VOLUME    OP"    MISSOURI    METHODISM. 


REV.  ROY  P.  B.^SLER. 


Chi'ist    i.s  a  great   Specialist,  and   He    is    ieavinj;   a   multitude   to 
Arrive   at    a    Man. — Dr.    William    A.    Qiiaylc. 


Rev.  Roy  P.  Easier  was  born  in  Brownsbow,  Oldham  County,  Kentucky,  July  14th. 
1877.  When  he  was  three  years  of  age  his  parents  moved  to  Louisville,  Kentucky, 
where  he  was  reared.  He  finished  the  graded  school  course  there  at  fourteen,  and 
from  that  time  until  he  was  about  twenty  years  old,  he  worked  at  various  things, 
from  office  work  to  bridge  building.  During  these  years  he  was  brought  in  contact 
with  religious  influences,  both  at  home  and  in  his  association  with  men  in  the  social 
and  industrial  life.  The  conversion  of  some  ten  or  fifteen  men  of  his  acquaintance, 
and  their  subsequent  zeal,  made  a  deep  impression  on  him,  as  did  also  the  preaching 
of  some  Baptist  ministers  who  conducted  the  meeting  in  which  these  men  were  con- 
verted. This  was  during  his  eighteenth  and  nineteenth  years;  however,  he  withstood 
conviction  until  the  beginning  of  his  twenty-first  year.  He  was  converted  on  August 
17th,  1897,  and  was  immediately  given  work  to  do  in  the  church.  He  was  licensed  to 
preach  in  .April,  1898,  by  the  Louisville  District  Conference.  He  entered  Vanderbilt 
Training  School  at  Elkton,  Kentucky,  in  September,  1899,  and  finished  in  June,  191)2. 
He  entered  Vanderbilt  University.  Academic  Department,  in  September,  1902,  and  fin- 
ished the  Sophomore  year  in  June,  1904.  During  these  years  he  supplied  Fairview 
Circuit,  Louisville  Conference,  summer  of  1900;  West  Broadway,  Louisville,  summer  of 
1902;  South  Louisville,  spring  and  summer  of  190.3;  Valley  Park  and  Fenton,  St.  Louis 
Conference.,  summer  of  1904.  He  was  received  into  the  St.  Louis  Conference  on  trial 
September,  1904,  and  appointed  to  Sloan  Mission  at  same  Conference;  re-appointed 
to  same  in  September,  190."),  and  was  married  to  Miss  Mary  D.  Olsen,  a  Deaconess, 
January  14th,  1906;  was  re-appointed  to  Sloan  Mission  in  September,  1906.  Sloan  Mis- 
sion, now  named  Kingdom  House,  is  Institutional,  supported  by  the  Church  Extension 
Society  and  the  Women's  Home  Missionary  Society  of  the  St.  Louis  District.  They 
strive  to  do  the  four-fold  work  of  The  Kingdom — Social,  Philanthropic,  Educational  and 
Evangelistic. 


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387 


REV.    THOMAS    MILTON    PATTERSON. 


I  believe  that  in  Christendom  the  movement  of  the  ages  is  a  true 
Progress. — Bishop  Marvin. 


Rev.  Thomas  M.  Patterson, 
son  of  William  Patterson  and 
Lydia  Patterson,  was  born  in 
Illinois,  March  4th,  1858.  He 
was  converted  in  the  winter  of 
1873,  in  Schuyler  County,  Mis- 
souri, under  the  ministry  of 
Rev.  J.  W.  Perry,  and  united 
with  the  M.  E.  Church,  South, 
the  church  of  his  parents,  at  the 
same  time  and  place.  From  in- 
fancy he  had  relig-ious  impres- 
sions, but  joy  and  satisfaction 
came  to  him  in  the  hour  of  con- 
version. His  growth  in  grace 
has  been  gradual.  He  says:  "I 
grow  in  the  knowledge  of  God 
daily,  by  the  study  of  His  word, 
and  the  'Spirit  taking  the 
things  of  the  Father  and  show- 
ing them  unto  me.'  As  I  grow 
in  the  knowledge  of  God,  I  gi-ow 
in  His  moral  image.  I  am  not 
yet  perfect,  but  am  reaching 
thereunto."  Brother  Patterson 
was  licensed  to  preach  by  the 
Quarterly  Confei'ence  of  the 
Queen  City  Circuit  and  was  ad- 
mitted on  trial  into  the  Missouri 
Confei-ence  at  Louisiana,  Mis- 
souri, 1879,  Rev.  W.  W.  Mc- 
Murry,  presiding  elder,  and 
Bishop  Wightman,  presiding. 
He  was  ordained  Deacon  by 
Bishop  Granbery  in  1882,  and 
elder  by  Bishop  Parker  two 
years  later.  With  the  exception  of  a  few  years  spent  in  Oklahoma  on  account  of  his 
health,  Brother  Patterson's  life  work  has  been  in  the  Missouri  and  St.  Louis  Confer- 
ences. Conversions  under  his  ministry  are  numbered  by  the  hundreds,  and  many 
churches  and  parsonages  have  been  remodeled  and  improved  during  his  pastorate.  The 
beautiful  church  at  Cowgill,  Missouri,  stands  as  a  monument  to  his  untiring  energj' 
and  perseverance;  other  churches  and  parsonages  having  been  also  built  under  his  wise 
leadership.  On  January  8th,  1884,  he  was  married  to  Miss  Dena  Kuhne,  of  Troy. 
Missouri,  and  two  daughters,  Laneta  Patterson  and  Naomi  Patterson,  have  blessed  this 
union.  Brother  Patterson  regards  yielding  to  the  call  to  the  ministry  the  most  im- 
portant crisis  in  his  life.  He  had  resisted  the  call  for  years,  and  did  not  yield  until  the 
death  of  his  father,  failure  in  business,  and  defeat  in  other  lines  in  1876  led  him  to 
make  a  thorough  consecration  of  his  life  to  God.  Wesley's  Sermons  and  Clark's  Com- 
mentaries are  books  that  have  been  helpful  to  him. 


383 


CENTENNIAL    VOLUME    OF    MISSOURI    METHODISM. 


REV.  WILLIA.M  B.  NORTH,  PH.D. 


The   more   exalted    our   conception    of   the   God    we    \vorship,    the 
Nobler  will   be  our  estimate  of   Man.— /?is/(o/>   GalUiwai)- 

Rev.  William  B.  North  son 
of  Rev.  John  Wesley  North,  D. 
D.,  and  Martha  Jane  I.  North, 
both  of  whom  were  members 
of  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
Church,  South,  was  born  .\pril 
2nd,  ISfii),  at  Hickory  Grove, 
South  Carolina.  He  was  con- 
verted and  joined  the  church 
on  probation  in  1868  at  Shelby, 
North  Carolina,  under  the  min- 
istry of  Rev.  A.  P.  Avant.  At 
Sharon  camp  meeting  m  the 
same  circuit  he  was  refrenerated 
in  1874.  The  beautiful  Christ- 
ian example  and  Kodly  admoni- 
tion of  his  parents,  his  step- 
mother, Cynthia  J.  North,  in- 
cluded, hroufjht  him  to  God.  He 
was  licensed  to  preach  .August 
7th,  1880,  by  the  Laurinburg 
Quaiterly  Conference.  Rev.  H. 
T.  Hudson,  D.  D.,  in  the  absence 
of  Rev.  L.  L.  Hendren,  D.  D., 
Presiding  Elder,  conducted  the 
examination.  The  same  Quar- 
terly Conference  recommended 
him  for  admission  on  trial  into 
the  North  Carolina  Conference 
in  November,  1880;  received  in- 
to the  North  Carolina  Confer- 
ence on  trial  December  3rd, 
1880;  Bishop  J.  C.  Keener,  pre- 
siding; ordained  Deacon  by 
Bishop  John  C.  Keener  at  Ral- 
eigh, North  Carolina,  December 
11th,  1882;  ordained  Elder  by 
Bishop  Linus  Parker,  D.  D., 
November  30th,  1884.  Appointments  served:  North  Carolina  Conference;  Mont- 
gomerv  Circuit,  1880-1881;  Smithville  Station,  1881-1883;  Scotland  Neck  Station,  188.3- 
1884;"Weldon  and  Halifax  Station,  1884-1886;  Warren  Circuit,  1886-1887;  Rocky 
Mount  and  Battleboro,  1887-1888;  Chapel  Hill  Station,  1888-1890;  Chair  of  Mental 
and  Moral  Science  in  University  of  North  Carolina,  1889-1890;  West  Plains  Station, 
St.  Louis  Conference,  1890-1891;  Sedalia  Station,  1891-1892;  Jefferson  City  Station, 
1892-1893;  Waverly  Station,  1893-1894;  Jackson  Station,  1894-189.">;  Sikeston  Station, 
189.5-1896;  West  Plains  District,  1896-1900;  Charleston  District,  1900-1903;  DeSoto 
Station,  1903-1905;  Clayton  Station,  1905-1907.  .\bout  ninteen  hundred  and  twenty- 
one  persons  have  been  received  into  the  church  under  his  ministry.  Nine  churches 
have  been  built  and  two  repaired  or  rebuilt  under  his  pastorates.  He  was  educated 
at  the  Shelby  High  School,  North  Carolina,  WofTord  College,  South  Carolina,  Ruth- 
erford College,  North  Carolina,  Chautauqua  University,  The  Chicago  Correspondence 
School  of  Law,  and  Vanderbilt  University.  Hoping  to  be  able  to  arrange  to  take  a 
course  of  very  high  grade  in  Harvard  University,  his  application  papers  on  examina- 
tion were  approved  by  the  Harvard  University  Examining  Committee,  which  admitted 
him  as  a  candidate  for  the  degree  of  Master  of  .\rts,  but  his  financial  condition 
was  such  that  he  was  unable  to  go  to  Harvard.  He  received  the  degree  of  A.  B., 
A.  M.  and  Ph.D.  in  the  regular  courses  leading  to  them  from  Rutherford  College, 
when  it  was  the  largest  institution  of  learning  in  North  Carolina,  graduated  in  a 
special  course  of  Science  and  Literature  from  Chautauqua  University,  took  a  cour.se 
of  law  and  Theology  at  Rutherford  College,  and  a  short  course  of  Theology  at  Van- 
derbilt University.  He  was  very  happily  married  to  Miss  Emma  .\.  Stern,  Jinuai-y  14th, 
1893,  and  their  children  are  Gladstone  Keener  North  (now  deceased).  Paul  Henry 
North  and  Martha  Lee  North.  The  greatest  crisis  in  his  life  was  yielding  to  the 
call  to  the  ministry.  The  works  of  Wesley,  Watson.  Ralston,  McClintock  and  Strong^ 
Henry  Ward  Beecher,  the  great  writers  on  modem  Science  and  Philosophy,  Wheeden, 
Spurgeon,  Gladstone,  Parker  and  Watkinson  have  been  a  great  help  to  him  in  at- 
tempting to  discharge  the  sacred  trust  committed  to  his  hands. 


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.389 


REV.  GEORGE  WASHINGTON  NOLLNER. 


In    very   truth,   the    Church    of    Christ    is    the   biggest    thing    in 
The  Universe. — Bishop  Joseph   S.  Key. 


Rev.  George  Washington  Noll- 
ner  was  born  near  Pineville, 
Arkansas,  January  2.3rd,  1855. 
His  father,  Alfrecl  Nollner,  and 
mother,  Mary  Stephens  Nollner, 
were  both  members  of  the  Meth- 
odist Episcopal  Church,  South. 
He  removed  with  his  parents  to 
Crawford  County,  Missouri,  in 
1864.  He  was  converted  in 
.A.ugust,  1871,  under  the  min- 
istry of  Rev.  S.  Mansell,  a  Bap- 
tist preacher,  and  a  man  full  of 
faith  and  the  Holy  Ghost.  He 
had  been  reared  in  a  Christian 
home,  a  home  of  prayer  and 
under  the  Godly  training  of  par- 
ents who  had  a  conscious,  joy- 
ous experience  of  God's  love.  He 
had  always  had  faith  in  God  and 
never  drifted  into  vice,  but  his 
conviction  was  deep  and  his  con- 
version was  as  clear  as  a  sun- 
burst and  he  was  filled  with  a 
joy  inexpressible  and  full  of 
glory.  There  has  never  been 
a  doubt  in  his  mind  about  it 
since.  His  growth  in  grace 
was  steady,  and  he  had  unbroken 
peace  with  God  until  he  felt 
the  call  to  the  ministry  and  re- 
sisted it,  when  there  followed 
a  long,  hard  struggle,  which 
lasted  about  a  year,  but  when 
he  made  a  complete  surrender 
to  God,  he  entered  into  the  Ca- 
naan of  perfect  love  wheve  he 
still  dwells.  It  was  a  distinct 
work  and  gave  him  a  victory  and 

an  abiding  place  and  joy  in  the  Holy  Ghost.  He  was  licensed  to  preach  and  ordained 
Elder  in  the  Congregational  Methodist  Church  in  1876,  but  united  with  the  i^Iethodist 
Episcopal  Church,  South,  in  1877.  He  was  recommended  to  the  .\nnual  Conference 
for  admission  on  trial  by  the  West  Plains  Circuit  in  August,  1877;  Rev.  R.  A.  Brad- 
ley, preacher  in  charge,  and  Rev.  L.  F.  Aspley,  Presiding  Eldev;  was  admitted  into 
the  Annual  Conference  at  Fredericktown,  in  October,  1879;  Rev.  D.  J.  Mai-quis,  Pre- 
siding Elder,  and  Bishop  George  F.  Pierce,  presiding.  His  orders  as  a  local  Elder 
were  recognized  at  Fredericktown  in  1879,  and  signed  by  Bishop  Pierce.  He  has  served 
the  following  charges:  Eminence  Circuit,  Piedmont,  West  Plains,  Siloam  Springs, 
Williamsville,  Washington  and  New  Haven,  Hematite,  Albuquerque,  New  iMexico; 
Clajiton  and  Mt.  Zion ;  Mt.  Zion;  Caledonia;  Fayette;  Rocheport;  New  Franklin  and 
Clark;  Higbee;  Ashland;  Bowling  Green;  Edina;  Shaw  Avenue,  St.  Louis;  Belle- 
fontain  Station,  his  present  charge.  He  has  received  about  three  thousand  persons 
into  the  church  during  his  ministry.  He  built  the  Dees  Chapel  Church  on  the  Pied- 
mont Circuit,  and  the  parsonages  at  New  Haven,  Mt.  Zion  and  Rocheport.  He  re- 
ceived his  education  at  the  public  schools  and  at  a  private  school  conducted  by  Rev. 
T.  E.  Carr.  a  Baptist  minister  from  Boston.  He  was  first  married  to  Miss  Susanah 
Scott,  December  12th,  1874,  and  his  present  wife  was  Miss  Sadina  Artie  Pehle,  to  whom 
he  was  married  April  28th,  1887,  and  his  children  are  William  C.  Nollner,  now  de- 
ceased, Minnie  J.  Nollner,  Theodosia  Nollner,  Louis  .\.  Nollner,  Annie  May  Nollner 
and  Ralph  E.  Nollner.  He  regards  his  surrender  to  God  and  decision  to  give  his  life 
to  the  ministry  as  the  most  important  crisis  in  his  life. 


390  CENTENNIAL    VOLUME    OF    MISSOURI    METHODISM. 


MR.  RICHARD  M.   SCRUGGS. 


Chri.stianity  means  unselfishness,  looking  not  at  one's  own  things, 
But    upon    the    things   of   others. — Bishop   Hendrix. 


By  Rev.  James  C.  Morris,  D.  D. 

Richard  M.  Scruggs  was  born  February  10,  1822,  and  passed  into  the  life  beyond 
November  22,  1904.  A  man  whose  life  can  only  be  fully  estimated  by  God.  Mr.  Samuel 
Cupples,  for  many  years  his  most  intimate  and  confidential  friend,  and  his  associate 
in  the  work  of  the  church,  made  this  tribute  to  him: 

"Richard  M.  Scruggs  was  a  many-sided  man,  acquainted  with  smiles  and  tears, 
complex  in  brain  and  heart.  He  had  intelligence  without  arrogance,  his  genius  was 
without  pride,  and  his  religion  without  bigotiy,  or  deceit;  he  cared  nothing  for  place, 
but  everj-thing  for  principle;  nothing  for  money,  but  for  the  good  he  could  do  for 
others;  he  neither  knelt  nor  scorned;  with  him  men  were  neither  great  nor  small; 
they  were  right,  or  wrong,  and  he  knew  no  fear,  excepting  the  fear  of  doing  wrong; 
wealth  could  not  purchase,  power  could  not  awe  this  lovable  man;  he  was  all  that  was 
gentle  and  just,  humorous  and  honest,  charitable,  merciful,  wise,  chivalric,  and  loyal 
to  truth." 

This  leaves  little  to  be  said.  He  was  a  saintly  man,  a  lover  of  men,  a  friend  and 
helper  of  any  who  needed  his  help.     He  was  the  friend  of  God. 


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391 


HON.  ALEXANDER  HENRY  ROBBINS,  L  L.B. 


Mark  the  superiority,   the  ease,   the  dignity,   on   the   side  of  the 
More  advanced  mind. — Coleridge. 


Hon.  Alexander  Henry  Rob- 
bins,  son  of  Alexander  H.  Rob- 
bins  and  Anna  Robbins,  was 
born  June  21st,  1875,  in  the 
City  of  St.  Louis,  Missouri.  His 
mother's  father,  George  W.  Rob- 
inson, was  captain  of  a  river 
boat  used  in  the  service  of  the 
Southern  Confederacy,  and  was 
captured  by  Gen.  Butler.  It  is 
through  his  mother's  family  that 
he  inherits  his  Southern  Meth- 
odist leanings.  When  he  was 
eight  years  old,  his  parents 
moved  to  the  vicinity  of  Cook 
Avenue  Methodist  Episcopal 
Church,  South,  in  St.  Louis,  and 
he  was  induced  to  attend  Broth- 
er R.  M.  Scruggs'  afternoon 
Sunday  School,  and  has  remain- 
ed there  ever  since,  finally  be- 
coming Mr.  Scruggs'  assistant 
and  successor  as  Superintendent 
of  Cook  Avenue  Afternoon  Sun- 
day School.  He  was  converted 
at  the  age  of  fifteen  at  Cook 
Avenue  Methodist  Episcopal 
Church,  South,  under  the  min- 
istry of  Rev.  Dr.  B.  M.  Messick, 
who  was  and  is  today  his  highest 
ideal  of  a  Southern  Methodist 
preacher.  His  conversion  was 
uneventful ;  he  had  been  in  the 
Sunday  School  since  he  was 
sight  years  old  and  had  grown 
to  love  Christ  and  His  church. 
On  the  occasion  of  one  of  Dr. 
Messick's  sermons,  however,  he 
was  powerfully  convicted  of  sin  and  constrained  to  make  his  first  public  confession  of 
Chi'ist  as  his  Savior.  He  has  grown  strong  in  the  faith  through  a  constant  study  of 
God's  Word.  No  book  in  the  Holy  Writ  was  ever  too  foi'biddingly  abstruse  to  discourage 
his  search  after  God's  message.  One  m.an,  outside  of  the  Southern  Methodist  ministry, 
has,  above  all  means,  been  the  instrument  in  God's  hands  to  enable  him  to  discern  won- 
derful things  out  of  God's  Word,  and  that  man  is  William  R.  Newell,  of  the  Moody  Bible 
Institute,  who  three  years  ago  conducted  the  most  wonderful  Bible  class,  numbering 
twelve  hundred,  ever  seen  in  the  City  of  St.  Louis.  His  education  was  received  at 
the  Divoll  Grammar  School,  the  St.  Louis  High  School,  Washington  University,  and 
the  St.  Louis  Law  School,  graduating  from  the  last  named  institution  with  the  degree 
of  L.  L.  B.  in  1898,  since  which  time  he  has  been  actively  engaged  in  the  practice  of 
law,  and  later,  during  the  last  five  years,  has  been  editor-in-chief  of  the  Central 
Law  Journal,  the  largest  law  periodical  in  the  United  States.  He  was  married  to 
Miss  Katherine  Gundelfinger  February  2f)th,  1903,  and  they  have  one  daughter,  Mary 
Anna  Robbins,  aged  three  years. 


392 


CENTENNIAL    VOLUME    OF    MISSOURI    METHODISM. 


KEY.  ROBERT  LEE  RUSSELL. 


Go  forward  unto  the  Realm  which  stretches  before  you;  climb 
The  highest  mountains  you  can  reach,  and  plant  a  Cross  there. 
—Dr.   John    G.    HoUancl. 


Rev.  Robert  Lee  Russell  was 
born  on  a  farm  in  Gibson 
County,  Tennessee,  January  i:?, 
1869.  He  is  a  son  of  S.  H.  Rus- 
sell and  Dollie  A.  Russell,  both 
ai  whom  are  members  of  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  Church, 
.South.  He  was  converted  at 
Poplar  Grove  church,  near 
where  he  was  born,  in  Aupast, 
ISs;;,  under  the  ministry  of  Rev. 
B.  K.  Peeples,  a  member  of  the 
.Memphis  Conference,  and  joined 
the  church  at  that  time'.  Though 
younK,  he  was-  a  penitent  for 
several  days,  his  .sins  seeming 
very  pfreat  to  him.  His  conver- 
sion was  .so  clear  and  unmistak- 
able that  he  has  never  had  a 
doubt  about  it.  He  felt  from 
his  conversion  his  call  to  the 
ministry,  and  struj;i;led  for  four 
years  against  it.  His  pro};ress 
since  the  day  he  yielded  himself 
to  this  service  has  been  greater, 
and  he  knows  that  he  has  a 
stronger  will  to  do  His  will, 
and  to  live  only  for  the  pood 
of  good  men  and  the  glory  of 
VtoA.  He  was  licen.sed  to  preach 
by  the  Quarterly  Conferance  of 
Bradford  Circuit  of  the  .Mem- 
phis Conference  October  13th, 
1888;  Rev.  Richard  West, 
preacher  in  charge,  and  Rev. 
A.  R.  Wilson,  D.  D.,  Presiding 
Elder.  The  Quarterly  Confer- 
ence of  Morley  and  Benton 
charge,  St.  Louis  Conference,  in  1892,  recommended  him  to  the  Annual  Confer- 
ence; he  was  received  on  trial  into  the  Annual  Conference  in  1892;  Rev.  J.  T. 
Kendall,  Presiding  Elder,  and  Bishop  C.  B.  Galloway,  presiding.  He  was  ordained 
Deacon  by  Bishop  Galloway  in  1892,  at  Kirkwood,  Missouri;  was  ordained  Elder 
by  Bishop  A.  W.  Wilson  at  Charleston,  Missouri,  in  1896.  He  has  filled  the  fol- 
lowing appointments:  Supply  at  Benton  Station,  for  summer  of  1892;  joined  Con- 
ference and  was  returned  to  Benton,  for  1892-1893;  Thayer  Station,  1893-189."),- 
West  Plains  Station,  189.")-1898;  Cape  Girardeau,  1898-1899;  Charleston,  1899-1902; 
Poplar  Bluff  District,  1902-1903;  Kirkwood,  1903-1906;  First  Church,  St.  Louis,  1906, 
where  he  is  at  present  located.  About  seven  hundred  persons  have  been  received  into 
the  church  under  his  ministry.  He  attended  an  Academy  at  Rutherford,  Tennessee, 
a  Vanderbilt  Training  School  at  Hender.son,  Tennessee,  and  the  Southern  Normal  of 
Huntingdon,  Tennessee.  He  was  married  to  Miss  Inez  Leftwich,  May  2nd,  1894. 
He  thinks  the  most  important  crisis  in  his  life,  after  his  conversion,  was  when,  on 
a  hot  August  day  between  the  rows  of  corn,  after  a  long  struggle,  he  decided  to  give 
himself    to   the   ministry. 


ST.    LOUIS    CONFERENCE— ST.    LOUIS    DISTRICT. 


393 


REV.  JOSEPHUS   STEPHAN. 


He  plucks  the  fruit,  and  eats,  and  feasts,  and  luxuriates,  in  the 
Fullness    of    Eternal    Life. — Bishop    Marvin. 

Rev.  Josephus  Stephan,  son  of 
George  M.  Stephan  and  Felicite 
F.  Stephan,  was  born  February 
26th,  1860,  at  Madison,  Indiana, 
but  reared  from  infancy  in 
Baton  Rouge,  Louisiana,  where 
the  family  moved  in  1860.  His 
father  was  brought  up  in  the 
German  Reformed  Church,  and 
his  mother  in  the  Roman  Cath- 
olic Church.  His  parents  were 
married  in  both  churches,  and 
every  child  was  baptized  in  the 
Roman  Catholic  church,  but  his 
mother  becoming  angry  at  a  re- 
mark made  by  a  priest  from  the 
altar,  renounced  her  allegiance 
to  the  Catholic  church  and  this 
was  the  means  of  the  whole 
family  becoming  Methodists.  He 
was  converted  in  January,  1877, 
at  Houston,  Texas,  under  the 
ministry  of  Rev.  R.  T.  Nabors, 
and  joined  the  church  at  that 
time.  From  earliest  childhood 
he  had  convictions  and  great 
faith  in  all  the  facts  of  Christ- 
ianity. He  was  very  sincere  in 
his  desire  to  be  saved,  but  had 
the  wrong  conception  of  the  con- 
ditions of  salvation.  From  the 
beginning  of  his  Christian  life 
he  put  himself  in  the  attitude 
of  consecration,  having  a  great 
struggle  to  be  willing  to  preach, 
and  soon  after  to  go  to  a  for- 
eign mission  field,  to  which  he 
offered  himself  and  was  ac- 
cepted by  the  board.  But  not  till  May  14th,  1891,  did  he  enter  into  the  true  sig- 
nificance of  consecration,  and  through  it  to  find  that  it  is  possible  in  this  life  to  obtain 
perfect  love.  For  fifteen  years  he  has  been  living  in  unbroken  consciousness  of  this 
blessing,  and  has  found  it  to  be  the  condition  of  joy  and  liberty  in  Christian  service 
and  of  growth  in  knowledge  and  character.  He  was  licensed  to  preach  by  the  Quar- 
terly Conference  of  Shearn  Memorial  Church,  October  Tth,  1878;  Rev.  R.  T.  Nabors, 
pastor,  and  Rev.  B.  D.  Dashield,  Presiding  Elder,  in  Houston,  Texas;  recommended 
to  the  Tennessee  Conference  for  admission  on  trial  by  the  Quarterly  Conference  of 
Elm  Street  Church,  Nashville,  Tennessee,  while  a  student  at  Vanderbilt  University, 
and  the  year  of  his  graduation,  in  the  fall  of  1883;  admitted  at  Shelbyville,  Tennessee, 
October  16th,  1883;  Rev.  R.  K.  Brown,  Presiding  Elder,  and  Bishop  George  F.  Pierce, 
presiding;  ordained  local  Deacon  by  Bishop  J.  C.  Keener  at  Franklin,  Tennessee,  Octo- 
ber 22nd,  1882;  ordained  Elder  by  Bishop  H.  N.  McTyeire,  December  6th,  1885,  at 
Austin,  Texas.  Appointments  served:  November  18th,  to  October,  1883,  junior  preacher 
on  Stone's  River  Circuit,  with  Jeremiah  Cullom,  senior,  as  supply  (carried  on  studies 
at  Vanderbilt  at  same  time)  ;  ti'ansf erred  to  St.  Louis  Conference,  November  15th, 
1883,  Caledonia,  Missouri,  Station,  one  year;  transferred  to  Texas  Conference  and  ap- 
pointed to  the  Franklin  Circuit,  December  9th,  1884;  transferred  to  St.  Louis  Confer- 
ence, December  7th,  1885 ;  and  stationed  at  Bonne  Terre,  where  he  remamed  three 
years;  September,  1888,  Marvin  Chapel,  St.  Louis,  and  remained  three  years;  Septem- 
ber, 1891,  Festus,  Missouri,  remained  two  years;  October,  1893,  Farming'ton,  Missouri, 
two  years;  September,  1895,  DeSoto,  Missouri,  four  years;  September,  1899.  Mount 
Auburn,  St.  Louis,  four  years;  September,  1903,  Marvin  Memorial,  St.  Louis,  three 
years;  September,  1906,  Shaw  Avenue.  St.  Louis,  where  he  is  now  serving  his  first 
year.  During  his  ministry  he  has  received  into  the  church  seventeen  hundred  and  fifty 
persons,  and  at  least  fifteen  hundred  and  sixty  conversions. 


394  CENTENNIAL    VOLUME    OF    MISSOURI    METHODISM. 


DR.   JOHN    W.   VAUGHAN. 


ST.    LOUIS    CONFERENCE— ST.    LOUIS    DISTRICT.  395 


DR.  JOHN  W.  VAUGHAN,  PH.B.,   M.  D. 


To  confide   in   God,  well  assured   that  every   fact  will   ultimately 
Appear  as  a  witness   for  His   Glory. — Bishop  Marvin. 


Dr.  John  W.  Vaughan  was  born  in  St.  Louis  County,  Missouri,  in  18.57.  He  is  a 
son  of  William  Russell  Vaughan  and  Harriet  Newell  Vaughan,  both  members  of  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  South.  His  mother  was  originally  a  member  of  the 
Presbyterian  Church.  He  was  converted  at  Marvin  camp  ground  in  1869,  under  the 
ministry  of  Bishop  Mai-vin,  and  joined  the  church  that  same  year  at  Bridgeton,  St. 
Louis  County,  Missouri.  It  was  the  last  night  of  the  meeting,  and  Bishop  Marvin 
preached  from  the  text,  "The  harvest  is  past,  the  summer  is  ended,  and  we  are  not 
saved."  Dr.  Vaughan  has  made  steady  growth  in  the  divine  life,  and  he  believes  in 
growing  by  working.  He  attended  Bridgeton  Academy,  and  University  of  Vienna. 
He  graduated  from  Central  College  and  the  St.  Louis  College  of  Physicians  and  Sur- 
geons. Dr.  Vaughan  is  one  of  the  leading  physicians  of  St.  Louis.  He  was  married 
to  Miss  Bessie  Karris  Walsh,  of  Austin,  Texas,  May  30th,  1900.  They  have  one  little 
daughter,  Harriet  Vaughan.  Dr.  Vaughan  says  that  possibly  the  most  important  event 
in  his  life  was  his  association  with  Dr.  John  C.  Wills,  President  of  Central  College.  Dr. 
Vaughan's  influence  in  College  was  most  wholesome,  and  he  led  many  young  men  to 
Christ.  He  is  one  of  the  Curators  of  Central  College,  Fayette,  Missouri,  and  is  Treas- 
urer of  the  Board  of  Education  of  the  St.  Louis  Conference.  As  a  member  of  the 
General  Conference,  1906,  he  was  an  active  member  of  the  Sunday  School  and  Edu- 
cational Committees.  He  was  the  author  and  formed  in  detail  the  resolutions  which 
the  General  Conference  passed  establishing  the  Vanderbilt  Commission,  which  was 
given  authority  to  settle  the  many  vexed  questions  relative  to  Vanderbilt  University. 
Dr.  Vaughan  is  Chairman  of  the  Board  of  Stewards  of  Cook  Avenue  Church,  St.  Louis, 
Missouri. 


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CENTENNIAL    VOLUME    OF    MISSOURI    METHODISM. 


REV.  JOHN  SCORE,  A.  M. 


We    ourselves    must    be    transfigured    to    constantly    behold    our 
Transfijrured  and  erlorified  Lord. — Bishop  Hendrix. 


By  Rkv.  Arthur  Mather,  D.  D. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch 
first  saw  the  litrht  of  day  in 
the  City  of  Skicn,  Norway,  on 
the   18th   day  of  June,   186.5. 

His  father  was  the  late 
Bishop  Johannes  Nilsson  Skaar, 
late  Metropolitan  of  the  Luthe- 
ran Church  in  Norway;  and 
his  mother's  name  before  her 
marriage  was  Cynthia  Pauline 
Vilhelniine    Hansen. 

Brother  Score  was  born  and 
reared  in  parsonages  of  the 
Lutheran  Church  in  his  native 
country,  and  after  his  father's 
elevation  to  the  Episcopacy,  he 
spent  his  vacations  in  the  Epis- 
copal  residence. 

Brother  Score  was  converted 
at  Lutesville,  Missouri,  1894, 
under  the  ministry  of  the  Rev. 
J.  A.  Russell,  and  the  change 
in  his  life  and  experience  was 
of  such  a  character  that  he  says 
he  has  never  since  doubted  either 
his  acceptance  with  God,  or  his 
call  to  the  Christian  ministry. 

He  was  licensed  to  preach  Ly 
the  Quarterly  Conference  of  the 
Lutesville  Circuit.  He  was  ad- 
mitted on  trial  in  St.  Louis  ,A.n- 
nual  Conference,  and  ordained 
Ijocal  Deacon  by  Bishop  Candler 
on  September  2.i,  IS'.H. 

Six    years    lat«r    he    was    or- 
dained Elder  by  Bishop  Hendrix. 
His    persistent    determination 
has   enabled   him   to   build   some 
magnificent   churches   in   territory  that  sadly  needed   the   uplifting   influences  of   mod- 
ern   Christianity;    and    the.se    speak    eloquently    of    his    devotion    and    consecration    in 
the  work  of  the   Master   whom   he  serves   and   loves   so   well. 

The  churches  at  Cousinville,  Laflin,  Houston,  Libertyville,  Kinder's  Chapel,  Ca- 
ruthersville.  Mount  Zion,  Trinity,  Scrugg's  Chapel  at  Valley  Park,  and  last  but  not 
least,  Manchester,  are  his  monuments,  to  say  nothing  of  the  parsonages  at  Ber- 
trand,   St.   Clair  and   Manchester. 

He  has  received  more  than  seven  hundred  members  into  the  church. 
Brother  Score  has  filled  appointments  at  Lutesville,  Garfield,  Houston,  Liberty- 
ville, Bertrand  and  Morehouse,  Caruthersville,  Mount  Zion,  .Mount  Zion  and  Man- 
chester, Manchester  and  Valley  Park,  Manchester  and  Trinity,  and  Manchester. 
He  is  an  A.  M.  Graduate  of  the  Royal  Frederick  University  of  Christiana,  Norway, 
from  which  seat  of  learning  his  distinguished  father,  and  elder  brothers  preceded 
him. 

Brother  Score  was  happily  married  on  the  14th  of  July,  189.5,  to  Miss  Katie 
M.  Ebrecht,  of  Farmington,  Missouri,  the  ceremony  being  performed  by  his  spiritual 
father,  the  Rev.  J.  A.  Russell,  the  affection  and  esteem  for  whom  is  shown  in 
the  name  of  their  only  son,  Johannes   Nilsson   Russell    Score. 

The  Missionary  Conference  held  at  New  Orleans,  Louisiana,  in  1901,  was  an  im- 
portant factor  in  determining  Brother  Score  "to  spend  and  be  spent"  in  the  service, 
not  only  of  the  heathen  abroad,  but  of  the  vast  number  of  foreign-born  citizens  of 
our  great  country,  and  of  the  "stranger  that  is  within  our  gates." 


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397 


REV.  WILLIAM  ALPHEUS  SWIFT. 


Thrice   blest   whose   lives   are   faithful    prayers;    whose   loves   in 
Higher    love    endui-e. — Tennyson. 


Rev.  William  Alphcus  Swift, 
son  of  Thomas  F.  Swift  and  Dol- 
!ie  Swift,  both  members  of  the 
Presbyterian  Church,  was  born 
in  Calloway  County,  Kentucky, 
in  1872.  He  was  converted  in 
1886  at  Mt.  Carmel  Methodist 
Church,  Kentucky,  under  the 
ministry  of  Rev.  P.  H.  Fields, 
and  joined  the  Church  at  that 
time.  He  went  to  chui-ch  with 
the  purpose  of  listening  to  a 
preacher  whom  his  mother  had 
often  spoken  of  with  the  high- 
est esteem,  and  felt  that  he  must 
have  Christ  then,  and  never 
stopped  until  he  had  found  Him. 
As  he  progressed  in  the  Chris- 
tian life,  he  found  his  soul 
longed  for  still  a  richer  experi- 
ence —  consecration,  faith  and 
works — and  God  is  answering 
his  prayer.  He  was  licensed  to 
preach  in  1891  by  the  Quai-terly 
Conference  of  Farmington  Cir- 
cuit, Memphis  Annual  Confer- 
ence; Rev.  W.  J.  Carlton, 
preacher  in  charge,  and  Rev.  J. 
M.  Spence,  Presiding  Elder.  He 
was  recommended  to  the  Annual 
Conference  for  admission  on 
trial  by  the  Waverly  District 
Conference  of  Illinois  in  May, 
1895;  received  into  the  Annual 
Conference  in  1895;  Rev.  J.  D. 
Brooks,  Presiding  Elder,  and 
Bishop  0.  P.  Fitzgerald,  presid- 
ing; ordained  Deacon  by  Bishop 

O.  P.  Fitzgerald  in  1895,  at  Clay  City,  Illinois;  ordained  Elder  by  Bishop  O.  P.  Fitz- 
gerald in  1899,  at  Clay  City,  Illinois.  Appointments  filled:  Glen  Carbon,  Illinois; 
Alhambra  and  Glen  Cai'bon,  Illinois;  Sherman  and  Glenarm,  Illinois;  DeSoto,  Illinois, 
Circuit;  St.  Clair  Station,  Missouri;  Marion  Station,  Illinois.  Presiding  Elder  Gosport 
District,  Illinois;  Tabernacle  and  Charleston,  Memphis  Conference;  Little  Rock,  Ar- 
kansas. Between  one  thousand  and  twelve  hundred  persons  have  united  with  the 
Church  under  his  ministry.  Two  churches  in  the  Illinois  Conference,  one  in  the 
Memphis  Conference  and  one  at  Little  Rock,  are  the  churches  that  have  been  built 
under  his  pastorates.  He  received  his  education  at  Farmington  Institute  and  West 
Kentucky  Normal  College.  He  considers  his  conversion  as  possibly  the  most  important 
crisis  in  his  life.  Wesley's,  Moody's,  Talmage's  and  Sam  P.  Jones'  Sermons  have  been 
some  of  the  books  that  have  greatly  helped  him,  aside  from  the  Bible,  in  his  religious 
life.  He  believes  the  Christian  College,  if  thoi-oughly  religious,  a  very  good  thing  for- 
the  Church  and  State. 


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CENTENNIAL    VOLUME    OF    MISSOURI    METHODISM. 


REV.   S.    H.   WERLEIN.   D.D. 


The  Foundation  of  all  human  Excellence  must  be  laid  deep  in 
The  Blood  of  the  Redeemer's  Cross,  and  in  the  power  of  His 
Resurrection. — Ur.    Frederick    H'.    Rohertyoii. 


Rev.  S.  H.  VVerlein  was  born 
in  Clinton,  Mississippi.  His 
parents,  Philip  P.  Werlein  and 
Marjjaret  Halsey  Werlein  were 
the  propi  ietors  and  managers 
of  a  Female  Academy  at  Clin- 
ton, Mississippi.  After  a  brief 
residence  in  Mississippi,  the 
family  moved  to  New  Orleans, 
Louisiana,  where  the  subject  of 
this  sketch  spent  his  boyhood 
and  early  manhood.  He  united 
with  Felicity  Street  Church  un- 
der the  pastorate  of  the  late  Dr. 
Linus  Parker,  afterwards 
Bishop.  Here  he  met  .some  of 
the  choicest  spirits  of  the  Meth- 
odist Episcopal  Chui'ch,  South. 
.■^fter  his  graduation  at  Emory 
and  Henry  College,  Virginia,  of 
which  Dr.  E.  E.  Wiley  was 
president,  he  yielded  to  a  call  to 
the  ministry  and  spent  two  and 
one-half  years  at  Drew  Theo- 
logical Seminary.  He  often  vis- 
ited New  York  City  and  Brook- 
lyn and  heard  a  number  of  the 
great  pulpit  orators  of  these 
great  centers  of  population,  and 
preached  in  a  number  of  the 
churches  of  the  Methodist  Epis- 
copal Church.  It  was  his  good 
fortune  while  a  student  at  Drew 
to  become  acquainted  with  .some 
if  the  leaders  of  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  Church,  and  the  kind- 
ness and  hospitality  extended  to 
the  student  from  the  South  re- 
main a  green  spot  in  his  memory  to  this  day.  In  1876  he  returned  to  Louisiana  and 
served  as  pastor  of  the  church  in  Algiers,  and  later  Louisiana  Avenue,  in  New 
Orleans  proper.  From  1879  to  1883  he  was  the  pastor  of  the  Charles  Shearn  .Me- 
morial Church  in  Houston,  Texas,  which  church  building  was  constructed  during  his 
pastorate.  Returning  to  New  Orleans,  one  year  was  spent  as  pastor  of  Louisiana 
Avenue  Church,  where  he  inaugurated  the  construction  of  a  new  church,  and  after 
three  years  at  Felicity  Street  Church  and  the  rebuilding  of  that  edifice  destroyed  by 
fire,  he  was  transferred  to  Lafayette  Park  Church,  at  St.  Louis.  During  a  residence 
of  ten  and  one-half  years  in  St.  Louis,  more  than  seven  years  were  devoted  to  Lafay- 
ette Park  Church,  two  to  Centenary  and  one  year  to  the  Presiding  Eldership.  St.  Louis 
became  very  much  endeared  to  him,  and  he  left  that  great  metropolis  with  genuine 
regret.  Three  years  followed  at  Kansas  City.  First  Church  at  Fort  Worth,  Texas, 
was  his  next  field  of  labor,  followed  by  a  most  pleasant  pastorate  at  Austin,  Texas, 
where  he  is  now  spending  his  fourth  and  last  year.  In  1898,  while  a  member  of  the 
St.  Louis  Conference,  he  was  elected  as  a  delegate  to  the  General  Conference  held  at 
Baltmiore.  His  zeal  in  the  Master's  work  is  unabated,  and  he  expects  to  devote  his 
entire  life  to  the  work  of  the  itinerant  ministry.  He  expects  to  have  no  other  home 
in  this  world  than  a  Methodist  parsonage,  and  trusts  when  the  time  comes  for  labor 
to  cea.se,  that  mortal  life  may  at  the  same  time  end.  His  one  thought  is  to  make  full 
proof  of  his  ministry  and  lead  many  others  to  Christ.  In  1878  he  was  married  to  Miss 
Leila   Ewing,  of  Louisiana,  and  to  them  were  born  s'x  sons,  five  of  them  still   living. 


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REV.  LUTHER  EDWARD  TODD,  A.B. 


The  grandest  characters,  purest  in  faith,  noblest  in  life, 
Attempting-  and  accomplishing  greatest  things  for  God,  are  those 
Who  grapple  with  the  hardest  problems  of  every  day. — Bishop 
Galloway. 


Rev.  Luther  Edward  Todd 
was  born  September  16th.  1874, 
at  New  Franklin,  Missouri.  He 
is  a  son  of  Theodore  H.  Todd 
and  Cordelia  B.  Todd,  both  mem- 
bers of  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
Church,  South.  He  was  con- 
verted in  1884,  at  New  Fiank- 
lin,  Missouri,  under  the  minis- 
try of  Rev.  J.  H.  Hager,  and 
joined  the  Church  at  that  time. 
There  was  nothing  very  st'ange 
or  unusual  about  his  conversion, 
but  he  does  know  that  he  was 
saved.  He  has  experienced  a 
very  perceptible  growth  in 
grace  since  the  time  of  his  con- 
version, and  has  now  a  clearer 
and  better  understanding  of  the 
things  of  God,  and  a  more  per- 
fect love  toward  God  and  man. 
He  was  licensed  to  preach  in 
.\pril,  1897;  Rev.  F.  .Marvin, 
D.D.,  pastor,  and  Rev.  J.  R.  A. 
Vaughan,  Presiding  Elder.  The 
Fayette  District  Conference  rec- 
ommended him  to  the  .Annual 
Conference  for  admission  on 
trial  in  April,  1897.  He  was  or- 
dained Deacon  by  Bishop  Gran- 
bery,  at  Fulton,  Missouri,  Sep- 
tember 16th,  1900;  ordained  El- 
der by  Bishop  Wilson  at  Chilli- 
cothe,  Missouri.  Brother  Todd 
has  served  the  following  ap- 
pointments: Fulton  Circuit,  as 
supply,  one  year;  Hundley 
Chui'ch,  St.  Joseph,  four  years; 

First  Church,  St.  Louis,  Missouri,  three  years;  he  is  now  serving  Lafayette  Park 
Church,  at  St.  Louis.  About  eleven  hundred  and  twenty-three  persons  have  been  con- 
verted and  taken  into  the  Church  under  his  ministry.  Under  his  pastorates  the  follow- 
ing churches  and  parsonages  were  built:  Hyde  Park  Church,  St.  Joseph;  repaired 
Hundley  Church,  St.  Joseph;  repaired  First  Church,  St.  Louis,  $6,000,  and  built  par- 
sonage at  First  Church,  St.  Louis,  $6,000.  His  education  was  received  at  the  public 
school  of  New  Franklin,  Missouri,  at  Central  College  for  five  years,  from  which  he 
was  graduated  with  the  degree  of  A.B.,  and  at  Vanderbilt  Universitv.  He  was  married 
September  17th,  1901,  to  Miss  Margaret  Lee  Wheeler,  of  St.  Joseph.  Missouri,  and  two 
children  have  been  born  to  them,  to-wit,  Maiy  Elizabeth  Todd  and  Virginia  Lee  Todd. 
He  thinks  the  most  important  crisis  in  his  life  was  the  fight  he  had  to  surrender  to  the 
call  to  preach.  Dr.  Todd  is  gifted  as  a  revivalist,  and  he  organizes  his  Church  to  the 
best  advantage.     He  preaches  unto  the  edification  of  his  people. 


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CENTENNIAL    VOLUME    OF    MISSOURI    METHODISM. 


REV.   ALBERT    T.   TI DWELL. 


The    more   of    Holliness    the   saved    soul     possesses,   the   more   of 
Happiness  will  Heaven  yield  to  him. — Deati  Tittett. 


The  Rev.  Albert  T.  Tidwell 
was  born  in  Madison  County, 
Mississippi,  October  7th,  1845. 
The  Presbyterians  offered  him 
help  in  his  preparation  for  the 
ministry,  conditioned  on  his  en- 
terinjr  the  Presbyteiian  minis- 
try. He  declined  the  offer,  as 
he  believed  the  doctrines  of  the 
Methodist  Church,  and  preferred 
to  work  his  way  through  Col- 
lefje  and  remain  a  Methodist, 
rather  than  accept  help  at  the 
cost  of  his  convictions.  Ho 
joined  the  Mississippi  Confer- 
ence in  December,  1873,  at  Bran- 
Ion,  Mississippi;  Bishop  Wipht- 
man  ordained  him  Deacon  at 
this  Conference  and  he  was  ap- 
pointed to  the  Sharon  Circuit. 
Hi'  was  sent  to  Grove  Street 
Mission,  Vicksburfi,  by  Bishop 
I'aine.  His  Presiding  Elder,  Dr. 
K.  M.  Featherstone,  released  him 
from  this  charge,  and  in  Octo- 
ber he  entered  Vanderbilt  Uni- 
versity. His  health  soon  failed, 
he  accepted  work  in  the  St. 
Louis  Conference,  and  was  as- 
si^rned  to  the  Washington  Cir- 
cuit bv  Rev.  John  E.  Godbey, 
D.D.,  "Presiding  Elder  of  the 
Salem  District.  In  1875  he  was 
transferred  to  the  St.  Louis 
Conference,  and  was  appomted 
by  Bishop  McTyeire  to  Mt. 
Olive  Circuit  in  St.  Louis  Dis- 
trict. He  served  this  charge  four 
years.  During  this  pastorate,  he  married  Miss  Fannie  Evelyn  Matson.  From  Mt.  Olive 
Circuit  he  was  sent  to  the  Labaddie  Circuit.  Al  the  session  of  the  Conference  in  1880, 
at  Salem,  Missouri,  he  was  ordained  Elder  by  Bishop  Keener;  he  was  sent  to  Rolla  in 
1882;  Sike.ston  and  Bertrand,  three  years;  Caledonia,  two  years;  Arcadia,  two  years, 
when,  his  health  being  broken  down,  he  was  placed  on  the  superannuated  list.  Soon 
after  this  he  obtained  work  with  the  Children's  Home  Society  of  Missouri,  as  District 
Superintendent.  In  September,  1892,  he  was  elected  Assistant  State  Superintendent 
and  held  that  relation  till  May,  1901.  Having  adopted  the  well  known  Methodist 
motto,  "Never  be  unemployed  and  never  be  triflingly  employed,"  he  worked  up  to  the 
limit  of  his  strength.  He  never  had  a  doubt  as  to  the  truth  of  the  Bible  and  he  began 
to  seek  religion  when  a  young  child,  but  could  not  rust  God's  precious  words,  and  the 
blessing  of  salvation  was  long  delaved.  So  gradual  was  the  change  that  he  could  never 
tell  just  when  he  became  a  child  of  "God.  but  the  witness  of  the  spirit  was  given  and  for 
many  years  there  was  not  a  day  but  His  presence  was  felt.  In  1891  he  felt  that  he 
must  settle  the  question  of  sanctification,  which  he  did  to  his  entire  satisfaction.  He 
had  seen  almost  from  the  time  of  accepting  Jesus  as  his  Saviour  that  there  was  a 
satisfying  portion  offered  in  the  Bible  which  he  did  not  have.  In  June  of  1891,  this 
satisfaction  was  given,  and  since  then  his  experience  has  been  on  a  higher  plane.  His 
mother  died  in  her  eightv- fourth  year.  Her  beautiful  life  and  her  sweet  testimony  to 
the  love  of  God,  forever  "fixed  in  his  mind  the  truth  of  experimental  religion.  He  has 
often  said,  "Under  God,  I  owe  all  to  my  mother." 


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401 


REV.  JAMES  ELBERT  WOODWARD. 


The  marvelous  fabric  the  social  loom  was  set  to  weaving  is  Man. 
— Dr.  James  W.  Lee. 


Rev.  James  Elbert  Woodward, 
son  of  William  Woodward  and 
Delila  Gower  Woodward,  was 
born  in  Nashville,  Tennessee, 
August  20th,  1867.  Converted 
at  thirteen  years  of  age,  he  be- 
came a  member  of  Elm  Street 
Methodist  Church,  under  the 
pastorate  of  Dr.  R.  K.  Brown. 
After  receiving  his  education  in 
his  native  city,  Mr.  Woodward 
engaged  in  the  mercantile  busi- 
ness as  salesman  until  October, 
1894,  when  he  was  received  into 
the  Tennessee  Conference  at 
Franklin.  He  was  granted  a 
license  to  preach  by  Tulip  Street 
Quarterly  Conference,  December 
11th,  1893,  consequently  being 
in  the  local  ranks  less  than  one 
year  when  admitted  into  the 
traveling  connection.  In  De- 
cember, 1890,  Mr.  Woodward 
was  elected  the  first  Epworth 
League  President  of  the  Meth- 
odist Episcopal  Church,  South. 
This  league  being  organized  by 
Dr.  W.  G.  E.  Cunningham,  at 
Tulip  Street  Church,  on  the 
evening  of  the  day  the  Sunday 
School  Board  planned  and 
named  the  League.  He  was 
President  of  the  Epworth 
League  Conference  of  Nashville, 
which  place  he  resigned  to  en- 
ter the  work  of  the  ministry. 
From  childhood,  Mr.  Woodward 
had  felt  a  desire  to  become  a 
Methodist  preacher,  and  this  call  was  realized  more  fully  when,  at  the  age  of  fifteen, 
he  bade  good-bye  to  his  Sunday  School  teacher,  Miss  Kate  Roberts,  who  went  as  a 
Missionary  to  China.  He  received  much  instruction  from  his  pastors  and  other  godly 
men,  as  Dr.  R.  K.  Brown,  Rev.  J.  P.  McFerrin,  Rev.  J.  B.  Erwin,  Rev.  Lewis  Powell, 
Rev.  T.  B.  Fisher,  Rev.  J.  T.  Curry,  and  others.  His  first  appointment  was  Wartrace 
Circuit,  where  in  his  two  years'  pastorate  he  received  more  than  two  hundred  souls 
into  the  Church.  At  the  end  of  this  term  he  was  transferred  to  the  Illinois  Conference, 
where  three  years  of  hard  work  were  given,  but  the  happy  results  linger  as  a  precious 
memory.  In  the  fall  of  1899,  Dr.  J.  W.  Lee,  Presiding  Elder  of  the  St.  Louis  District, 
invited  Mr.  Woodward  to  come  to  the  St.  Louis  Conference.  The  transfer  was  made 
by  Bishop  Granbery  and  three  years  were  spent  in  charge  of  Bridgeton  Station,  a 
pleasant  suburb  of  St.  Louis,  the  next  year,  1902,  he  was  appointed  to  St.  Clair 
Station,  in  the  Washington  District,  with  "Rev.  W.  R.  Mays,  Presiding  Elder.  This 
proved  to  be  a  most  successful  year,  but  owing  to  family  affliction,  Mr.  Woodward  was 
advised  to  transfer  back  to  Tennessee,  his  native  climate.  He  was  appointed  then  to 
McEwen,  Tennessee,  where  he  completed  and  dedicated  an  unfinished  church,  and  the 
next  fall  was  sent  to  his  present  station,  Erin,  at  which  place  he  completed  and  dedi- 
cated a  beautiful  church  building,  and  in  which  pastorate  he  is  now  serving  his  third 
year.  While  stationed  in  St.  Louis,  Mr.  Woodward,  with  Mr.  W.  M.  Sloan,  a  promi- 
nent Methodist  layman,  organized  in  the  slum  district  of  the  city  what  is  known  as 
"Sloan  Mission,"  which  is  now  a  flourishing  and  self-supporting  church.  This  work 
was  prompted  by  Dr.  W.  F.  McMurry,  the  Presiding  Elder. 


402 


CENTENNIAL    VOLUME    OF    MISSOURI    METHODISM. 


MRS.  EMELINE   GIST   BOYLE. 


By  Rev.  .J.  H.  Young,  D.D. 

I  esteem  it  a  sacred  privilege  to  be  permitted  to  speak  at  this  time  a  few  words 
of  loving  appreciation  of  one  of  the  saintliest  chai'acters  that  ever  lived.  And  yet  I  do 
it  with  many  misgivings,  for  I  am  only  too  conscious  that  this  life  which  has  been 
passed  among  us  was  in  its  inspirations  and  conscious  attainments  so  far  above  my 
own  experience  that  both  ideas  and  words  fail  me  in  giving  it  adequate  interpretation. 
Sister  Boyle  lived  upon  a  plane  so  far  above  ordinary  Christian  experiences,  and  in 
such  constant  and  intimate  communion  with  her  Lord,  that  I  feel  I  can  speak  of  her 
only  from  the  standpoint  of  one  who  views  from  a  distance.  I  am  sure,  then,  I  shall 
have  the  sympathy  of  these  loving  friends  before  me,  who  with  me  have  often  knelt 
at  the  feet  of  our  sainted  sister  and  felt  the  same  sense  of  their  littleness  and  un- 
worthiness  in  the  presence  of  a  life  so  pure  and  exalted. 

Mrs.  Emeline  Gist  Boyle  was  born  in  Baltimore  in  181.3.  She  was  a  descendant  of 
Christopher  Gi.st,  who  came  to  Maryland  from  England  in  1682.  During  her  infancy, 
her  father,  Colonel  Cornelius  Howard  Gist,  moved  from  Baltimore  with  his  family  to 
his  plantation  in  Brooke  County,  Virginia.  In  18.30  she  was  married  to  Rev.  Joseph 
Boyle.  Six  years  later  she  came  with  her  husband  to  St.  Louis,  he  having  been 
assigned  to  the  pastorate  of  Fourth  Street  Church,  then  located  at  the  corner  of 
Fourth  and  Washington  Avenue.  Always  a  most  effective  aid  to  her  husband,  she 
served,  in  turn.  Centenary,  First  Church,  St.  John's,  Boonville,  Independence  and  Jeffer- 
son City  Churches,  as  well  as  the  larger  work  of  the  St.  Louis  District.  Thus  for 
sixty-five  years  Sister  Boyle  has  been  prominently  identified  with  Missouri  Methodism 
most  of  the  time  in  St.  Louis.  Always  an  active  servant  of  the  Master — even  to  the 
day  of  her  passing  away — only  eternity  can  reveal  the  glorious  results  of  her  ministry 
in  our  community. 


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403 


CENTENARY  CHURCH,  ST.  LOUIS,  MO. 


This  is  one  of  the  preat  churches  of  Methodism.  Many  noble  pastoi.s  have  labored 
here.  Here  Rev.  W.  F.  McMurry,  D.D.,  received  ever  two  thousand  people  into  th» 
Church   during  his   four  years'   pastoi-ate. 


404 


CENTENNIAL    VOLUME    OF    MISSOURI    METHODISM. 


ST.  LOUIS  CONFERENCE. 


1 806-CENTENNlAL  APPOINTMENTS—  1 906. 


DESOTO   DISTRICT. 


J.  R.  A.  VauKhan Presiding  Elder 

Bethel  Ct R.  C.  Carpenter 

Bourbon  Ct J.  L.  Profitt 

DeSoto  Sta W.  A.  Humphivys 

DeSoto  Ct Supplied  by  J.  R.  Kincaid 

Eureka  and  Crescent L.  D.  Nichol 

Festus  Sta W.  J.  Velvick 

Fenlon  and  Valley  Park..T.  M.  Patterson 

Hematite  Ct W.  H.  Cunninaham 

Labaddie  Ct A.  E.  Carson 

Manchester  Sta John  Score 


Mt.  Zion  and  Trinity J.  R.  Eddlemoit 

New  Haven  Sta E.  J.  Rinkel 

Plattin  Ct Sup.  by  Ja.sper  N.  Sittnn 

Red  Bird  Ct Sup.  by  E.  M.  Rowe 

Salem  Sta M.  H.  Markley 

Salem  Ct 1).  R.  Davia 

Stee!vil'.i  Sta F.  R.  Poa?:c 

Scotia  Ct Sup.  !  y  J.  C.  Read 

St.  Ja:.!-.'."?  Sea Sup.  by  H.  S.  Pui'ois 

St.  Cla'r  Sta C.   I>    L"vans 

Washington  Sta William  Lowe- 


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405 


REV.   JAMES    R.   A.   VAUGHAN,   A.M. 


The  eternal  calm  of  an   invulnerable   Faith; 

Tlie  repose  of  a  heart  set  deep  in  God.— Driimmond. 


Rev.    James    R.    A.    Vaughan, 

son   of  William   R.  and   Harriet 

N.   Vaughan,   was   born   Decem- 
ber  8th,    1850,    near    Bridgeton, 

Missouri.      Both     parents    were 

members  of  the  Methodist  Epis- 
copal Church,  South.     He  joined 

the  Church  at  Eden  Chapel,  St. 

Louis  Circuit,  under   the   minis- 
try   of    Rev.    Joseph    W.    Lewis, 

D.D.,   and   Rev.    Wesley   Brown- 
ing, in  February,  1864.     He  was 

converted    within    the   next    two 

or  three  years,  but  the   time  is 

not  well  marked.     After  he  had 

been  several  years  a  member  of 

the   Church   and   regular   in   at- 
tendance    upon    the     means     of 

grace,     being     much     concerned 

about  his  real  condition,  he  put 

the    whole   case   into   the   hnnds 

of    God,   and   felt   that   whether 

lost  or  saved,  the  responsibility 

was    now    with    Him,    and    with 

that  he  had  the  beginning  of  a 

peace   that    has   continued    and 

increased.      From    the    time    of 

settling  the  call  to  the  ministry, 

when   about  eighteen   years   old, 

he  grew  stronger  and  had  many 

periods  of  spiritual   joy.     When 

he  had  been  twenty-two  years  in 

the  ministry  he  saw  with  a  new 

and  clear  light  that  the  baptism 

of  the  Holy  Ghost  was  a  might- 
ier experience  than   he   had   yet 

kiiown.      Almost    at    once,    with 

deep  searchings,  he  made  the 
consecration  to  receive  the  Spirit.  That  date  is  even  more  dt-linite  than  his  conversion, 
and  from  that  time  his  experience  became  fuller  and  richer,  and  his  usefulness  greatly 
enlarged.  He  was  licensed  to  preach  in  December,  1871,  by  the  Quarterly  Conf.jr-'nce 
of  Fayette  Station;  Rev.  J.  H.  Ledbetter,  preacher  in  charge,  and  Rev.  William  Penn, 
Presiding  Elder;  recommended  to  the  Annual  Conference  by  the  same  Quarterly  Con- 
ference in  June,  1873;  received  into  the  Annual  Conference  on  trial  in  September, 
1873,  at  Carrollton,  Missouri;  Bishop  W.  M.  Wightman,  presiding;  ordained  Deacon 
by  Bishop  John  C.  Keener,  October  10th,  1875,  at  Glasgow,  Missouri;  ordained  Elder 
by  Bishop  David  S.  Doggett,  September  15th,  1878,  at  Macon,  Missouri.  Appointments 
served  are:  Arch  Street,  Hannibal,  Missouri,  1873-1875;  Kirksville  Circuit,  1875- 
1876;  Macon  Station.  1876-1877;  Fayette  Station,  1877-1881;  Colorado  Springs,  Denver 
Conference,  1881-1883;  Las  Vegas  Station,  and  President  Seminary,  188:5-1884;  Trini- 
dad Station,  1884-1886;  Shelbina  Circuit,  1886-1887;  Palmyra  Station,  1887-1889; 
Hannibal  District,  1889-1891;  Chillicothe  Station,  1891-1892;  Brunswick  Station,  1892- 
1894;  Fayette  District,  1894-1898;  Fulton  Station,  1898-1899;  Louisiana  Station,  1899- 
1900;  Kirkwood  Station,  1900-1901;  Farmington  District,  1901-1905;  DeSoto  District, 
1905.  The  church  at  Kirksville  was  built  and  one  at  Lakenan  bought,  the  Palmyra 
church  rebuilt,  and  the  parsonage  at  Colorado  Springs  built,  during  his  pastorate  at 
those  places.  He  received  his  education  at  Bridgeton  Academy,  and  Central  College, 
from  v/hich  he  graduated  in  1873,  with  the  degree  of  A.M.  He  was  married  to  Miss 
Martha  Winn,  January  11th,  1877,  and  they  have  four  children — Mary,  Russell,  Arthur 
and  Helen.  The  most  effective  factor  in  shaping  his  life  was  the  fact  that  his  father's 
house  was  always  the  home  of  the  Methodist  pastors  who  visited  there  almost  eveiy 
week,  and  not  less  was  his  subsequent  course  at  Central  College  under  the  teaching 
and  ministry  of  Dr.  John  C.  Wills,  Dr.  Wesley  G.  Miller,  Prof.  F.  X.  Forster  and 
Prof.  O.  H.  P.  Corprew,  and  the  association  with  an  earnest  student  body.  In  his 
early  Christian  life,  important  factors  in  his  conviction  and  conversion  were  Baxter's 
"Call  to  the  Unconverted,"  "Saints'  Rest,"  and  Abbott's  "Young  Christian." 


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CENTENNIAL    VOLUME    OF    MISSOURI    METHODISM. 


REV.  \V1I,I,I.-\M   AUSTIN   HUMPHREYS. 


It  is  a  divine  thinp;  to  lift  human  associations  and  sympathies 
To  the  heavenly  places  and  shape  them,  after  their  true  and 
Original    intent. — liixhiii)    Wilmm. 


Rev.  William  Austin  Hum- 
phreys, son  of  William  W. 
Humphreys  and  Emma  llum- 
phrcvs,  was  born  near  Bertrand, 
Missouri,  January  20th,  1867. 
He  was  convaited  at  a  revival 
meetine  ai,  Bertrand,  Missouri, 
in  1881,  under  the  ministry  of 
Rev.  I.  L.  Spencer,  and  united 
with  the  Church  at  ihe  same 
time  and  place.  His  sister  was 
converted  first  and  went  to  him 
and  led  him  to  the  altar,  where 
he  soon  found  the  lipht.  The 
lirst  few  years  of  his  Christian 
life  were  .<pent  without  making 
any  perceptible  developm'?nt  in 
the  Christian  graces,  but  -vhen 
about  nineteen  year:;  of  ajje  he 
liCKan  to  realize  something  of 
the  responsibilities  of  a  Chris- 
tian, and  has  been  an  active 
worker  in  the  Church  since  that 
time.  His  growth  in  (Trace  has 
lieen  (jradual,  but  constant,  and 
at  the  time  of  his  suri'cnder  to 
enter  the  ministry,  hi^  experi- 
enced a  wonderful  uplift.  He 
was  licensed  to  preiich  May 
Mth.  1894,  by  the  Quarterly 
Conference  of  Charleston,  Mis- 
souri; Rev.  J.  L.  Batten  was 
pastor,  and  Rev.  M.  H.  Moore, 
D.D.,  PresidinK  Elder.  The 
same  Quarterly  Conference  rec- 
ommended him  for  admission  on 
trial  into  the  Annual  Confer- 
ence, September  22nd,  1894;  re- 
ceived on  trial  into  the  St.  Louis  Conference  in  1894;  Rev.  M.  H.  Moore,  D.D.,  PresidinK 
Elder,  and  Bishop  E.  R.  Hendrix,  presiding;  ordained  Deacon  by  Bishop  A.  W.  Wilson, 
October  4th,  1896,  at  Charlston,  Missouri;  ordained  Elder  by  Bishop  W.  A.  Chandler, 
September  2.')th,  1898,  at  DeSoto,  Missouri.  He  has  served  the  following  charges: 
Centerville  Circuit,  1894-1896;  Piedmont  Circuit,  1896-1898;  Dexter  Circuit,  1898- 
1900;  Arcadia  Station,  1900-1903;  Festus  Station,  1903-1905;  DeSoto  Station,  where 
he  is  now  serving  his  second  year.  Five  hundred  and  thirty-eight  persons  have  united 
with  the  Church  under  his  ministry.  He  received  his  education  in  the  public  schools 
of  Mississippi  County,  in  the  High  School  at  Cairo,  Illinois,  and  in  Bryant  and  Strat- 
ton's  Business  College,  in  St.  Louis.  He  was  married  the  first  time  to  Miss  Ruth 
Logan,  April  6th,  1892,  who  died  October  4th,  1902.  He  was  married  again  to  Miss 
Edith  Copeland,  November  3rd,  1904,  and  has  one  child,  Jessie  Ruth  Humphreys.  He 
looks  upon  his  call  to  the  ministiy,  especially  the  struggle  he  had  before  surrendering 
to  enter  the  work,  as  being  the  most  important  crisis  in  his  life.  Some  of  the  boolcs 
that  have  greatly  helped  him,  aside  from  the  Bible,  are  "Wesley's  Sermons  and  Life," 
"Life  of  Moody,"  "The  New  Era,"  by  Strong;  "The  New  Citizenship,"  by  Samuel  Z. 
Batten;  "Quiet  Talks  on  Power,"  by  Gordon;  'Gold  Foil,"  by  J.  G.  Holland;  Doddridge's 
"Rise  and  Progress,"  and  Hall's  "Scripture  History.  '  He  believes  the  higher  education 
of  the  young  men  and  women  of  today  is  the  work  of  the  Church  and  not  the  state. 


ST.    LOUIS    CONFERENCE— DE    SOTO    DISTRICT. 


407 


REV.  JOHN  RANDALL  KINCAID. 


Outward  goodness  is  the  fruit  of  inward  grace. — Bishop  Marvin. 


Rev.  John  Randall  Kincaid, 
son  of  John  F.  Kincaid  and 
Mary  S.  Kincaid,  was  born 
March  27th,  1864,  in  :£arion 
County,  Missouri.  Both  parents 
were  members  of  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  Church,  South.  He 
joined  the  Church  at  Andrew 
Chapel,  Marion  County,  Mis- 
souri, in  the  summer  of  1878, 
but  was  not  consciously  convert- 
ed until  about  seven  years  later 
in  a  meeting  held  by  Rev.  S.  H 
Milam.  His  conversion  came 
very  clearly  and  suddti'ly  after 
some  years  of  trying  to  live 
without  God  and  His  grace.  He 
has  had  a  constant  growth  in 
grace  and  a  definite  and  con- 
scious epoch  in  his  religious  ex- 
perience. His  understanding  of 
God  and  His  Word  was  en- 
larged, his  will  to  do  good 
strengthened,  and  his  love  per- 
fected. He  was  licensed  to 
preach  by  the  Quarterly  Confer- 
ence of  Oak  Dale  on  the  Hun- 
newell  Circuit  in  May,  1889; 
Rev.  W.  W.  McMurry,  Presid- 
ing Elder,  and  Rev.  C.  T.  Mc- 
Anally,  preacher  in  charge;  the 
same  Quarterly  Conference  rec- 
ommended him  for  admission  on 
trial.  He  was  received  into  the 
Annual  Conference  on  trial  at 
Montgomeiy  City,  in  1892;  Rev. 
John  Anderson,  D.D.,  Presiding 
Elder,  and  Bishop  C.  B.  Gallo- 
way, presiding;  ordained  Deacon  by  Bishop  Haygood  at  Monroe  City,  in  September, 
1893;  ordained  Elder  by  Bishop  Galloway  in  September,  1896,  at  Hannibal,  Missouri. 
Appointments  served:  Braymer,  Harris,  Green  Castle,  Monroe  City,  Wayland,  Lake- 
nan,  DeSoto  Circuit.  One  hundred  and  sixty-eight  persons  have  been  added  to  the 
Church  during  the  years  of  his  ministry.  The  following  churches  were  built  while  he 
was  pastor:  "Elmwood,"  in  Sullivan  County;  Providence,  Adair  County;  and  Way- 
land,  Clark  County.  He  received  his  education  at  the  public  schools,  and  at  Centenary 
Academy,  Palmyra,  Missouri.  He  was  married  to  Miss  Rose  Rich,  November  23rd, 
1897,  and  they  have  one  child,  Randall  Rich  Kincaid.  Possibly  the  mose  important 
crisis  in  his  life  was  when  he  decided  to  turn  his  back  on  the  world  and  live  for  God. 
The  crisis  came  after  his  conversion,  when  he  began  to  doubt  if,  after  all,  there  was 
anything  in  religion,  or  if  it  were  all  a  delusion.  He  decided  that  for  him  he  would 
serve  the  Lord,  and  soon  thereafter  answered  the  call  to  enter  the  ministry.  Watson's 
Institutes,  "The  Man  of  Gallilee,"  "Making  of  a  Man,"  and  "The  Spirit  "Filled  Life" 
have  been  some  of  the  books  that  have  greatly  helped  him,  aside  from  the  Bible,  in 
his  religious  life. 


408  CENTENNIAL    VOLUME    OF    MISSOURI    METHODISM. 


REV.  WILLIAM  LOWE. 


I  soar  sublime  above  earth's  dust  and  care 

And  wing  my  way  to  Heaven  with  flight  divine. 

— Dr.  William  A.  Quayle. 


Rev.  William  Lowe  was  born  in  Bakewell,  Derbyshire,  England,  and  came  to  this 
country  in  1854.  His  father  and  grandfather  were  both  Methodist  preachers.  Brother 
William  Lowe  became  a  member  of  the  Methodist  Church  in  England  when  a  boy.  He 
was  licensed  to  preach  by  the  Bath  Circuit,  Washington  District,  of  the  North  Carolina 
Conference;  Rev.  W.  Closs,  D.D.,  Presiding  Elder.  He  was  ordained  local  Deacon  at 
Wilmington,  North  Carolina,  in  18.5.5,  by  Bishop  Parker.  He  supplied  the  Hatteras 
Mission  one  year,  afterwards  Sladesville,  two  years;  and  Swan  Quarter  Circuit,  one 
year;  and  Columbia  Circuit,  three  years.  At  the  end  of  the  second  year  at  Columbia 
he  was  admitted  on  trial  into  the  North  Carolina  Conference,  and  was  transferred  to 
the  St.  Louis  Conference  in  1889,  by  Bishop  Duncan,  and  stationed  at  Dexter,  where 
he  remained  two  years;  his  next  charge  was  Bertrand,  in  the  Charleston  District,  where 
he  remained  one  year.  He  was  ordained  Elder  at  Kirkwood  by  Bishop  Galloway,  in 
1892.  and  appointed  to  Bellefontaine,  in  the  St.  Louis  District,  where  he  remained  four 
years;  New  Madrid,  one  year;  Poplar  Bluff,  two  years;  Arcadia,  one  year;  again  to 
Dexter,  three  years;  Maiden,  one  year;  Lutesville  and  Marble  Hill,  one  year;  his 
present  charge  is  at  Washington,  Missouri. 


ST.    LOUIS    CONFERENCE— DE    SOTO    DISTRICT. 


409 


REV.  MORSE   HAMLIN  MARKLEY. 


Talent  develops  itself  in   solitude; 
Character  in  the  stream  of  life. — Goethe. 


Rev.  Morse  Hamlin  Marklev  was  born  September  2nd,  1872,  at  Eureka,  Missouri. 
He  is  a  son  of  Amos  B.  Markley"and  Hester  E.  Markley,  both  members  of  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  Church,  South.  He  "joined  the  Church  when  twelve  years  of  age.  Doubtful 
if  he  was  converted  at  that  time,  but  it  was  a  step  towards  God.  He  was  a  backslider, 
although  retaining  his  Church  membership,  until  he  was  twenty-nine  years  old,  when 
he  was  brought  into  a  faith  that  saved  him  from  his  sins  and  he  was  accepted  of  God 
in  November,  1900.  On  January  27th,  1901,  as  his  wife  fell  asleep  in  death,  he 
received  sweet  consolation  and  a  fulness  of  the  spirit  of  God  that  has  been  an  abiding 
presence  ever  since.  He  was  licensed  to  preach  May  18th,  1905,  by  the  District  Con- 
ference held  at  Eureka.  Missouri;  Rev.  W.  R.  Mays,  D.D.,  Presiding  Elder,  and  Rev. 
L.  F.  Nichol,  preacher  in  charge;  recommended  to  the  Annual  Conference  for  admis- 
sion on  trial  by  the  Washington  District  Conference,  May  18th,  190.5;  received  into 
the  Annual  Conference  on  trial  at  Caruthersville,  Missouri.  September  20th,  1905; 
Rev.  W.  R.  Mays,  D.D.,  Presiding  Elder,  and  Bishop  E.  R.  Hendrix,  presiding.  Ap- 
pointments filled:  St.  Louis  Conference,  Eureka  Circuit,  junior  preacher;  Bethel  and 
Mt.  Carmel;  March  1st,  1905,  to  September  20th,  1905:  September  20th,  1905,  to  Sep- 
tember 20th,  1906,  same  charges;  now  at  Salem  Station,  Dent  County,  Missouri,  St. 
Louis  Conference.  Seventeen  persons  have  been  received  into  the  Church  under  his 
ministry  to  date.  The  Mt.  Car-mel  church  was  partly  built,  and  the  Bethel  parsonage 
built  under  his  pastorate.  He  was  married  to  Miss  Katherine  King,  June  13th,  1894, 
and  they  have  two  children,  Wilson  Allen  Markley  and  Katherine  Mary  Markley.  The 
most  important  crisis  in  his  life  was  possibly  the  death  of  h's  wife,  when  he  was 
brought  into  complete  surrender  to  God,  perfect  love  to  God  and  man.  Wesley's  Ser- 
mons, Murray's  "Ministry  of  Intercession,"  Bound's  "Preacher  and  Prayer."  and  Wat- 
son's Institutes  are  some  of  the  books  that  have  been  most  helpful  to  him,  aside  from 
the  Bible. 


410  CENTENNIAL    VOLUME    OF    MISSOURI    METHODISM. 


REV.  CHARLTON   DUVAL  EVANS. 


Revelation  is  made,  not  to  satisfy  human  desire  for  ItnowledRe, 
To  elevate  and  enlarge  the  intellectual  capabilities  of  men,  but 
That  the  Woild  mi^ht  be  saved. — Bishop   Wilson. 


Rev.  Chariton  Duval  Evans,  son  of  G.  W.  Evans  and  V.  \.  Evans,  was  bom  March 
25th,  1872,  in  Sardis,  Mississippi.  He  was  converted  when  about  sixteen  years  old, 
but  cannot  indicate  exactly  the  time  or  place  when  his  conversion  occurred.  His 
mother's  teaching  and  example  impressed  him  from  early  childhood,  and  it  was  her 
influence  and  that  of  his  Sunday  School  teacher  that  was  instrumental  in  leading  him 
to  Christ.  His  growth  in  grace  has  been  rather  slow,  oftimes  retarded,  and  he  yet 
feels  the  need  of  a  greater  outpouring  of  the  Spirit.  He  was  licensed  to  preach  June 
1st,  1895,  by  the  Memphis  District  Conference,  Memphis,  Tenn.;  Rev.  H.  C.  Johnson, 
preacher  in  charge,  and  Dr.  W.  C.  Johnson,  Presiding  Elder;  recommended  to  the 
Annual  Conference  for  admission  on  trial  by  the  Memphis  District  Conference  in 
June,  1898;  received  into  the  Annual  Conference  on  trial  in  1898;  Rev.  G.  B.  Baskerville, 
Presiding  Elder,  and  E.  R.  Hendrix,  Bishop;  ordained  Deacon  by  Bishop  W.  A.  Candler, 
November  19th,  1899,  at  Brownsville,  Texas;  ordained  Elder  by  Bishop  Joseph  S.  Key, 
November  20th,  1904,  at  Jack.son,  Tennessee,  .'\ppointments  served:  In  Memphis  Con- 
ference, Belmont  Circuit,  1898-1899;  Crystal  Mission,  1899-1900;  Newbern  Mission, 
1902-1903;  New  Castle  Circuit,  1903-1904;  Flatwoods  Circuit,  1904-1905;  St.  Louis 
Conference,  St.  James  Station,  1905-1906;  St.  Clair  Station,  1906.  He  has  received 
two  hundred  and  five  per.sons  into  the  Church  under  his  ministry.  His  education  was 
received  at  the  public  school  in  Memphis,  Tennessee,  four  years  at  McTyeire  Institute, 
McKenzie,  Tennessee,  and  two  years  at  Vanderbilt  University.  Some  of  the  books, 
aside  from  the  Bible,  that  have  helped  him  most,  are  "McTyeire's  History  of  Meth- 
odism," "The  Man  of  Gallilee,"  "Life  of  John  B.  McFerrin,"  Deems'  "Gospel  of  Spir- 
itual Insight,"  and  "Gospel  of  Common  Sense." 


ST.    LOUIS    CONFERENCE— DE    SOTO    DISTRICT. 


REV.  DAVID  R.  DAVIS. 


411 


He  only  can  come  into  the  promised  Inheritance  of  a  rich, 
Victorious  life  who  walks  by  day  under  the  pillar  of  cloud,  and 
Rests  by  night  under  the  pillar  of  fire. — Bishop  Candler. 


Rev.  David  R.  Davis  was 
born  December  19th,  1873,  at 
Columbus,  Kentucky.  He  is  a 
son  of  William  T.  Davis  and 
Addie  Davis;  his  mother  was  a 
member  of  the  Methodist  Epis- 
copal Church,  South.  He  was 
converted  at  Waterloo,  Illinois, 
under  the  ministry  of  Rev. 
Yingst,  on  January  24th,  1894, 
and  joined  the  Methodist  Epis- 
copal Church,  South,  at  Water- 
loo, but  moved  his  membership 
when  he  returned  South  in  1897. 
He  had  been  taught  to  believe 
that  he  was  to  be  a  preacher, 
and  his  conversion  came  about 
when  he  felt  he  was  a  sinner. 
His  was  a  vei-y  clear  and  con- 
scious conversion,  and  from  that 
time  to  the  present  he  has  tried 
to  live  it.  His  Christian  growth 
came  through  being  active  in  all 
church  work,  that  is.  League 
work,  Sunday  School  and  prayer 
meeting,  and  he  seemed  to  grow 
spiritually  as  a  cultivated  plant; 
the  more  prayer  and  study,  the 
more  growth.  He  was  licensed 
to  preach  by  the  District  Con- 
ference held  at  Elvins,  Missouri, 
May  7th,  1906;  Rev.  H.  R.  Sin- 
gleton, Presiding  Elder.  He  was 
an  exhorter  and  had  charge,  as 
supply,  of  Mineral  Point  Circuit 
since  October,  1905.  The  same 
District  Conference  at  the  same 
time  recommended  him  to  the 
Annual  Conference  for  admission  on  trial,  and  he  was  received  on  trial  into  the  .\nnual 
Conference  in  1906;  Rev.  H.  R.  Singleton,  Presiding  Elder,  and  Bishop  Key,  presiding. 
Brother  Davis  served  Mineral  Point  Circuit  one  year,  and  is  now  on  the  Salem  Cir- 
cuit. He  has  received  about  sixty-three  persons  into  the  church  during  the  time  he 
has  been  preaching,  and  is  now  building  a  church  at  Anutt,  his  present  charge,  also 
a  parsonage  at  Salem,  Missouri.  He  received  his  education  in  the  public  schools  of 
Memphis,  Tennessee,  but  was  forced  to  quit  school  before  graduation  on  account  of 
his  eyes.  He  studied  for  the  ministry  under  the  Rev.  John  Score.  He  was  married 
to  Miss  Fannie  Gable,  April  20tl-:,  1898,  and  she  died,  January  26th,  1906.  Two  little 
girls  were  uora  to  them,  Georgia  D.'ivis  and  Elexandra  Davis,  both  of  whom  are  now 
dead.  Brother  Davis  was  brought  very  low,  and  yet  very  near  to  God,  in  the  loss  of 
his  family,  all  within  a  very  few  months,  and  he  thinks  this  is  possibly  the  greatest 
crisis  in  his  life.  Some  books  which  have  helped  him  most,  aside  from  the  Bible,  ave 
"Wesley's  Sermons,"  "Fletcher's  Appeal,"  "The  Book  Opened,"  "Wason's  Institutes," 
and  "McNeil's  Sermons." 


41-J 


CENTENNIAL    VOLUME    OF    MISSOURI    METHODISM. 


REV.  AMOS  EDGAR  CARSON. 


Every  promise  of  the  soul  has  innumerable  fulfilments. — Emerson. 


Rev.  .\mos  Edfjar  Carson  was 
born  November  14th,  181)9,  at 
Quincy,  Franklin  County,  I'eiin- 
.sylvania.  His  father,  Ricluird 
B.  Carson,  r.nd  mother,  Susan 
S.  Carson,  in  their  early  days 
belonged  to  the  Quaker  Church, 
l)Ut  when  tUey  moved  to  Ohio  in 
ISSO,  they  united  with  the  Meth- 
odist Church.  He  was  'onvert- 
ed  when  thiitcen  years  old  un- 
der the  ministry  rf  Rev.  James 
Burney,  assisted  by  Rev.  George 
Siusher,  a  few  miles  north  of 
VVoj.^ter,  and  joined  Ihe  ciiurch 
in  .January,  1882.  He  had  gone 
to  the  mourner's  bench  at  the 
invitation  of  his  brother,  and 
while  his  father  and  the  local 
preacher  were  talking  to  him, 
the  light  broke  through  ,:'nd  he 
stood  up  and  testified.  His 
growth  in  grace  has  been  steady 
and  con.-;tant,  and  is  due  to  a 
great  extent  to  the  fact  that  he 
never  missed  the  class  meetings 
and  always  took  part  in  the 
family  worship.  He  was  licensed 
to  preach  at  Centerville,  Ten- 
nessee, by  the  Dick.son  District 
Conference  May  l.")th,  1896; 
Rev.  Gardner  Moody  preacher 
in  charge,  and  Rev.  R.  R.  ,Jones, 
Presiding  Elder.  He  was  recom- 
mended to  the  .\nnual  Confer- 
once  for  admission  on  trial  by 
the  Macon  District  Conference 
May  20th,  1902;  the  following 
fall  he  was  admitted  on  trial  into  the  Annual  Conference  at  Chillicothe,  Missouri;  Rev. 
O.  B.  Hollidav,  Presiding  Elder,  and  Bishop  A.  W.  Wilson,  presiding;  ordained  Deacon 
by  Bishop  John  C.  Gianbery  September  2:jrd,  1900,  at  the  old  St.  John's  Church,  St. 
Louis;  ordained  Elder  at  Poplar  Bluff.  Missouri,  September  23rd,  19(l(i,  l^y  Bishop 
Joseph  S.  Kev.  -"^s  a  supply  he  served  the  Houston  Circuit,  Tennessee  Conference,  one 
vear,  1896-1897;  Richwoods"  Circuit,  1899-1900;  after  being  admitted  on  trial  he  served 
the  following:  Fairdealing  Circuit,  1902-1903;  Dexter  Station,  1903-190."5;  Labadie, 
which  is  his  present  charge.  He  has  received  three  hundred  and  forty  persons  into 
the  church  during  the  years  of  his  ministry.  While  at  Dexter,  Missouri,  he  raised 
the  money  for  the  new  church,  and  bought  the  parsonage  at  Labadie.  He  obtained 
his  education  at  the  public  schools  and  Central  College,  Fayette,  Missouri.  He  was 
married  to  Miss  Kitty  O.  Cary  December  22nd,  1903,  and  they  have  two  children,  Cary 
Richard  Carson  and  Susie  Elizabeth  Carson.  He  considers  his  conversion  the  important 
crisis  of  his  life,  for  he  knew  it  would  settle  the  call  to  preach.  Some  of  the  books 
that  have  helped  him  most  are  "Pilgrim's  Progress,"  "The  Christian's  Secret  of  a 
Happy  Life,"  and  "The  Royal  Path  of  Life." 


ST.    LOUIS    CONFERENCE— DE    SOTO    DISTRICT. 


413 


MR.  NATHAN   LIPSCU.MB  SMITH. 


Spiritual  existences  must  discern  spiritual   things. 

—Dr.  D.  R.  Mc Anally. 


By  Rev.  A.  Edgar  Carson. 

Mr.  Nathan  Lipscomb  Smith  was  born  in  Louisa  County,  Virginia,  May  29th,  1814. 
He  came  to  Missouri  in  18-37,  and  lived  for  many  years  in  the  home  of  Mrs.  Nancy  M. 
North,  founder  of  Methodism  in  Franklin  County.  His  father's  name  was  Dabney 
Smith,  and  his  mother  was  Mrs.  Agnes  Smith,  (nee)  Walton.  He  was  married  to  Miss 
Martha  Ann  Adams  in  1844.  To  this  union  eleven  children  were  born,  seven  of  this 
number  are  still  living.  Their  names  are  as  follows:  David  Lewis  Smith,  William 
Price  Smith,  Alphonso  Theodore  Smith,  Theophilus  Smith,  Charles  Wesley  Smith, 
Thomas  Dabney  Smith,  and  James  Fletcher  Smith.  His  religious  convictions  are  here 
portrayed.  At  the  age  of  eighteen  he  was  converted.  A  "desire  to  flee  the  wrath  to 
come  and  to  be  saved  from  his  sins"  caused  his  conversion.  And  to  this  day  he  has 
been  faithful  to  the  voice  that  called  him  from  darkness  to  light.  He  emigrated  to 
Missouri  with  some  friends  in  1837.  Although  he  did  not  join  the  church  till  1871,  he 
was  always  loyal  and  time  to  the  cause.  For  over  thirty  years  he  was  steward  in  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  South.  His  home  was  always  the  preacher's  home.  He 
subscribed  for  the  first  number  of  the  St.  Louis  Christian  Advocate,  and  with  the  ex- 
ception of  a  few  years,  he  has  been  reading  it  ever  since.  Several  years  ago  his  wife 
died,  and  from  that  time  he  has  been  making  his  home  with  two  of  his  sons,  William 
and  Thomas  Smith,  near  Villa  Ridge,  Missouri. 


414 


CENTENNIAL    VOLUME    OF    MISSOURI    METHODISM. 


REV.  WILLIAM  JOHN   VELVICK. 


Make  us  good  men,  sound  of  heart,  bright  of  mind,  obedient  of 
Will.— £>r.  Joseph  Parker. 


Rev.  William  John  Velvick 
was  born  September  12th,  1869j 
in  Kent,  England,  and  came  to 
America  in  March,  1889,  and  to 
St.  Louis  in  1892.  His  father, 
Albert  Richard  Velvick,  was  a 
Wesleyan  Methodist,  and  his 
mother,  Ann  Velvick,  a  Bible 
Christian  Methodist.  He  was 
converted  May  1.5th,  1892,  at 
Lafayette  Park  Methodist  Epis- 
copal Churchj.  gouth,  under  the 
preaching  of  Dr.  E.  B.  Chap- 
pell,  and  united  with  the  Church 
the  following  Sunday.  He  was 
convicted  of  sin  by  the  reading 
of  cliuich  vows  being  taken  by 
;i  friend  who  was  uniting  with 
the  Church.  He  went  home  un- 
der deep  conviction  and  resolved 
to  pray  in  his  room,  only  to  get 
under  a  heavier  burden.  That 
night  he  was  back  at  church, 
;uul  knelt  in  his  seat  for  help  to 
go  forward.  He  went  to  the 
altar  and  the  consciousness  of 
his  acceptance  came  as  he  was 
leaving  church  after  the  service 
was  over.  He  was  licensed  to 
preach  September  lOth,  1894,  by 
the  Quarterly  Conference  of  La- 
fayette Park  Church,  St.  Louis 
Annual  Conference;  Dr.  E.  B. 
Chappell,  pastor,  and  Dr.  S.  H. 
Werelein,  Presiding  Elder;  he 
was  recommended  for  admission 
on  trial  by  the  Poplar  Bluff  Dis- 
trict Conference  in  1897,  and 
was  received  on  trial  into  the  Annual  Conference  at  Doniphan,  Missouri,  in  September, 
1897;  Rev.  H.  M.  Eure,  Presiding  Elder,  and  Bishop  A.  W.  Wilson,  presiding.  He  was 
ordained  Deacon  by  Bishop  Candler,  September  25th,  1898,  at  DeSoto,  Mis.souri;  was 
ordained  Elder  by  "Bishop  Candler,  September  22nd,  1901,  at  Fredericktown,  Missouri. 
He  has  served  the  following  charges:  As  supply  on  the  Barnesville  Circuit,  189.5-1897; 
Pine  Circuit,  1897-1898;  Alton  and  Thomasville,  1898-1900;  Elvins  Circuit,  1900-190.3; 
Desloge  Circuit  and  Station,  1903-1906;  his  present  charge  is  Festus,  Missouri.  He  has 
received  about  three  hundred  and  twenty  into  the  Church.  Several  churches  and  par- 
sonages have  been  completed  and  remodeled  on  the  different  charges  where  he  has 
labored;  Lee's  Chapel  completed;  Esther  Church  nearly  completed;  Leadwood  Church 
built;  Elvins  parsonage;  Festus  Church  at  a  cost  of  .$9,000.  He  attended  Belleview 
Collegiate  Institute.  He  was  married  to  Miss  Alpha  A.  Dickson,  December  7th,  1899, 
and  they  have  two  little  girls,  Gladys  Irene  Velvick  and  Marcia  Burbridge  Velvick. 
Brother  Velvick  says  that  aside  from  his  conversion,  he  considers  the  call  to  the  min- 
isti-y  as  the  most  important  crisis  in  his  life.  Two  books  which  have  been  especially 
helpful  to  him  are  "McTyeire's  History  of  Methodism"  and  the  "Life  of  David 
Brainard." 


ST.    LOUIS    CONFERENCE— DE    SOTO    DISTRICT.  415 


REV.   HARRY   L.  JENKINSON. 


In  Heaven  we  shall  know  each  other  as  well,  and  converse  with 
Each  other  as  freely,  as  we  have  done  with  the  merry  throng  of 
Bright  young  hearts  with  whom  we  have  sauntered  in  the 
Woodlands.— i3r.  F.  B.  Meyer. 


Rev.  Harry  L.  Jenkinson  was  born  August  10th,  1870,  in  Mississippi  County,  Mis- 
souri, and  died  of  typhoid  fever  in  Trinidad,  Colorado,  August  30th,  1902.  He  was 
the  son  of  Henry  .Jenkinson  and  Elizabeth  Jenkinson.  Brother  Jenkinson  never  knew 
the  time  when  he  did  not  love  and  serve  the  Lord.  He  sometimes  said  that  he 
thought  his  conversion  must  have  taken  place  when  he  was  five  years  old.  At  the 
age  of  fourteen  he  joined  the  Church  and  was  so  quickened  in  his  spiritual  life  as  to 
make  that  a  distinct  period  in  his  religious  experience.  At  the  age  of  fifteen  he  was 
made  a  steward  by  the  Quarterly  Conference,  and  the  record  is  that  he  made  an 
efficient  officer.  At  an  early  age  his  father  died  and  left  him  with  his  mother  and 
sister  to  care  for.  Losing  his  sister  by  death,  he  moved  with  his  mother  to  Caledonia, 
the  seat  of  our  Conference  school,  to  continue  his  education.  He  stood  in  his  studies 
as  he  did  in  other  things,  easily  to  the  front.  Harry  Jenkinson  was  graduated  with 
honors  in  the  first  class  sent  out  of  Marvin  Collegiate  Institute.  After  this  he  con- 
tinued his  studies  for  a  time  in  Vanderbilt  University.  He  was  received  on  trial 
in  the  St.  Louis  Annual  Conference  at  its  session  in  Charleston,  in  1896;  was  admitted 
into  full  connection  and  received  his  ordination  in  due  time.  He  was  ordained  Elder 
by  Bishop  Granbery  at  the  Conference  held  in  St.  John's  Church,  St.  Louis,  in  1900. 
He  served  our  Church  with  rare  acceptability  at  Festus  for  four  years.  While  pastor 
at  Festus,  December  8th,  1898,  he  married  Miss  Hallie  Boyce,  of  Jefferson  County, 
Missouri,  a  young  woman  of  spirit  and  character  like  his  own,  and  to  that  union 
there  was  born  one  daughter,  Nellie  Lee  Jenkinson.  From  Festus  he  was  sent  to 
Bonne  Terre  Station,  where  he  labored  most  efficiently  for  one  year.  Owing  to  the 
impaired  health  of  his  wife,  on  the  urgent  advice  of  his  physicians.  Brother  Jenkinson 
asked  for  a  transfer  and  received  the  appointment  in  August.  1901,  to  Trinidad, 
Colorado,  which  he  served  one  year.  In  Trinidad,  just  as  the  Conference  year  was 
closing,  with  the  collections  in  full,  he  was  stricken  with  typhoid  fever,  from  which 
he  never  recovered.  While  the  Denver  Conference  was  in  session,  ere  Bishop  Wilson 
had  stationed  the  preachers,  the  great  Bishon  of  the  Church  read  Harry  L.  Jenkinson's 
anpointment  to  the  palace  of  the  Kine.  The  funeral  services  were  held  at  Festus, 
Missouri,  September  2nd,  1902.  The  audience,  increased  by  friends  from  Bonne  Terre, 
Missouri,  filled  and  thronged  the  church.  At  sunset,  in  the  new  addition  of  the  Meth- 
odist cemetery,  surrounded  by  a  host  of  friends  and  fourteen  of  his  brethren  of  the 
St.  Louis  Conference,  his  body  was  laid  to  rest. 


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CENTENNIAL    VOLUME    OF    MISSOURI    METHODISM. 


REV.  LORENZO  DOW  NICHOL. 


Cast  forth  your  lives  into  the  ever  living  Universe,  and  God  will 
See  to  it  that  they  do  not  perish. — Bishop  Candler. 


Rev.  Lorenzo  Dow  Nichol  was 
born  April  24th,  1863,  at  Lick- 
ing, Mis.souri.  He  is  a  son  of 
L.  A.  Nichol  and  R.  E.  Nichol, 
both  members  of  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  Church,  South.  He 
was  converted  in  1877,  at  Lick- 
ing, Missouri,  under  the  minis- 
try of  Rev.  Wesley  Craven,  and 
joined  the  Methodist  Church  at 
that  time.  He  had  faith  in 
Christ  and  had  tried  to  live  a 
Christian  life  from  a  child,  but 
made  a  public  profession  at  a 
protracted  meeting  as  stated 
above.  He  made  little  progress 
in  the  Christian  life  until  early 
in  the  year  1892,  when  he  be- 
came interested  in,  and  began 
to  take  an  active  part  in  a  little 
country  Sunday  School  and 
pi'ayer  meeting.  Then  his 
growth  in  grace  and  in  a  knowl- 
edge of  the  things  of  God  was 
rapid.  He  was  licensed  to 
preach  October  29th,  1892,  by 
the  Quarterly  Conference  of 
Licking  Circuit,  Washington 
District;  Rev.  Thomas  Lord, 
preacher  in  charge,  and  Rev.  R. 
J.  Green,  Presiding  Elder.  He 
was  recommended  to  the  .Annual 
Conference  for  admission  on 
trial  by  the  Quarterly  Confer- 
ence of  Caledonia  Circuit,  July 
9th,  1894;  and  was  received  into 
the  Annual  Conference  in  1894; 
Rev.  Henry  Hanesworth,  Pre- 
siding Elder,  and  Bishop  E.  R.  Hendrix,  presiding.  He  was  ordained  Deacon  by 
Bishop  A.  W.  Wilson  at  Charleston,  Missouri,  October  4th,  1896;  was  ordained  Elder 
by  Bishop  John  C.  Granbery  at  Bonne  Terre.  Missouri,  September  17th,  1899.  He  has 
served  the  following  appointments:  Desloge  Circuit,  in  Farmington  District,  1894- 
1898;  Bismarck  Circuit,  1898-1902;  Labaddie  Circuit.  Washington  District,  1902-1903; 
Eureka  Circuit,  1903-1906;  his  present  work  is  on  the  Eureka  and  Crescent  Circuit. 
About  five  hundred  and  twenty-six  persons  have  been  received  into  the  Church  under 
his  ministry.  Under  his  pastorates  the  churches  at  Elvins  and  Desloge,  in  St.  Francois 
County,  Missouri,  and  the  parsonage  at  Bismarck,  were  built.  He  received  his  educa- 
tion at  the  public  school  at  Licking,  Missouri,  the  High  School  at  Salem.  Missouri,  and 
Belleview  Collegiate  Institute  at  Caledonia.  Missouri.  He  was  married  to  Miss  Emma 
Belle  Simmons  March  23rd.  1887,  and  they  have  three  children — Julia  Helen  Nichol, 
Anna  Eveline  Nichol  and  Lorenzo  Dow  Nichol.  Some  of  the  books  which  have  been 
beneficial  to  him  in  his  Christian  life  are.  "With  Christ  in  the  School  of  Prayer,"  "Min- 
istry of  Intercession,"  and  "Quiet  Talks  on  Prayer."  He  thinks  the  Christian  College 
is  indispensable  to  both  Church  and  the  State. 


ST.    LOUIS    CONFERENCE— DE    SOTO    DISTRICT. 


41" 


REV.  FRANKLIN  RILEY  POAGE. 


We  must  live  with   Christ  to  know  him;   we  must  love  Him  to 
Understand  anything  He  says. — Dr.  Parker. 


Rev.  FiankKn  Riley  Poage 
was  born  in  Nodaway  County, 
Missouri,  .March  2i)th,  1879.  His 
father,  John  Jlitchell  Poage, 
was  a  member  of  the  Baptist 
church,  and  his  mother,  Sarah 
Amanda  Poage,  was  a  member 
of  the  -Alethodist  Church.  He 
was  converted  in  the  winter  of 
1894-189.5,  at  a  protracted  meet- 
ing held  at  a  Baptist  church 
seven  miles  east  of  Stanberry. 
Missouri.  He  joined  St.  Paul's 
Methodist  Church,  South,  in  St. 
Louis,  Missouri,  February  24th, 
1901,  under  the  ministry  of  Rev. 
Marvin  T.  Haw.  From  his  earl- 
iest childhood  he  had  a  desire  to 
serve  God  and  to  live  to  please 
Him.  To  him  the  Christian  life 
has  been  an  unfolding  one  ana 
grows  more  and  more  to  a 
blessed  reality.  He  was  licensed 
to  preach  .A.pril  18th,  1905,  by 
the  St.  Louis  District  Confer- 
ence; Rev.  Charles  Wesley  Web- 
dell,  pi-eacher  in  charge,  and  Dr. 
T.  E.  Sharp,  Presiding  Elder; 
recommended  to  the  Annual 
Conference  for  admission  on 
trial  by  the  St.  Louis  District 
Conference,  April  18th,  190-5 ; 
received  into  the  .Annual  Coi;- 
ference  on  trial  in  September, 
190-5;  Dr.  T.  E.  Sharp,  Presid- 
ing Elder,  and  Bishop  Eugene 
R.  Hendrix,  presiding.  Appoint- 
ments filled:  Supplied  at  Cold 
Water,  near  St.  Louis,  during  the  summer  of  1905;  appointed  to  Grand  Avenue  Church, 
in  St.  Louis,  September,  1905.  The  church  was  not  organized;  he  preached  the  first 
sermon  at  the  new  place,  organized  the  church  and  left  an  organization  of  sixty  mem- 
bers at  the  end  of  the  Conference  year;  appointed  to  Steelville,  September,  1906.  He 
obtained  his  education  at  the  common  country  schools;  graduate  of  Chillicothe  Normal 
College  and  Missouri  College  of  Law;  mem.ber  of  St.  Louis  bar,  but  did  not  enter  the 
profession.  Possibly  the  most  important  crisis  in  his  life  was  when  he  quit  the  business 
world,  refusing  some  desirable  positions  in  professional  life,  to  enter  the  Methodist 
ministry.  There  are  two  men  who  have  helped  him  along  the  way;  in  education, 
President  Allen  Moore,  at  Chillicothe,  Missouri;  and  in  preparing  for  the  ministry. 
Rev.  Charles  W.  Webdell.  then  pastor  of  St.  Paul's  Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  South, 
St.  Louis,  Missouri. 


418 


CENTENNIAL    VOLUME    OF    MISSOURI    METHODISM. 


ST.  LOUIS  CONFERENCE. 


1806— CENTENNIAL  APPOINTMENTS     1906. 


FARMINGTON    DISTRICT. 


W.  B.  l^nys Presiding  Elder 

Arcadia  Sta A.  R.  Sitton 

Belleview  and  Cedar  Grove.  .  .To  be  sup. 
Bellegrade  and  Caledonia.  .J.  W.  Duncan 
Bi.smarck  and  Hielvory  Grove.  L.  R.  Mauk 

Bonne  Terre  Sta W.  J.  Heys 

DesloRe  Sta Olin  Boggess 

Elvins  and  Estlier Thomas  Lord 

Farminsrton  Sta C.  Fontaine 

Farminpton  Ct J.  P.  McDonald 

Flat  River  Sta L.  F.  A.spley 

Fredericktown  Sta T.  M.  Jackson 

Fredericktown  Ct To  be  supplied 

Libertyville Sup.  by  B.  W.  Bvnum 

Lutesville  and  Glen  Allen.  .W.  A.  Ashley 
Leadwood  and  Irondale.  .  .  .W.  M.  Nesbit 


Marble  Hill  Ct A.  P.  Saffold 

Marquand  Ct Sup.  by  J.  A.  Wood 

Mineral  Point  Ct A.  M.  Robinson 

Oak  Ridfje  Ct J.  W.  Hodges 

Neely's  Landing  Ct 

Supplied  by  D.  M.  Musgrave 

Potosi  Sta W.  A.  Tetley 

Potosi  Ct To  be  supplied 

Sedgwickville  Ct Sup.  by  W.  L.  King 

Ste.  Genevieve  and  Perryville 

L.  H.  Davis 

Whitewater  Ct G.  L.  R.  Crook 

York  Chapel  Sta H.  J.  Charlton 

President  Marvin  Collegiate  Institute 

C.  M.  Gray 


ST.    LOUIS    CONFERENCE— FARMINGTON    DISTRICT. 


419 


REV.    WILLIAM   J.   KEYS. 


God's  calls  are  upward;  they  are  calls  towards  life,  purer  light, 
And  sweeter  joy. — Dr.  Joseph  Parker. 


Rev.  William  J.  Heys  is  one 
of  our  esteemed  English  preach- 
ers. His  parents,  Fielding  and 
Rachel  Heys,  belonged  to  the 
Wesleyan  Methodist  Church,  and 
at  the  time  of  his  birth  resided 
at  Oswaldtwistle,  Lancashire. 

He  was  converted  in  October, 
1881,  at  the  early  age  of  fifteen 
years.  The  Rev.  Thomas  Hack- 
9tt  conducted  the  revival  services 
in  which  he  found  the  Lord,  and 
Rev.  Samuel  Fogg  received  him 
into  the  Church  as  a  junior 
member.  The  Christian  spirit 
of  the  new  convert  found  imme- 
diate expression  in  service.  He 
joined  a  Mission  Band  for  out- 
door work  and  became  a  teacher 
in  the  Sunday  School.  Shortiy 
after  this  he  began  the  sys- 
tematic study  of  the  Bible  and 
earnestly  soui'ht  the  leadership 
of  the  Holy  Spirit. 

Being  impressed  that  God 
called  him  to  the  work  of  the 
ministry,  he  became  a  local 
preacher  on  the  .4ccring-ton  Cir- 
cuit, in  1885.  and  for  several 
years  rendered  acceptable  serv- 
ice in  that  way.  Believing  at 
length  that  the  providence  of 
God  directed  him  to  America,  he 
left  England,  May  10th,  1893, 
and  in  July  of  the  same  year 
was  recommended  from  the  Ca- 
ruthersville  Circuit,  St.  Louis 
Conference,     for     admission     on 

trial  into  the  traveling  connection.  At  the  ensuing  Conference,  held  at  West  Plains, 
Missouri,  he  was  apoointed  junior  preacher  on  the  Marble  Hill  and  Sedgewickville 
Circuit ;  Bishop  W.  W.  Duncan,  presiding,  and  Rev.  Henry  Hanesworth,  Presiding 
Elder. 

Brother  Heys  was  ordained  Deacon  by  Bishop  Galloway  at  Jackson,  September 
29th,  1895,  and  Elder  by  Bishop  Wilson  at  Doninhan,  October  3rd,  1897.  He  has  served 
as  pastor  two  years  at  Festus;  three  years  at  Hematite;  two  years  at  Cape  Girardeau; 
two  years  at  Fnrmington,  and  is  now  serving  his  third  year  at  Poplar  Bluff. 

September  9th  1896,  he  married  Miss  Mary  Westall  of  Oswaldtwistle,  England,  and 
they  have  three  children — Reginald  Westall.  Beatrice  and   Florence  Mary. 

In  the  matter  of  education.  Brother  Heys  made  good  use  of  his  opnortunities. 
After  leaving  the  public  school  he  attended  the  classes  connected  with  the  City  of 
Guilds  and  London  Institute,  and  obtained  a  first-class  technical  certificate  in  May, 
1892.  For  a  time  he  studied  Theology  with  Rev.  T.  P.  Spencer,  formerly  a  missionary 
to  Africa.  He  is  a  reader  of  many  good  books  and  thus  enriches  his  mind.  His  sermons 
abound  in  good  thoughts  well  expressed. 

As  a  pastor  he  is  diligent,  conscientious  and  .sympathetic:  a  true  friend  and  leader 
of  the  youne  peonle  of  his  church.  He  believes  heartily  in  Christian  education.  Re- 
cently he  expressed  himself  as  follows:  "The  State  University  is  often  an  Iconoclast 
to  the  most  sacred  beliefs  of  the  parents.  Education  in  sympathy  with  earnest  Chris- 
tianity and  consistent  with  our  Methodist  point  of  view  is  a  reasonable  ideal  for  the 
peonle  called  Methodists." 


420  CENTENNIAL    VOLUME    OF    MISSOURI    METHODISM. 


REV.  JOHN   HILLIARD   HEADLEE. 


The  great  end  of  the  Creation  of  Man  is  that  at  last  and  forever 
He  should  sinj;;  the  song  being  the  highest  expression  of  service. 

— Dr.  Joseph  Parker. 


By  Hon.  W.  D.  Vandiver. 

Rev.  John  Hilliard  Headlee  was  born  in  Maury  County,  Tennessee,  November  13th, 
1820;  came  to  Missouri  in  1837,  with  his  father,  Daniel  Headlee;  spent  four  years 
making  and  cultivating  a  new  farm  on  the  edge  of  Roberson's  prairie  in  Greene 
County,  north  of  Springfield,  the  best  way  in  the  world  to  develop  a  strong  man  out 
of  a   healthy  boy. 

During  these  years  he  was  converted  and  joined  the  Church  and  in  1841  was 
licensed  to  preach.  At  the  ensuing  session  of  the  Missoui'i  Conference,  held  at  Palmyra, 
he  was  received  into  the  Conference  with  a  class  of  fifteen,  many  of  whom  became 
famous  preacher.s.  Bishop  E.   M.   Marvin   finally  heading  the  class. 

His  field  of  labor  was  mostly  in  Southeast  Missouri.  .\t  various  times  he  served 
all  the  important  charges  in  that  section  of  the  State — Greenville,  Bloomfield,  Charles- 
ton, New  Madrid,  Potosi,  Fredericktown,  Wesley  Chapel  in  St.  Louis,  Cape  Girardeau, 
Jackson,  Farmington  and  Caledonia.  He  was  also  pastor  of  the  church  at  Jefferson 
City,  and  was  Chaplain  of  the  Legislature  while  there.  Fi-om  1871  he  was  President 
of  Bellevue  Collegiate  Institute  three  years  i^nd  then  Presiding  Elder  five  years.  In 
all,  his  ministry  extended  over  a  period  of  forty-seven  years,  and  he  was  on  the  retired 
list  from  1888  to  the  date  of  his  death  at  Caledonia,  January  20th,  1900. 

He  first  married  Miss  Baker  of  St.  Francois  County,  and  seven  years  after  her 
death  he  married  Miss  Caroline  Dean,  a  noble  Christian  lady,  who  still  survives  him, 
and  who  is  remembered  all  over  Southeast  Missouri  as  the  Matron  of  Bellevue  Institute, 
and  whose  motherly  care  devolped  the  young  ladies  of  that  Institution  into  cultivated 
and   useful   women. 

Four  children  survive  him — Baker  Headlee.  a  banker  of  Potosi;  Frank  Headlee,  a 
druggist  of  Searcy,  Arkansas;  Mrs.  Jennie  D.  Chappell,  wife  of  Rev.  Dr.  E.  B.  Chap- 
pell,  of  Nashville,  Tennessee,  and  Mrs.  Alice  L.  Vandiver,  wife  of  Hon.  W.  D.  Vandiver, 
present  Insurance  Commissioner  of  Missouri. 

All  over  Southeast  Missouri  Brother  Headlee  was  known  as  "Honest  John,"  an 
expression  of  confidence  first  bestowed  by  his  neighbors  on  Flat  River.  He  was  the 
soul  of  honor  and  genial  friendship.  He  was  widely  read,  and  his  sermons  were  often 
embellished  with  gems  of  the  best  literature.  Especially  fond  of  the  Scotch  bards,  he 
had  memorized  almost  all  the  best  poems  of  Robert  Burns.  He  was  tender  and 
loving  and  cared  little  for  this  world's  goods. 

His  tact  in  managing  men  was  illustrated  when  going  to  a  river  town  to  preach 
for  the  first  time  on  his  new  circuit  in  18.51.  He  was  warned  that  the  saloon  keeper 
had  driven  off  the  former  preacher  and  would  probably  drive  him  off.  He  immediately 
called  on  the  saloon  keeper  and  enlisted  him  in  getting  him  a  place  to  preach,  and  he 
proved  to  be  one  of  his  best  supporters. 

Among  the  old-time  Methodists  of  Southeast  Missouri  the  name  of  Rev.  John  H. 
Headlee  is  perhaps  the  dearest  of  them  all. 


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421 


REV.  WILLIAM  ADDRIAN  TETLEY. 


What   we   term   human   aspiration   is   born   of  divine    inspiration. 

— Bishop  Hendrix. 


Rev.  William  Addrian  Tetley, 
son  of  F.  I.  Tetley  and  Elizabeth 
Jane  Tetley,  was  born  April  1st, 
1878,  at  Knob  Lick,  St.  Francois 
County,  Missouri.  He  was  con- 
verted at  his  home  in  Bonne 
Terre,  Missouri,  April  26th, 
1904,  and  joined  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  Church,  South,  at  that 
place  under  the  ministry  of  Rev. 
A.  S.  Coker.  His  conversion 
was  the  result  of  constant  plead- 
ing and  prayer  to  God  by  his 
wife,  who  became  very  much  in 
earnest  in  regard  to  his  salva- 
tion. After  a  few  days  of  such 
earnestness,  God  convicted  him, 
and  he  was  converted  at  his  own 
home,  kneeling  by  the  side  of 
his  faithful  wife.  He  has  de- 
veloped spiritually,  especially 
since  entering  the  ministry.  God 
peculiarly  revealed  himself  when 
he  surrendered  to  His  call.  He 
is  certain  that  he  has  a  deepei 
love  for  God  and  a  more  tender 
sympathy  for  men  than  when 
he  entered  this  work.  He  was 
licensed  to  preach  at  Oak  Ridge, 
Missouri,  May  14th,  1904,  by 
the  Farmington  District  Confer- 
ence; Rev.  A.  S.  Coker,  pastor, 
and  Rev.  J.  R.  A.  Vaughan, 
Presiding  Elder;  recommended 
for  admission  on  trial  into  the 
Annual  Conference  by  the 
Farmington  District  Conference, 
May   14th,    1904;     and    received 

into  the  Annual  Conference  on  trial  in  1904;  Rev.  J.  R.  A.  Vaughan.  Presiding  EUder, 
and  Bishop  E.  R.  Hendrix,  presiding;  ordained  Deacon  by  Bishop  J.  S.  Key,  September 
23rd,  1906,  at  Poplar  Bluff,  Missouri.  Appointments  filled:  Ste.  Genevieve  and  Esther 
as  supply  from  May  20th,  1904,  to  September  20th,  1904;  1904-1905,  Ste.  Genevieve 
Station;  Leadwood  Station,  190-5-1906;  appointed  to  Potosi  Station,  September  24th, 
1906.  One  hundred  and  nineteen  persons  have  been  received  into  the  Church  under  his 
ministry.  The  church  at  Ste.  Genevieve,  Missouri,  which  is  the  first  Protestant  church 
built  in  that  town,  the  oldest  tovsTi  in  the  Louisiana  Purchase,  and  the  parsonage  at 
Leadwood,  Missouri,  was  built  under  his  pastorate. 

He  received  his  education  at  the  common  schools,  and  was  graduated  from  the 
State  High  School  at  Bonne  Terre,  Missouri.  He  was  married  to  Miss  .\nna  Maud 
Murphy,  December  8th,  1897,  and  the  names  of  their  children  are:  Olga  Marjorie 
Tetley,  Martha  Elizabeth  Tetley  and  Thomas  Benton  Tetley.  The  change  of  his  voca- 
tion from  a  lumber  merchant  to  a  Methodist  preacher  has  been  possibly  the  most 
important  crisis  in  his  life.  Wesley's  Sermons  and  J.  Wilbur  Chapman's  and  Dr.  Louis 
.Albert  Banks'  Books  of  Sermons  are  some  of  the  books  that  have  been  most  helpful  to 
him. 


422 


CENTENNIAL    VOLUME    OF    MISSOURI    MKTHnr.iSXi. 


FREDERICKTUWN   CHURCH. 


By  p.  E.  Genoway. 


Jlethodism  has  had  a  home  in  F'ederiektown  snce  1837,  thouprh  services  were 
neld  prior  to  that  time  in  a  pioneer  school  house.  In  that  year  a  lot  was  donated  by 
Col.  William  M.  Newberry  and  a  small  brick  church  was  erected  on  the  site  of  the 
present  Mavy  Parkins  Memorial  Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  South.  This  little 
Duildinp:  served  its  purpose  until  1879,  when  another  building  of  more  ample  propor- 
tions, was  erected  on  the  same  site,  under  the  pastorate  of  Dr.  George  W.  Hull,  .^bout 
seven  years  after  this  achievement,  a  parsonage  was  decided  upon,  and  the  lot  adjoining 
the  church,  to  the  south,  was  the  donation  of  three  men,  M.  A.  .Jackson,  J.  L.  Covert 
and  Dr.  F.  R.  Newberry.  A  neat  cottage  was  erected  thereon.  In  later  years  it  has 
Deen  raised  to  two  stories  and  otherwise  improved.  For  the  letter,  the  cedit  is  largely 
Clue  to  the  Woman's  Home  Mission  Society.  The  church  build'ng  erected  in  1879,  met 
ihe  needs  of  the  congi'egation  for  twenty-four  years,  when  it  could  no  longer  adequately 
accommodate  the  ever-inceasing  congreq-ation.  Th-^  growth  was  due,  in  part,  to  the 
location  of  Marvin  Collegiate  Institute,  the  Conference  School,  at  this  place.  In  1903, 
our  present  Mary  Parkins  Memorial  Church  was  beirun  under  the  nastorate  of  Dr.  M. 
B.  CI;apman,  and  was  finished  the  following  year  by  Rev.  C.  M.  Gray.  This  elegant 
church  was  made  possible  at  that  time  by  a  gife  o*'  $3. .500. 00  from  the  good  woman 
whose  memorial  it  is  and  who  has  so  recently  passed  to  her  reward.  The  earliest 
church  records  were  lost  during  the  strue<'le  between  the  states,  but  the  following  are 
lound  to  have  served  here  as  pastor.th'oueh  varying  times  and  fortunes,  to  the  present 
prosperous  day.  Heading  the  list  is  Andrew  Peace,  far^'liarlv  and  lovingly  known  as 
"Parson"  Pence.  Then  comes  Rev.  .1.  H.  Hpadlee:  "Rough  and  Readv"  Watts;  Rev.  H. 
N.  Watts:  Rev.  Williams;  .1.  C.  Williams:  Rev.  Mc.\lister:  Rev.  G.  W.  Hull:  Rev.  Mr. 
McGee:  Rev.  H.  Hanesworth;  Rev.  N.  B.  Henrv;  Rev.  J.  C.  L.  Boehm;  Rev.  .T.  R. 
t;ddlemon;  Rev.  Z.  T.  McCann;  Rev.  M.  B.  Chanman;  Rev.  C.  M.  Gray;  Rev.  O.  C. 
Fontaine,  and  at  the  present  time.  Rev.  G.  M.  Hull,  a  recent  transfer  from  the  North 
Mississippi  Conference. 


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42.3 


MR.  P.  E.  GENOWAY. 


There   is  nothing  worthy  ot   a   real   Man   that   Religion   does  not 
Approve  and  sustain. — Bishop  Haygood. 


Mr.  P.  E.  Genoway  was  born,  February  11th,  186-5,  in  Richland  County,  Illinois. 
He  is  a  son  of  Daniel  C.  Genoway  and  Ruth  M.  Genoway.  His  mother  was  a  member 
of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  South.  He  was  converted  in  1884,  at  Olney,  Illi- 
nois, under  the  ministry  of  Rev.  N.  B.  Cooksey.  There  was  nothing  unusual  about  his 
conversion;  it  was  just  a  gradual  gaining  of  light  until  he  found  himself  in  the  Kingdom. 
He  has  made  a  decided  advancement  along  the  line  of  a  deeper  understanding  of  the 
things  of  God.  He  received  most  help  from  the  preaching  of  Rev.  Joseph  Jamison  and 
very  able  help  from  Sister  Margaret  Skinner.  He  attended  the  Olney,  High  School,  at 
Ulney,  Illinois,  from  which  he  graduated  in  1886.  He  was  married  to  Miss  Eva  McLean, 
August  16th,  1894,  and  they  have  two  daughter^,'  Ruth  Havergal  Genoway  and  Miriam 
Genoway.  He  says  the  most  important  crisis  in  his  life  was  when  at  the  age  of  seven- 
teen he  left  his  country  home,  very  decidedly  against  the  wishes  of  his  parents,  in 
order  that  he  might  attend  High  School.  He  worked  his  way  for  four  years  and  has 
found  it  a  very  profitable  investment.  Some  books  which  have  helped  him,  aside  from 
the  Bible,  are  "Pilgrim's  Progress,"  "Life  of  George  Mueller  of  London,"  some  of  C.  M. 
Sheldon's  works,  and  the  works  of  Francis  Ridley  Havergal.  He  spent  ten  years  of  his 
life  as  a  teacher.  He  has  often  been  honored  by  the  church,  sometimes  above  what  he 
leels  worthy,  and  was  a  delegate  to  the  General  Confernce  at  Birmingham,  Alabama, 
m  1906.  He  has  spent  several  years  in  the  Insurance  business,  with  the  Tribe  of  Ben- 
tiur,  of  Crawfordsville,  Indiana. 


4.M 


CENTENNIAL    VOLUME    OF    MISSOURI    METHODISM. 


REV.  BENNETT   WILLIAMS  BYNUM. 


Faith     stands    serenely    above     the     reach    of    the 
Science. — Dr.  Frederick  W.  Robertson. 


Atheism     of 


Rev.  Bennett  Williams  Bynum  was  born,  January  17th,  1862,  in  Fulton  County, 
Kentuckey.  He  is  the  youngest  son  of  Rev.  Findley  Bynum,  who  for  many  years 
was  a  leader  in  Southern  Methodism  in  the  Memphis  Conference.  Thus  from  his  earliest 
recollection  he  had  the  advantage  of  sweet  home  influence  and  Christian  parentage.  He 
was  converted  and  joined  the  Methodist  Church  at  the  age  of  sixteen,  under  the 
preaching  of  Rev.  W.  G.  Hefley.  In  early  young  manhood  he  felt  called  to  preach  the 
Gospel,  but  like  many  other  youths,  eager  to  pursue  their  own  chosen  occupation 
spurned  the  call.  About  this  time  he  entered  college.  There  he  battled  long  and 
hard  to  eradicate  this  feeling  which  had  become  a  burden.  Many  sleepless  nights  were 
spent  in  the  conflict,  but  not  till  he  was  stricken  with  affliction,  did  he  respond  to  God's 
call.  He  was  licensed  to  preach  in  November,  1894,  by  Rev.  W.  T.  Harris.  His  first 
attempt  to  preach  was  in  his  own  home  church  at  Cayce,  Kentucky.  In  the  fall  of 
1899,  he  was  ordained  Deacon  by  Bishop  Hargiove;  in  October,  190-5,  he  came  to  Mis- 
souri as  supply  on  Sherry  Circuit,  Poplar  Bluff'  District,  St.  Louis  Conference.  The 
present  Conference  year  he  is  supplying  the  Libertyville  Circuit,  Farmington  District. 
Brother  Bynum  was  married  on  the  31st  day  of  January,  1895,  to  Miss  Annie  Clev- 
idence.     To  this  union  were  born  two  children,  Ruth  BjTium  and  Robert  Bynum. 


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425 


REV.  LESLIE  HOLLAND  DAVIS. 


A  call  to  the  ministry  may  be  defined  a  persuasion  wrought  by 
The  Holy  Spirit  in  the  mind  of  an  individual  that  it  is  his  duty 
To  become  a  preacher  of  the  Gospel. — Dr.  Olin. 


Rev.  Leslie  Holland  Davis 
was  born,  May  14th,  1842,  in 
Hampshire  County,  Virginia. 
His  parents,  Jesse  Davis  and 
Mary  C.  Davis,  were  both  mem- 
bers of  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
Church,  South.  His  mother  was 
a  devout  Christian  and  looked 
very  carefully  to  the  association 
and  religious  instruction  of  h':r 
children.  He  was  converted  at 
a  prayer  meeting  near  Peters- 
burg. Virginia,  in  August,  1864, 
and  joined  the  church  under  the 
ministry  of  Rev.  Milton  Taylor. 
The  years  have  only  strength- 
ened his  faith  in  God.  While 
he  does  not  see  the  matter  of 
inbred  sin  and  the  need  of  a 
second  work  of  grace  in  the 
light  of  some  of  his  brethren, 
he  does  believe  that  after  the 
great  deeps  of  the  human  heart 
have  been  broken  up  in  regen- 
eration and  power  and  domin- 
ion over  sin  is  given,  that  he 
has  still  daily  need  of  the  bap- 
tism of  the  Holy  Spirit  as  a 
preparation  for  the  Master's 
service.  He  was  licensed  to 
preach  Christmas  week,  1868, 
by  the  Quarterly  Conference  of 
Patterson  Creek  Circuit;  Rev. 
John  C.  Dice,  Presiding  Elder; 
he  was  recommended  to  the  An- 
nual Conference  by  the  Ashland 
Quarterly  Conference  in  1870 ; 
was  received  into  the  Annual 
Conference     in     March,      1870; 

Rev.  Ezra  F.  Busy,  Presiding  Elder,  and  Bishop  H.  N.  McTyeire  presiding.  He 
was  ordained  Deacon  by  Bishop  Robert  Paine,  at  Warrington,  Virginia,  in  1872;  was 
ordained  Elder  by  Bishop  Doggett,  in  March,  1873,  in  St.  Paul's  Church,  Baltimore, 
Maryland.  He  has  served  the  following  charg-es:  Five  years  in  the  Baltimore  Con- 
rerence,  two  and  one  half  years  in  Illinois,  when  at  his  own  request  he  was  transferred 
to  fill  the  Kinmundy  charge;  in  1877,  he  was  transferred  to  Southwest  Missouri,  and 
filled  Lebanon,  Warrensburg  and  Windsor  among  the  important  charges.  In  1893,  he 
was  transferred  to  the  St.  Louis  Conference.  He  has  a  good  home  at  Fredericktown, 
where  he  moved  in  September,  1904,  and  from  that  point  he  serves  Ste.  Genevieve, 
Missouri,  the  oldest  town  in  the  State,  where  eighty-five  per  cent  of  the  people  are 
Roman  Catholics.  Sevei-al  churches  and  parsonages  were  built  under  his  pastorate. 
He  attended  two  sessions  at  Randolph-Macon  College,  and  has  diplomas  in  the  School 
of  Chemistry  and  Moral  Philosophy  and  Metaphysics  of  that  institution.  He  was 
married,  February  18th,  1873,  to  Miss  Mary  D.  Stephenson,  who  died  October  11th, 
187.5,  and  then  he  married  Miss  Mollie  .411en  Fuqua.  Novembe'-  9th.  1880.  and  she 
died,  September  9th,  1881.  He  was  married  the  last  time  to  Miss  Clara  E.  Colley, 
July  22nd,  1884.  The  names  of  his  children  a'-e  Jessie  Dent  Davis,  Milton  Colley 
Uavis,  Samuel  McKendree  Davis.  Mattie  Ida  Davis  and  Joseph  Burroughs  Davis. 
Urother  Davis  believes  the  Christian  College  must  be  such,  not  only  in  name,  but  in 
reality,  and  those  who  teach  should  be  ideals  to  our  children.  A  Christian  school 
with  teachers  whose  lives  and  examples  do  not  furnish  lofty  ideals,  will  be  discounted 
oy  state  schools   and   their  patrons. 


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CENTENMAL    VOLUME    OF    MISSOURI    METHODISM. 


REV.   LOVELL  ROUSSEAU  MAUK. 


The     pui'p     heart,     only,     loves     arlKht:     it,     only. 
Divine  likeness. — Dr.   Cunningham  Geikie. 


reflects     the 


Rev.  LovfU  Rousseai'  Mauk 
was  born  near  Louisville,  Ken- 
tucky, September  20th,  1867. 
His  father,  Benjamin  F.  Mauk, 
and  mother,  Sarah  J.  Mauk, 
were  both  members  of  the  Meth- 
odist Episcopal  Church.  He 
was  converted  at  the  Broadway 
.Methodist  Episcopal  Church, 
South,  in  Louisville,  Kentucky, 
durinp  the  ministry  of  Dr.  R. 
H.  Rivei-s,  and  in  a  union  meet- 
ing- between  Trmity  M.  E. 
Church  and  Broadway  M.  E. 
Church.  South.  He  joined  Trin- 
ity M.  E.  Church  and  remained 
a  member  of  that  church  until 
he  came  to  Missouri,  in  1893, 
when  be  united  with  the  Meth- 
ii'list  Episcopal  Church,  South. 
His  conversion  occurred  after  a 
reason  of  deep  conviction  last- 
ing for  almost  a  year.  He  was 
linally  converted  in  the  good  old 
vriv,  at  the  altar,  and  after  hav- 
in«;'  almost  despaired  of  ever 
being  saved.  From  the  very  day 
of  his  conversion  to  this  time, 
thi'  way  has  been  jjrowinp: 
l)ri(jhter  and  brighter,  a  strong- 
er will  to  do  Rood,  and  a  love 
•^ore  perfect  to  God  and  man. 
He  was  licensed  to  preach  by 
the  Qu;irterly  Conference  of 
Fust  Methodist  Episcopal 
Church,  South,  at  St.  Louis, 
Missouri,  in  the  summer  of 
ISO.S;  was  recommended  to  the 
Annual  Conference  for  aum.iS.on  on  trial  by  the  Poplar  Bluff  District  Conference  in 
the  spring  of  1899,  and  was  received  into  the  Annual  Conference  on  trial  at  Bonne 
Terre.  Missouri,  in  September,  1899;  Rev.  H.  M.  Eure  was  his  presiding  Elder,  and  the 
presiding  Bishop  was  J.  C.  Granbery.  He  was  ordained  Deacon  by  Rev.  A.  W. 
Wilson,  in  1897,  at  Doniphan,  Missouri;  ordained  Elder  by  Bishop  Galloway, 
September  20th,  1903,  at  Farmington,  Missouri.  He  has  filled  the  following  appoint- 
ments: Oak  Hill,  1897-1898;  Poplar  Bluff  Mission,  1898-1900;  Salem,  1900-1901; 
Hematite,  1901-1903;  Libertyville,  1903-1904;  Marquand,  1904-1906;  present  station, 
Bismark,  Missouri.  About  three  hundred  persons  have  been  received  into  the  church 
under  his  ministry.  The  new  church  at  Marquand  was  built  and  the  church  at  Spring 
Valley  was  remodled  under  his  pastorate.  He  received  his  education  in  the  public 
schools  in  and  near  Louisville,  Kentucky,  and  at  a  private  school  in  St.  Louis,  Missouri, 
for  two  years.  He  was  married  to  Miss  Bertha  Leonard,  .June  l.oth,  1904.  He  thinks 
his  conversion  and  call  to  the  ministry  has  been  the  most  important  crisis  in  his  life. 
Some  of  the  books  which  have  been  most  helpful  to  him,  aside  from  the  Bible,  are: 
"Imitation  of  Christ,''  "Pilgrim's  Progress,"  and  Ralston's  "Elements  of  Divinity." 


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REV.  JEROME  C.  BERRYMAN. 


Febiuary  22,  1810~May  8,  1906. 


On  the  Sth  day  of  May,  1908,  in  the  quiet  village  of  Caledonia,  a  venerable  man 
of  God,  after  ninety-six  years  of  pilgrimage,  and  four  score  years  in  the  Methodist 
ministry,  yielded  up  his  spa-it  to  God.  A  native  of  Kentucky,  he  came  to  Missouri  and 
was  received  on  trial  into  the  Missouri  Conference  in  1828.  His  first  circuit  was  com- 
prised of  seventeen  counties  with  Farmington  as  headquarters. 

In  1833  he  was  sent  to  the  Kickapoo  Mission  and  school  among  the  Indians  in 
Kansas,  where  he  remained  for  fifteen  years,  leaving  behind  him  three  graves,  that  of 
his  beloved  wife  and  two  of  his  six  children. 

In  1853  he  was  appointed  to  Centenary  Church  in  St.  Louis,  his  peculiar  talent 
seeming  to  be  demanded  by  the  condition  existing  there.  Brother  Berryman  founded 
the  Arcadia  College  and  was  for  twenty  years  in  charge  of  that  institution,  though 
during  the  time  pastor  of  stations  and  serving  the  Church  in  various  capacities. 

The  Arcadia  College  was  an  institution  of  incalculable  value  in  the  development  of 
this  section  of  the  state.  Brother  Berryman  was  a  Puritan,  reared  under  Cavalier 
influences.  He  had  the  unyielding  moral  conviction  of  the  Puritan  (he  would  have  been 
a  Pilgrim  among  the  Pilgrims),  and  the  tone  of  a  highly  bred  Southern  gentleman. 

The  men  he  educated  showed  the  influence  of  the  man  whose  determination,  con- 
viction and  management,  made  such  a  school  possible  in  such  a  territory.  It  is  con- 
ceded by  thoughtful  men  that  the  Church  and  the  state  received  no  more  valuable 
service  from  any  source  than  that  rendered  by  J.  C.  Berryman  in  the  Arcadia  College. 

While  not  an  evangelist  himself,  he  never  failed  to  lay  stress  on  revivals  and  every 
year  while  in  the  college  he  secured  the  services  of  some  man  of  evangelistic  gifts 
(usually  Rough-and-Ready  Watts,  his  brother-in-law)  to  hold  revival  services.  Most 
of  the  young  people  who  attended  the  college  went  away  professing  saving  faith. 

For  twenty  years  he  was  on  the  superannuate  list.  His  character  was  as  beautiful 
and  strong  in  this  trying  period  as  in  the  days  of  greater  activity.  He  was  self- 
denying,  generous,  considerate,  uncomplaining,  absorbed  in  the  things  of  the  kingdom, 
the  friend  of  God. 

He  was  at  the  time  of  his  death,  the  only  surviving  member  of  the  historic 
General  Conference  of  1844.  Just  before  his  death  he  received  a  message  of  love  and 
sympathy  from  the  General  Conference  in  session  at  Birmingham  and  sent  to  them 
the  blessings  of  the  patriarch  of  the  Church.     It  was  on  the  eve  of  his  departure. 

The  funeral  services  wei-e  held  in  Caledonia,  where  the  years  of  his  superannuation 
were  so  largely  spent.  The  services  were  conducted  by  the  writer,  assisted  by  A.  P. 
Saffold,  pastor,  S.  W.  Emory,  W.  J.  Heys  and  Rev.  E.  H.  White,  one  of  the  early 
graduates  of  the  Arcadia  College.  The  attendance  was  larre  and  from  various  parts 
of  Southeast  Missouri.  The  people  among  whom  he  labored  loved  him  and  he  was 
not  easily  forgotten.  He  had  a  voice  that  possessed  moral  fiber.  To  hear  him  sing, 
"How  Firm  a  Foundation,"  or  "I'm  Nearer  My  Home"  was  to  have  faith  reassured 
as  by  an  interview  with  prophet  or  apostle.  Mar-  in  T.  Haw. 


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ST.  LOUIS  CONFERENCE. 


1 806-CENTENNIAL  APPOINTMENTS- 1 906. 


POPLAR    BLUFF    DISTRICT. 


0.  H.  DuKpins Presiding  Elder 

Poplar  Bluff  Station.  ..  .Clarence  Burton 

Kennett  Station N.  B.  Henry 

Dexter  Station J.  W.  Wor.snop 

Doniphan  Station A.  S.  Coker 

Doniphan  Circuit L.  Eaker 

Maiden T.  O.  Shanks 

Campbell A.  S.  J.  Baldridge 

Morehouse C.  L.   Dennis 

Homersville  and  Cardwell.  .  .  .R.  Walton 

Advance  Circuit W.  E.  Forsyth 

Bloomfield  Circuit J.  C.  Denton 

Piedmont  Circuit J.  C.  L.  Boehm 

Essex  Circuit John  Dodwcll 

Lowndes  and  Coldwater T.  W.  Glass 


Grand  Prairie  Circuit J.  D.  Uoherty 

Holcomb  Circuit W.  H.  Dees 

Williamsville  Circuit C.  R.  Brightwell 

Greenville  Circuit Theodore  Reid 

Sherry  Circuit Charles  Barham 

Bell  City  Circuit D.  E.  Dowless 

Poplar   Bluff  Circuit 

Supplied  by  J.  W.  Coburn 

Zalma  Circuit Supplied  by  J.  G.  Huff 

Student  in  Vanderbilt  University 

J.  R.  Bullinfrton 

Conference  Missionary  Secretary 

N.  B.   Berry 

Naylor  Circuit F.  Eaker 


ST.    LOUIS    CONFERENCE— POPLAR    BLUFF    DISTRICT. 


42'> 


REV.   OLIVER   H.   DUGGINS. 


By  Faith  man  removes  mountains  of  difficulty. 

— Dr.  Frederick   W.  Robertson. 


By  Rev.  W.  J.  Heys. 


The  subject  of  this 
sketch  was  born  in  Perry 
County,  Missouri.  His 
parents,  James  and  Colum- 
bia Duggins,  were  both 
members  of  the  Southern 
Methodist  Church.  He 
was  converted  while  at- 
tending the  State  Normal 
School  at  Cape  Girardeau, 
Missouri,  February  26th, 
1884,  in  a  revival  meeting 
conducted  by  Rev.  W.  B. 
(Jodbey.  Two  days  later 
the  preacher  in  charge, 
the  Rev.  John  L.  Batten, 
received  him  into  the 
Church.  His  conversion 
was  preceded  by  days  of 
spiritual  darkness  and  un- 
rest. He  was  deeply  con- 
victed of  sin,  and  realized 
his  helplessness  and  de- 
pendence on  God's  mercy. 
While  the  congregation 
were  singing,  "Jesus  My 
Lord,  to  Thee  I  Cry,  Un- 
less Thou  Help  Me  I  Must 
Die,"  he  was  enabled  to 
exercise  a  living  faith  in 
Christ.  The  darkness  dis- 
appeared and  sweet  peace 
settled  upon  his  soul  with 
an  overpowering  sense  of 
God's  love. 

In  his  spiritual  develop- 
ment two  thoughts  have 
been  great  factors :  Life 
is  useless  and  empty  with- 
out Christ,  and  there  is 
nothing  in  this  world  to 
fear  but  sin.  Some  time 
after  his  conversion  he 
went  to  the  city  of  St. 
Louis  where  he  came  under  the  influence  of  Dr.  John  Mathews,  pastor  of  Centenary 
Church.  At  the  Quarterly  Conference  held  July  11th,  1887,  he  was  licensed  to  preach 
and  also  recommended  to  the  Annual  Conference  for  admission  on  trial.  Dr.  T.  M. 
t'inney  was  presiding  Elder  of  the  St.  Louis  district  at  that  time. 

He  was  received  on  trial  at  Fredericktown,  Missouri,  September,  1887,  and  was  im- 
mediately transferred  to  the  Los  Angeles  Conference,  by  Bishop  E.  R.  Hendrix.  After 
serving  two  years  he  was  ordained  deacon  by  Bishop  R.  K.  Hargrove  at  San  Bernardino, 
California,  October  6th,  1889.  At  this  Conference  he  located  to  attend  school  in  Ten- 
nessee. During  his  vacations  he  served  as  supply  on  the  Embury  and  Gleason  circuits 
of  the  Memphis  Conference;  was  ordained  Elder  by  Bishop  Chas.  B.  Galloway,  December 
3rd,  1893,  at  Memphis,  Tennessee.  The  following  have  been  his  appointments  up  to 
the  present:  El  Passo  de  Robles  circuit.  San  Louis  Obispo  County,  California;  Los 
Balsas  and  Newport,  Orange  County,  California;  supplied  Embury  Circuit  and  Gleason 
Circuit,  Tennessee;  LaGrange  Circuit,  Memphis  Conference,  two  years;  Lenox  and  Madi- 
son Heights.  Memphis,  Tennessee,  four  years;  Trimble  Street  Church,  Paducah,  Ken- 
tuckey;  Bells,  Tennessee,  Immanuel  Church,  St.  Louis.  Missouri:  Carondelet  Church,  St. 
Louis,  Missouri.  Appointed  Presiding  Elder  of  Poplar  Bluff  District  by  Bishop  Hen- 
drix, September  25th,  1905,  at  Caruthersville,  Missouri. 


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REV.  CLARENCE   BURTON. 


The  happiness  of  Heaven  comes  not  merely  from  Environments, 
But  from  a  purp  Vioqrt.  and  a  holy  nature. — Dean  Tillett. 

Rev.  Clarence  Burton 
was  born  at  Manley- 
ville,  Henry  County, 
'lennessee,  .\u)rust  ;j(Jth, 
1868.  He  is  a  son  of 
Charles  W.  Burton  and 
Martha  J.  Burton,  both 
members  of  tne  Metho- 
dist Episcopal  Church, 
bouth.  He  was  con- 
verted, September  2bth, 
1)S^X,  while  alone  with 
Hod  out  in  the  woods 
in  New  MaJrid  County, 
.Missouri,  where  he  was 
leaching  school.  He 
liad  been  a  seeker  for 
years  at  the  altar.  One 
alternoon  when  he  had 
returned  from  the 
school  he  went  out  in- 
to the  woods  alone  and 
jrave  himself  up  to  God 
and  was  there  con- 
sciously regenerated. 
His  faith  and  purpose 
grew  all  along  to  serve 
Gad.  He  telt  that  he 
had,  consecrated  his  all 
ty  Him  when  he  an- 
swered the  call  to  the 
ministry.  However, 
when  he  heard  Dr.  Car- 
radine  preach  entire 
sanctification,  at  First 
Church,  St.  Louis,  he 
was  convicted  of  his 
need  of  this  grace,  and 
his  privilege  to  have  it. 
He  sought  the  same, 
with  varying  experi- 
ences, sometimes  seek- 
ing, sometimes  doubting 
it  altogether,  until  on 
Sunday,  July  4th,  1897, 
under  the  preaching  of  Klv.  J .  M.  Porter,  he  trusted  God  for  complete  victory  over 
sin  and  entire  sanctification.  He  was  licensed  to  preach.  May  8th,  1892,  by  the  Quar- 
terly Conference  of  Bertrand  and  East  Prairie  charge;  Rev.  R.  D.  Kennedy,  pastor, 
and  Rev.  J.  T.  Kendall,  Presiding  Elder.  He  was  recommended  by  the  Quar- 
terly Conference  of  Locu.st  Grove  Mission,  which  he  was  serving  as  supply,  in  the 
Charleston  District,  in  August,  1892.  He  was  received  into  the  .\nnual  Conference 
in  1892;  Rev.  J.  T.  Kendall,  Presiding  Elder,  and  Bishop  Charles  B.  Galloway,  presiding. 
He  was  ordained  Deacon  by  Bishop  E.  R.  Hendrix,  September  30th,  1894,  at  Freder- 
icktown,  Missouri;  was  ordained  Elder  by  Bishop  A.  W.  Wilson,  October  4th,  1896,  at 
Charleston,  Missouri.  He  has  served  the  following  appointments:  Ellington  Cir- 
cuit, one  year;  Grandin  and  Van  Buren  Station,  two  years;  St.  Clair  Circuit  and 
Station,  four  years;  Steelville  Station,  one  year;  Marvin  Memorial,  St.  Louis,  two 
years;  Doniphan  Station,  four  pears.  He  has  received  about  seven  hundred  persons 
into  the  church.  The  following  churches  and  parsonages  have  been  built  or  purchased 
under  his  pastorate:  Church  at  Doe  Run  Valley,  on  the  Ellington  Circuit;  church 
nouse  purchased  at  Grandin  Station;  and  church  rebuilt  at  Doniphan;  also  the  par- 
sonage at  Steelville  and  Marvin  Memorial  were  purchased.  He  was  married  to  Miss 
Mattie  T.  Doyle.  Seotember  .30th,  1888,  and  the  following  named  children  have  been 
born  to  them:  Clarice  Pearl  Burton,  Ruth  Hallie  Burton  and  Cha'les  Marvin  Bur- 
ton; another  son,  Clarence  Doyle  Burton,  died  in  infancy.  He  considers  his  call  to  the 
ministry  the  most  important  crisis  in  his  life.  Some  books  which  have  freatly  helped 
nim,  aside  from  the  bible,  are,  "The  Christian's  Secret  of  a  Happy  Life,"  "Dr.  Carra- 
dine's  Sermons,"'  "Psychic  Power  in   Preaching." 


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431 


REV.  HENRY  ACKERMAN  SMITH. 


In  earth,  in  paradise,  in  heaven,  our  all  in  all  is  Love. 

— Charles    Wesley. 


Rev.  Henry  Ackerman  Smith 
was  born,  January  30th,  1837, 
in  Westmoreland  County,  Penn- 
sylvania. He  is  a  son  of  Jacob 
Smith  and  -Mary  W.  Smith.  He 
was  converted  in  January,  1856, 
at  a  Union  church  in  the  vil- 
lage of  Bradenville,  at  a  pro- 
tracted meeting  held  by  the  Uni- 
ted Brethren  in  Christ,  under 
the  ministry  of  Rev.  L.  B.  Lea- 
sure.  He  had  placed  himself 
under  the  watch  care  of  the 
church  when  he  was  about  sev- 
enteen years  of  age,  but  at  the 
meeting  in  which  he  was  con- 
verted, he  went  to  the  altar  a  = 
a  seeker  and  continued  for 
seven  consecutive  nights.  As 
a  result,  he  experienced  the  com- 
fort of  pardon,  but  was  not  sat- 
isfied, as  he  thought  he  should 
have  shouting  grace.  Some 
months  after,  while  a  student 
at  Alleghany  College,  he  re- 
ceived satisfying  grace.  In  no 
department  of  God's  dealing 
with  him,  he  says,  has  a  greater 
joy  manifested  itself  than  the 
realizing  sense  of  a  continuous 
growth  in  grace,  and  the  ability 
by  His  mercy  of  seeing  things 
in  a  clearer  light  as  he  advan- 
ces in  years.  He  was  licensed 
to  preach  in  the  summer  of 
1860,  by  the  Quarterly  Confer- 
ence of  Lancaster  Circuit,  of  the 
Kentucky    Conference;    Rev.    D. 

W.  Axline,  preacher  in  charge,  and  Rev.  John  G.  Bruce,  Presiding  Elder;  the  Richmond 
charge,  Danville  District,  recommended  him  to  the  Annual  Conference  in  the  summer 
of  1874,  and  he  was  recived  on  trial  into  the  .\nnual  Conference  at  Mount  Sterling, 
Kentucky,  that  year;  Rev.  S.  X.  Hall,  Presiding  Elder,  and  Bishop  W.  M.  Wightman, 
presiding.  He  was  ordained  Deacon  by  Bishop  H.  H.  Kavanaugh,  July  31st,  1870,  at 
Richmond,  Kentucky;  ordained  Elder  by  Bishop  H.  H.  Kavanaugh  in  July,  1874,  at 
Nicholasville,  Kentucky.  He  has  served  the  following  charges:  Mackville,  Chaplin, 
Texas  Academy,  Bradfordville  Home  College,  in  the  Kentucky  Conference.  Cape  Girar- 
deau, Benton,  Oak-ridge,  Jackson,  Cape  Girardeau,  West  Plains  District,  Poplar  Bluff, 
Caledonia,  Bellvue  Collegiate  Institute,  and  Bertrand  in  the  St.  Louis  Conference. 
Several  churches  and  parsonages  have  been  built  under  his  pastorates.  He  attended 
-Alleghany  College  in  the  Pittsburg  Conference.  He  was  married  to  Miss  Almira  Clay 
Potts,  April  2nd,  1861,  and  the  following  children  were  bom  to  them:  Eugene  Herbert 
Smith,  Jessamine  Smith,  May  Smith.  Blanche  Smith.  Maggie  Zue  Smith  and  Roy 
Hines  Smith.  He  went  from  Pennsylvania  to  Kentucky  in  March.  1859,  and  shortly 
after,  he  un'ted  with  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church.  South.  Here  he  engaged  in 
leaching  until  the  breaking  out  o'  the  civil  war.  when  he  enlisted  with  the  Union 
torces.  .A.fter  the  conclusion  of  the  war,  he  lived  for  three  years  in  Southern  Indiana, 
where  he  taught  school  and  preached  as  a  local  preacher  in  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
Church.  He  came  to  Missouri,  in  1882.  nfter  the  Conference  was  held,  and  was  re- 
admitted at  Conference  held  at  Poplar  Bluff  in  1883,  he  having  located  a  short  time  prior 
to  the  time  he  removed  to  Missouri. 


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REV.  ASHLEY  STANFIELD  COKER. 


Joy   seems   to   have  the  touch   of   the   Prince  that   wakes   up   the 
Slumbering  beauties  and  powers  of  the  Soul. 

— Dr.  Beverly  Carradine. 


Rev.  Ashley  Standfield  Coker 
was  born  in  Carthage,  Smith 
County,  Tennessee,  November 
llith,  1846.  He  is  a  .son  of  Sam- 
uel .1.  Coker  and  Margaret  J. 
Coker,  both  of  whom  were  mem- 
bers of  the  Old  School  Presby- 
terian church.  He  was  convert- 
ed at  -Arcadia,  Missouri,  Sep- 
tember 19th,  1866,  under  the 
ministry  of  the  Rev.  J.  C.  Ber- 
lyman.  He  had  been  under  con- 
viction at  times  from  his  early 
^■hildhood.  At  the  revival  meet- 
ing in  .■\rcadia  in  September, 
1866,  he  went  to  the  altar  nine 
consecutive  evenings.  In  the 
afternoon  of  the  ninth  day  he 
covenanted  with  Elbert  Thomp- 
son, of  Mississippi  County,  to 
uo  to  the  altar  th  it  evening  and 
remain  until  they  were  convert- 
ed. .■\bout  the  close  of  the  ser- 
vice he  wa^  converted,  regen- 
erated, justified  and  made  very 
happy  in  the  knowledge  that  his 
sins  were  pardoned  and  he  was 
a  child  of  God  by  adoption. 
Thompson  was  converted  after 
they  had  taken  their  seats  and 
while  the  announcements  were 
being  made  for  the  next  day's 
services.  Brother  Coker  grew 
in  grace  and  in  the  knowledge 
and  love  of  God  as  he  attended 
God's  services.  At  a  district 
conference  of  the  Charleston 
District,  held  at  Lutesville,  May 
i!7th,  1892,  he  was  sanctified  by  the  Holy  Spirit  under  the  teachings  of  Rev.  B.  Carra- 
dine, D.D.  Since  that  time  he  has  enjoyed  perfect  love  to  God  and  man.  He  was 
licensed  to  preach,  July  18th,  1893,  by  the  Quarterly  Conference  of  Fredericktown; 
Rev.  R.  F.  Chew,  pastor  in  charge,  and  Rev.  H.  Hanesworth,  Presiding  Elder;  the 
same  Quarterly  Conference  recommended  him  to  the  -Annual  Conference  in  1891^,  at 
West  Plains,  Missouri;  Rev.  H.  Hanesworth,  Presiding  Elder,  and  Bishop  W.  W.  Dun- 
can, presiding.  He  was  ordained  Deacon  by  Bishop  Galloway,  September  26th,  1895, 
at  Jackson,  Missouri;  ordained  Elder  by  Bishop  Wilson,  September  2.3rd,  1897,  at  Don- 
iphan, Missouri.  He  has  served  the  following  appointments:  Pike  Creek  Circuit, 
189.3-1894;  Greenville  Circuit,  1894-189.-1 ;  Belleview  Circuit,  lS9r,-1896;  Greenville  Cir- 
cuit, 1897-1898;  Kennett  Station,  1898-1899;  Washington,  1899-1900;  Shaw  Avenue, 
St.  Louis,  Missouri.  1900-1902;  Bonne  Terre,  1902-1906;  Doniphan,  1906-1907,  which 
latter  place  is  his  present  charge.  He  has  received  into  the  church  about  seven  hun- 
dred and  eighty  persons.  He  received  his  education  at  the  public  schools,  the  Arca- 
dia High  School,  and  the  Southeast  Missouri  Normal  at  Cape  Girardeau,  Missouri. 
He  was  married  to  Miss  Leoniah  Jane  Short.  Scntember  9th,  1869.  and  four  children 
were  born  to  them,  one  of  whom,  Albert  Selw'n  Coker,  is  now  dead.  The  other  three, 
Anna  Belle  Coker,  now  the  wife  of  Rev.  T.  B.  Reagan,  Frank  J.  Coker,  and  Minnie 
VVheeler  Coker,  now  the  wife  of  Rev.  P.  D.  Hartman,  are  still  living.  Brother  Coker 
thinks  the  Christian  College  is  as  much  a  necessity  as  is  the  Church,  if  we  are  to 
meet  the  responsibilities  which  confront  us. 


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43.1 


.MRS.  A.  S.  COKER. 


The  blessing  of  her  quiet  life  fell  on  us  like  the  dew. 

— John  G.  Whittier. 


Mrs.  Leoniah  Jane  Coker  was 
born  in  California,  Missouri, 
August  loth,  1850,  the  only 
daughter  of  Martin  L.,  and 
Mary  J.  Short.  Her  father 
moved  to  Cape  Girardeau  Coun- 
ty in  the  early  fifties,  and  when 
Leoniah  was  twelve  years  old 
moved  to  Carlisle,  Illinois, 
where  she  was  married  to  Rev. 
A.  S.  Coker  by  his  uncle.  Rev. 
Geoi'ge  W.  Coker,  September 
9th,  1869.  They  returned  to 
Cape  Girardeau  County  at  once 
and  the  greater  part  of  their 
married  life  was  spent  there. 
Mrs.  Coker  was  the  mother  of 
four  children,  the  eldest,  Albert 
Selwin  Coker,  dying  in  Cape 
Girardeau  at  the  ajje  of  four- 
teen years.  The  other  children 
still  live;  Anna  Belle  Coker,  be- 
ing the  wife  of  Rev.  T.  B.  Rea- 
gan, A.  M.,  now  stationed  at 
Corvalis,  Montana,  and  Minnie 
Wheeler  Coker,  being  the  wife 
of  Rev.  P.  D.  Hartman,  now  sta- 
tioned at  Hamilton,  Montana, 
and  Franklin  J.  Coker  in  busin- 
ess in  St  Louis,  Missouri.  Mrs. 
Coker  was  converted  in  child- 
hood and  joined  the  Baptist 
Church,  but  after  her  marriage 
came  into  the  ?.!ethodist  Church 
with  her  husband,  and  lived  a 
consistent.  Christian  character 
throughout  her  life.  She  was 
a  zealous  and  earnest  worker  in 
the  auxiliaries  of  the  church,  and  in  all  the  charges  served  by  her  husband,  she  was 
loved  because  of  her  quiet,  sweet  Christian  life.  The  Woman's  Foreign  Auxiliary  at 
Bonne  Terre  complimented  her  with  a  Life  Membership  Certificate  in  December,  1903. 
The  Home  and  Foreign  Auxiliaries,  at  Doniphan,  Missouri,  adopted  resolutions  after 
ner  death,  which  occurred  early  Easter  morning,  March  31st,  1907.  These  resolutions 
were  signed  by  the  officers,  Nellie  Proctor,  Lula  M.  Cude  and  Clara  Wright,  and  by  a 
committee  composed  of  Mrs.  T.  J.  Bennett,  Mrs.  3.  R.  Wright  and  Mrs.  T.  F.  Lane. 
The  Home  Jlission  Auxiliary  of  Bonne  Terre,  Missouri,  gave  a  very  beautiful  testi- 
monial of  their  appreciation  of  Sister  Coker,  which  letter  was  signed  by  the  officers 
and  thirty-six  members  of  the  Auxiliary.  The  letter  was  written  by  the  President, 
Mrs.  C.  L.  Norwine,  and  reads  as  follows: 

"Dear  Brother  Coker:  The  news  of  Sister  Coker's  death  reached  us  yesterday. 
Ifou  will  not  be  surprised  to  get  a  letter  from  us,  seeing  that  our  relations  to  you  were 
so  intirr.ate  and  yours  to  us  so  helpful.  We  desire  to  express  our  sympathy  with  you 
m  your  bereavement,  and  also  to  state  that  we  mourn  your  loss  as  our  own.  Both 
you  and  Sirter  Coker  have  been  constantly  remembered  in  our  prayers  and  we  assure 
you  that  for  you  we  shall  continue  to  pi'ay.  May  you  find  in  the  Eternal  God,  comfort 
firm  as  a  rock  and  as  everlasting.  Sister  Coker  was  a  true  'Mother  in  Israel.'  and  an 
example  to  a'l  of  us  of  patient  suffering.  To  be  with  her  v.-as  to  realize  the  pi-esence 
of  God  in  the  midst  of  great  bodily  weakness.  But  now  it  has  pleased  God  to  release 
her,  and  we  are  glad  because  she  has  entered  into  the  .ioy  of  her  Lord.  How  precious 
the  words:  'Blessed  are  the  dead  who  d-e  in  the  Lord  from  henceforth;  yea,  saith  the 
Spirit,  they  rest  from  their  labors,  and  their  woiks  do  follow  them  '." 


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cr:::TENNiAL  volume  of  Missouri  Methodism. 


■REV.  nelson   B.  henry,  D.   D. 


The  search  for  Truth   is  the  inspiration  of  Reason. 


-Dr.  Fairbaim. 


Brother  Heniy  was  blessed  with  Godly  parents.  His  father,  Rev.  Nelson  Henry, 
transferred  from  Pittsburg  to  the  Missouri  Conference  in  1834.  He  married  Juliette, 
the  eldest  daughter  of  Judge  John  D.  Cook,  October  22,  1842  Both  parents  were 
Alethodists. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  born  to  them  near  Daugherty's  Mill  in  Cape  Girar- 
deau County,  Missouri,  July  23,  1848.  He  was  converted  and  joined  the  church  under 
Rev.  G.  W.  Hull  at  Millerville,  Missouri,  in  1874.  He  traces  his  first  serious  thoughts 
to  a  remark  made  by  Professor  Nason  of  the  Third  District  Normal  School  at  Cape 
Girardeau.  He  regarded  Prof.  Nason  as  an  ideal  man  and  at  the  clo.se  of  his  first 
year  at  the  Cape  Normal  went  to  tell  Professor  Nason  good-bye.  The  professor  said 
to  him,  "Be  good  to  yourself."  He  could  not  think  of  any  harm  he  was  doing  himself 
but  the  words  continued  to  haunt  him  until  he  saw  himself  a  sinner.  He  was  under 
conviction  for  nearly  two  years  before  finding  peace. 

His  religious  life  has  never  been  marked  by  any  extraordinary  bursts  of  joy  or 


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leeling,  yet  he  testifies  that  it  is  easier  to  do  God's  wi'.l  now  than  i'ormerly,  that  his 
walk  witn  Christ  is  n;oie  constant,  with  a  sweeter  and  more  peacetul  experience. 
Brother  Henry  was  licensed  to  preacn  and  recommendea  lor  aamission  into  the  Annual 
Conference  at  the  same  time,  ine  Church  Conterence  ot  the  1- irst  -Nlethodist  Episco- 
pal church,  Soucn,  J-ueblo,  Colorado,  recommended  him;  the  Quarterly  Conference  ot" 
tne  same  charge  ncensea  him  ine  next  aay,  and  the  benver  Conference  i-eceived  him  on 
trial  alter  Lt^ng  a  local  preactier  only  vwo  and  one-half  days.  As  secretary  of  the 
Denver  Conference,  Brother  Henry  read  nis  own  recommendation  to  tt  at  body.  This 
was  at  the  session  of  lb90  with  Jtsishop  Key  presiding.  His  pastor  at  that  time  was 
Kev.  M.  H.  Moore,  and  his  Presiding  Elaer,  jiev.  F.  B.  Carroll. 

He  was  ordained  Deacon  by  bishop  Galloway  at  KirKWood,  September  29th,  1892; 
ind  Elder  by  Bishop  Hendrix  at  t  rede licktown,  Missouri,  September  31st,  1894. 
Brother  Henry  has  served  in  the  following  places:  East  Pueblo,  Colorado,  1891-1892, 
in  connection  with  the  presidency  of  the  Pueblo  Collegiate  Institute;  was  president 
of  Belleview  Collegiate  Institute,  June,  1892,  to  September,  1894;  was  Presiding  Elder 
of  Farmington  District  one  year:  then  President  of  Marvin  Collegiate  Institute  for 
seven  years;  was  pastor  at  Bonne  'ierre  from  July  to  October,  1902;  served  West 
Plains  as  pastor  one  year  and  is  now  serving  his  fourth  year  as  pastor  at  Kennett. 

He  has  received  about  three  hundred  persons  into  the  church.  He  started  the  sub- 
scription for  the  Girls'  Dormitory  at  Fredericktown  and  has  just  completed  an  excellent 
nine  room  parsonage  at  Kennett. 

Brother  Henry  says  his  education  was  begun  at  his  mother's  knees,  supplementea 
by  the  public  schools.  He  is  a  graduate  of  the  State  Normal  at  Kirksville,  Missouri. 
He  received  the  degree  of  D.D.  from  Charlton  College,  Farmington,  Missouri.  He  is 
an  ardent  advocate  of  Christian  education  and  of  Methodist  union;  a  keen  debater 
and  a  most  enthusiastic  advocate  of  Foreign  Missions. 

REV.   NELSON    HENRY. 


The  open  grave  is  a  petty  miracle  weighed  in  the  balance  against 
God's  coming  into  our  Hesh,  and  returning,  cari-ying  our  flesh 
Back  to  God,  to  wear  it  thei-e  forever. — Dr.   William  A.  Quayle. 


Rev.  Nelson  Henry  was  born  in  Washington,  Massachusetts,  July  27th,  1803.  His 
ancestry,  as  given  in  the  "Henry  Family  Record,"  by  Hon.  Frederick  A.  Henry,  of  Cleve- 
land, Ohio,  is  traced  back  to  "Sargeant  John  Henry,  Freeman  of  Tapsfield,  Connecticut, 
1690."  It  is  a  prolific,  pioneer  family,  whose  members  have  followed  the  star  of  em- 
pire in  its  westward  course.  It  has  been  said  of  them,  "An  honorable  ancesti'y,  a 
countless  posterity,  and  a  set  way,  are  their  three-fold  birthright."  In  1817,  Nelson's 
father,  Simon  Henry,  moved  near  what  is  now  Bainbridge,  Ohio,  and  here,  three  years 
later,  the  young  man  gave  his  heart  to  God  and  joined  the  Methodist  Church.  Soon 
afterward  he  felt  the  call  to  the  ministry,  but  fought  it  for  years.  In  1831,  he  was  ad- 
mitted on  trial  in  the  Pittsbui'g  Conference,  and  two  years  later  was  ordained  Deacon 
by  Bishop  Robei'ts.  In  1834,  in  company  with  Thomas  Drummond,  George  Smith  and 
John  L.  Irwin,  he  was  transferred  to  Missouri  Conference.  His  diary  shows  that  the 
trip  was  made  on  horseback  by  way  of  Cincinnati  to  St.  Louis.  The  next  year  at 
Arrow  Rock,  Missouri,  he  was  ordained  Elder  by  Bishop  Roberts.  He  served  in  suc- 
cession the  following  charges:  Cape  Girardeau,  Belleviie,  Independence,  Hannibal, 
Cape  Girardeau,  Fredericktown,  and  Cape  Girardeau  District  four  years  (1841-184.5). 
Adhering  to  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church  after  the  division,  he  held  a  number  of 
classes,  notable  among  which  were  those  at  Jackson.  McKendree  Chapel  and  Cape  Girar- 
deau, to  that  church,  and  on  the  reorganization  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Conference 
was  appointed  to  the  Arkansas  District.  On  account  of  the  vast  territory  embraced  in 
that  district,  and  the  difficulty  of  traveling  it,  the  physical  strain  was  too  great  and 
his  health  began  to  fail.  .4t  the  end  of  the  second  year  he  asked  to  be  relieved  of  the 
Presiding  Eldership,  and  was  appointed  to  Fredericktown  Mission.  His  health  con- 
tinued to  decline,  and  at  Conference  he  took  a  superannuation.  The  following  spring, 
March  18th,  1853,  he  entered  upon  his  reward.  As  a  man,  he  was  open,  frank,  gen- 
erous, firm,  discreet.  As  a  Christian,  he  was  full  of  the  faith  and  of  the  Holy  Ghost. 
As  a  preacher,  he  was  noted  both  for  his  theological  research  and  his  power  of  persua- 
sion, .■^s  a  Presiding  Elder,  he  was  exceedingly  helpful  to  his  preachers.  His  ad- 
monitions were  so  manifestly  wise,  and  delivered  with  such  evident  sympathy  for  the 
ones  admonished,  that,  in  the  language  of  Judge  N.  B.  Allen  of  Fredericktown,  they 
"wished  he  would  reprove  them  again.''  But  it  was  in  the  home  that  his  light  was 
orightest.  His  cheerfulness,  his  love,  his  piety,  his  upright  life  pei-vaded  and  hallowed 
It  continually.  In  1842,  he  married  Miss  Juliette,  danehter  of  Hon.  John  D.  Cook,  of 
Cane  Girardeau.  The  union  was  a  most  happy  one.  Of  the  five  children  born  to  them, 
John  Simon  Henry,  Sarah  Cook  Henry,  Nenlson  Bollinger  Henry,  William  Carroll  Henry 
and  Newton  Joshua  Henry,  Nelson  alone  survives,  and  is  a  member  of  the  St.  Louis 
Conference.     The  death   of  this  man  of  faith  was  triumphant. 


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CENTENNIAL    VOLUME    OF    MISSOURI    METHODISM. 


REV.  DAVID  ELISHA  DOWLESS. 


It  is  by  Faith   that  the  eye  of  man   is  opened   to  see  the   Light 
Of  the   Glorious  Love  of  God. — John    Wesley. 


Rev.  David  Elisha  Dowless  was  bom  October  lath,  1865,  in  the  State  of  North 
Carolina.  He  is  a  son  of  Elisha  Dowless  and  Edith  Dowless,  both  of  whom  are,  and 
always  have  been,  members  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  South.  He  was  con- 
verted and  joined  the  church  when  about  fifteen  years  old,  under  the  ministry  of 
his  grandfather.  May.  His  growth  in  grace  is  still  going  on,  and  ever  since  he  united 
with  the  church  he  has  been  trying  to  live  a  perfect  life.  He  has  a  desire,  and  is 
determined,  by  God's  grace,  to  become  all  that  he  can  be  to  God  and  man.  His  will 
in  this  direction  is  stronger  than  ever.  He  was  licensed  to  preach  in  1898,  by  the 
Uistrict  Conference  of  Roxboro,  North  Carolina;  Rev.  John  Cole,  preacher  in  charge, 
and  Rev.  Jesse  L.  Cunningham,  Presiding  Elder;  recommended  for  admission  on  trial 
to  the  -Annual  Conference  by  the  Poplar  Bluff  District  Conference  held  at  Piedmont, 
Mis.souri,  May  24th,  1899;  received  into  the  Annual  Conference  on  trial  September  20th, 
1899;  Bishop  J.  C.  Granbery.  presiding;  ordained  Deacon  by  Bishop  A.  W.  Wilson, 
September  28th,  1902,  at  Maiden.  Missouri;  ordained  Elder  by  Bishop  E.  R.  Hendrix, 
September  21st,  1905,  at  Caruthersville,  Missouri.  Appointments  filled.  May  20th, 
1899,  to  September  20th,  1899,  Grandin  and  VanBuren:  1899-1900.  Homersville  and 
Cardwell:  1900-1901,  Fair  Dealing  Ci'-cuit;  1901-1902,  Fair  Dealing  Circuit;  1902-1904, 
Shiloh  Circuit;  1904-1905,  Lowndes  Circuit;  1905-1906.  Benton  and  Illmo;  1906-1907, 
Bell  City  Circuit.  About  three  hundred  and  fifty  persons  have  been  received  into  the 
Church  under  his  ministry.  The  Neelj^ville  church  and  the  Smith  Chapel  Church 
were  both  built  unHer  his  pastorate.  He  received  his  education  at  the  Clarkston,  North 
Carolina.  High  School,  and  at  Trinity  College,  North  Carolina.  He  was  married  to 
Miss  Amelia  F.  Goetting,  December  .31st,  1902,  and  they  have  one  child,  Esther  Amelia 
Uowless. 


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REV.  CHARLES  LEE   DENNIS. 


The  function  of  great  beliefs  is  not  to  find  perfect  men,  but   to 
Make  them. — Dr.  Fairbaim. 


Rev.  Charles  Lee  Dennis,  son  of  William  A.  Dennis  and  Margaret  R.  Dennis,  was 
born  in  Overton  County,  Tennessee,  but  was  taken  to  Allen  County,  Kentucky,  when 
only  two  years  of  age,  where  he  lived  until  he  came  to  the  St.  Louis  Conference  in 
1899.  His  ancestors  on  both  sides  have  been  Methodists  for  one  hundred  years.  He  was 
converted  at  old  Mt.  Pleasant  Church  in  Allen  County,  Kentucky,  at  the  age  of  twenty- 
one  years,  under  the  ministry  of  Rev.  Enoch  M.  Crowe,  and  joined  the  church  aj: 
that  time.  He  at  once  felt  the  call  to  preach,  but  would  not  respond  then.  He  did 
not  grow  in  grace  as  long  as  he  refused  to  listen  to  the  call  to  preach,  but  when  he 
got  his  consent  to  enter  the  ministry,  he  grew  stronger  and  better.  He  was  licensed 
to  preach  at  Scottsville,  Kentucky;  Rev.  G.  W.  Shugart  was  nreacher  in  charge,  and 
Dr.  S.  X.  Hall,  Presiding  Elder;  recommended  to  the  Annual  Conference  for  admission 
on  trial  by  the  Poplar  Bluff  District  Conference  in  1900;  received  into  the  Annual 
Conference  on  trial  at  Maiden,  Missouri;  Rev.  J.  C.  L.  Boehm,  Presiding  Elder;  ordained 
Deacon  by  Bishop  J.  C.  Granbery  at  St.  Louis,  in  1900;  ordained  Elder  by  Bishop 
Joseph  S."  Key,  at  Poplar  Bluff,  September  25th,  1904.  Appointments  served:  Ken- 
nett  Circuit,  one  year;  Macedonia  Circuit,  two  years;  Centerville  Circuit,  one  year; 
Benton  Station,  one  year;  now  at  Moorehouse  Station,  where  he  is  serving  his  third 
year.  About  one  thousand  persons  have  been  received  into  the  church  under  his 
ministry.  The  Elizabeth  church,  near  Doniphan,  Missouri,  and  the  Lislewell  church,  the 
parsonage  at  Benton  and  the  parsonaee  at  Morehouse  were  built  and  completed  unrjer 
nis  pastorates.  He  receivc'l  his  education  at  the  public  schools  and  the  Vanderbilt  Train- 
ing School  at  Elkton.  Kentucky.  He  was  married  to  Miss  Nannie  Taylor,  and  they  have 
two  children,  Bedford  Levy  Dennis  and  Mareraret  F.  Dennis.  He  is  more  determined 
than  ever  to  go  on  in  the  work  and  feels  that  the  Lord  will_  use  him  to  the  Glory  of 
God  this  year  and  all  the  years  that  are  to  come  in  his  ministry. 


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CENTENNIAL    VOLUME    OF    MISSOURI    METHODISM. 


REV.  JOHN   W.   WORSNOP. 


.■\    tree    of    the    Lord's    right    hand    planting    arises    loftily    and 
Broadly  in  the  warm  air. — Dr.  Joseph  Parker. 


Ry  Rev.  Wm.  J.  Heys. 

The      subject      of      this 
sketch   was   born   in   Brad- 
ford,   England,   September 
17th,    18.')9.      His    parents, 
Frederick      and      Hannah 
Worsnop,    were    members 
of  the  Church  of  England. 
Brother  Worsnop  was  con- 
verted    in      his     fifteenth 
year  at  the   Oxford    Place 
Wesleyan       Methodist 
Church,  Leeds.     The  even- 
inu:    of    his    conversion    a 
friend    invited    him    to   at- 
tend  a   Bible   class.     Hav- 
ing   great    admiration    for 
I  he  leader  of  the  class,  he 
consented  to  go.    But  busi- 
ness had  called  the  leader 
out   of   town   and    Brother 
Worsnop's  friend  conduet- 
'd   a    prayer   meeting  and 
■ailed  on  him  to  pray.     At 
first   he   refused,   but   dur- 
ng   a    pause   he    began   to 
pray    and    broke    down    in 
ears  and  penitence.    Such 
,vas   the   beginning   of   his 
Christian    life.      Soon    the 
young  convert  began  hold- 
ing meetings  at  his  home. 
.\Ianv   attended    and   much 
good    was    done.      In    this 
way   he   improved   his  tal- 
ents and  increased  his  love 
for    Christ   and    the   souls 
of  men.     He   first   became 
an   exhorter,  then   a   fully 
accredited    local    preacher, 
doing  excellent   service   in 
the   Oxford   Place   Circuit. 
Being  offered  a  position  as 
assistant  superintendent  in 
the   Metropolitan    Life  In- 
surance  Company,  he  came 
to   Richmond,   Va.,  and   in 
the  Providence  of  God,  his  coming  to  Richmond  was  the  door  into  the  ministry.     Bishop 
Granbery  met  him  and  urged  him  to  come  to  Missouri.     The  Conference  met  in   First 
Church,    St.    Louis,    in    September,    1884,   and    Brother   Worsnop    was    re-appointed    to 
Arcadia,   where  he   had   been   serving  as   supply,   and   continued  as   pastor   until   1886. 
On  June  16th  of  that  year  he  was  married  to  Miss  Mamie  Porter  of  Arcadia.     He  was 
ordained   Deacon   by  Bishop   H.   N.   McTyeire  at   Piedmont,   Missouri,   September   19th, 
1886,   and    Elder   by    Bishop    Duncan    at    Talladega,    Alabama,    November    19th,    1893. 
His   appointments   have   been:      .A.rcadia,   Jackson,   Licking   Circuit   and    Poplar   Bluff, 
Missouri;    Langston    Circuit,    Madison,    Trinity    and    Cullman.    Alabama;    Carondelet, 
Jackson;  Presiding  Elder  of  Poplar  Bluff  District;  and  Dexter,  Missouri,  where  he  is 
at  present   stationed.     In  his  various  charges  he  has  received  over  five  hundred   per- 
.sons  into  the  church.     The  old  church  at  Trinity,  .■\labama.  burned  during  his  fourth 
year,  April,  1896.     The  Masonic   Lodge  was   in  "the  same  building.     He  at  once  took 
hold   of   the   enterprise   and    induced   both   parties   to   build    separately.     His   successor 
built   a   hand.some   church   there.     He  was   sent   to   Dexter   specially   to   build   the   new 
church   there   and   has    succeeded    in   building   a  beautiful   gray   pressed    brick   church. 
Brother   Worsnop   has   enjoyed   excellent    educational    advantages   and   has   maHe   good 
use  of  them.     He  has  been  a  diligent   reader,  and  his  sermons  are  enriched  from   all 
sources.     He  says:     "My  idea  of  the  Christian  College  is  that,  in  addition  to  teaching 
everything   taught  by  the  State,   it   should   give  a   broad,   liberal    Christian   teaching.'' 


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439 


REV.   ALBERT   S.  J.   BALDRIDGE. 


But  God  will  give  the  victory  in  due  time;   in   that  fa'th   I  act. 

— John  G.   Whittier. 


Rev.  Albert  S.  J.  Baldridge  was  born  at  Martin,  Tenn.,  January  16th,  1877.  H.s 
father,  William  F.  Baldridge,  and  mother,  Susan  A.  Baldric'ge,  are  both  members  of 
the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  South.  He  was  converted  early  in  life  under  the 
ministry  of  Rev.  Joel  B.  Knight.  Although  but  a  boy  twelve  years  old,  he  was  con- 
verted in  the  old  time  way,  at  the  altar  of  prayer.  His  growth  in  grace  has  been 
gradual,  and  his  conviction  of  what  is  right  and  wrong  is  now  more  definite.  He  was 
licensed  to  preach  at  Tiptonville,  Tennessee;  Rev.  Dr.  Jenkins,  Presiding  Elder,  and 
Kev.  C.  C.  Bell,  preacher  in  charge;  was  recommended  to  the  Annual  Conference  by 
the  Charleston  District  Conference  at  Commerce,  Missouri ;  was  received  into  the 
Annual  Conference  in  1901,  at  Fredericktown,  Missouri;  Rev.  Dr.  Wm.  B.  North,  Pre- 
siding Elder,  and  Bishop  Warren  A.  Candler,  presiding.  He  was  ordained  Deacon  by 
Bishop  Galloway  in  September,  1903,  at  Farmington,  Missouri;  was  ordained  Elder 
Dy  Bishop  E.  R.  Hendrix  in  September,  1905,  at  Caruthersville.  He  has  served  the 
following  charges:  Diehlstadt,  1900-1902;  Cairo,  Illinois,  1902-1905;  Campbell,  Mis- 
souri, 1905-1907.  The  church  at  Carlo,  Illinois,  was  built  under  his  pastorate.  He 
attended  the  Dickson  Normal  College,  and  McFerrin  College,  at  Martin,  Tennessee. 
"Ralston's  Elements  of  Divinity,"  "The  Life  of  Wesley,"  and  "The  Life  of  Peter  Cart- 
wright,"  are  books  which  have  greatly  helped  him  in  his  religious  life.  Brother 
Baldridge  is  one  of  our  active,  energetic  preachers,  one  who  brings  things  to  pass. 


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CENTENNIAL    VOLUME    OF    MISSOURI    METHODISM. 


REV.  JEROME   C.   DENTON. 


If  one   will   have   power  with   his  own   or   future   generations   let 
Him  know  that  Character  goes  further  than   Culture. 

— Bishop  Candler. 


Rev.  Jerome  C.  Denton,  son 
of  Wilkins  Denton  and  Sallie 
Denton,  was  born  March  20th, 
1851,  in  Murray  County,  Tenn- 
essee. So  forcibly  was  he  made 
to  feel  the  need  of  conversion, 
that  he  decided  to  take  the  ad- 
vice of  the  preacher,  Rev.  Mr. 
Reasonhower,  to  seek  the  ex- 
perience. He  was  happily  re- 
warded the  same  day  at  his 
home  when  he  received  full  as- 
■urance  of  full  pardon,  which 
he  has  never  doubted  from  that 
afternoon  to  the  present  day. 
He  united  at  once  with  the 
church.  His  growth  in  grace 
has  been  pradual  and  continued, 
with  a  deeper  understanding  of 
the  things  of  God  and  with  a 
much  stronger  determination  to 
do  His  will,  and  striving  for  and 
expecting  more  perfect  love  to 
Ciod  and  man.  He  was  licensed 
lo  preach  by  the  Birmingham 
(Quarterly  Conference,  at  Bir- 
mingham, Kentucky,  in  June, 
ISS2;  Rev.  Joseph  Edwards 
nreacher  in  charge,  and  Rev. 
W.  H.  Leigh,  Presiding  Elder; 
was  recommended  to  the  Annual 
Conference  by  the  Pulaski  Quar- 
terly Conference,  Illinois  Con- 
ference, in  July,  1888,  and  was 
received  on  trial  into  the  Illi- 
nois Conference  in  October, 
1888;  Rev.  J.  W.  Westcott,  Pre- 
siding Elder,  and  Bishop  H.  N. 
McTyeire,  presiding.  He  was  ordained  Deacon  by  Bishop  W.  W.  Duncan,  December 
l2th,  1886,  at  Jackson,  Tennessee;  ordained  Elder  by  Bishop  J.  C.  Keener,  October 
:iOth,  1892,  at  Pana,  Illinois.  After  more  than  ten  years  faithful  and  acceptable  ser- 
vice in  the  Illinois  and  Denver  Conferences,  he  was  transferred  to  the  St.  Louis 
Conference  in  1900,  and  served  the  following  charges:  Lutesville  Circuit,  one  year; 
adding  ninety-five  to  the  church;  Kennett,  one  year,  with  thirty-five  additions;  Cimp- 
Dell,  one  year;  building  a  church  at  Shumache,  Missouri,  with  eighty  additions;  Hayti 
Station,  two  years,  with  eighty  additions.  He  is  now  in  his  second  year  at  Bloomfield 
and  has  let  the  contract  for  the  building  of  a  modern  brick  church.  He  has  witnessed 
the  conversion  of  one  thousand  persons,  and  has  built  six  churches  and  one  par- 
sonage during  his  ministry.  He  was  married  to  Miss  Ellen  E.  VanCleave,  July  21st, 
1869,  and  their  children  are  James  W.  Denton,  Mrs.  Pearl  A.  Bray,  Laymon  C.  Denton, 
Obena  E.  Denton,  and  lona  E.  Denton.  Brother  Denton  has  been  blessed  in  many 
ways.  The  Lord  has  given  him  many  of  the  good  things  of  this  life  and  permitted 
nim  to  see  his   children   all    members  of   his   church. 


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MR.  WILLIE  LEE  SORRELL. 


Jesus    Christ    was    such    a    being    in    His    perfect    humanity    as 
God  had  always  intended  that  Man  should  be. — Bishop  Hendrix. 


Mr.  Willie  Lee  Sorrell  was  born  March  12th,  1874,  at  Sparta,  Tennessee  He 
IS  a  son  of  M.  P.  Sorrell  and  Minnie  Sorrell,  both  of  whom  belonged  to  the  Meth- 
odist Episcopal  Church,  South,  since  childhood.  He  was  converted  at  Idalia,  Missouri 
in  1894,  under  the  ministry  of  Rev.  N.  C.  Chasteen,  and  joined  the  church  at  that  time. 
He  had  been  attending  a  series  of  meetings,  and  praying  for  several  days,  but  was 
converted  at  home  after  church  one  night  when  by  himself  about  midnight.  He  has 
grown  in  grace  steadily  all  the  time  since  his  conversion  thirteen  years  ago,  and 
eachyear  he  feels  that  he  learns  more  of  God  and  His  love  to  fallen  mankind.  He  is 
striving  to  gain  that  perfect  love.  He  attended  the  public  schools  of  Tennessee  and 
taught  in  the  public  schools  for  a  few  terms,  but  since  that  time  has  been  engaged 
in  the  mercantile  business.  He  was  married  to  Miss  Eva  Mott,  October  2nd,  1895, 
and  they  have  four  children,  Cecile  Blanche  Sorrell,  Freeman  Ward  Sorrell,  Alta 
faulme  Sorrell  and  Woodford  Sorrell.  Some  years  ago  he  held  prayer  meetings  all 
over  the  country  and  had  several  conversions.  "Pilgrim's  Progress,"  "Talmage's 
Works,'' "Sam  Jones'  Sermons"  and  "D.  L.  Moody's  Works"  are  books  that  have  greatly 
helped  him  in  his  religious  life.  He  is  at  present  a  member  of  the  Epworth  League 
Board  of  the  St.  Louis  Conference,  and  a  local  Sunday  School  worker. 


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CENTENNIAL    VOLUME    OF    MISSOURI    METHODISM. 


REV.    JAMES    ROBERT    BULLINGTON. 


Every  human    .soul   has   a   complete   and    perfect   plan,   cherished 
For    it    in    the   heart   of    God — a    divine    biography    maiked    out. 

—Dr.   BiishneU. 


Rev.  James  Robert  Rulling- 
ton  was  born  September  2.")th, 
1878,  at  Martin,  Tennessee.  His 
parents,  Newton  P.  BuUington 
and  Mary  C.  Bullington,  are 
members  of  the  -Methodist  Epis- 
copal Church,  South.  He  was 
converted  at  a  grove  prayer 
meeeting  at  home.  The  congre- 
gation consisted  of  Rev.  William 
1'.  Lampkins,  Rev.  Thomas  N. 
Wilkes  and  himself.  Rev. 
Thomas  N.  Wilkes  was  pastor. 
He  had  belonged  to  the  church 
from  childhood  at  Freeman's 
Chapel.  For  a  long  time  he  had 
felt  the  call  to  preach,  but  would 
not  yield.  During  a  revival  at 
Bethany,  his  home  church.  Rev. 
Thomas  N.  Wilkes  and  Rev. 
William  P.  Lampkins  came  to 
his  father's  for  dinner;  they 
went  with  him  out  into  the 
woods  where  he  unburdened  his 
heart,  and  with  their  counsel 
and  prayer  he  was  led  to  sur- 
render to  God.  His  growth  in 
grace  has  been  steady.  He  has 
prayed  earnestly  for  a  deeper 
experience,  and  has  tried  faith- 
fully to  serve  his  .Master,  and 
in  so  doing  he  has  received  new 
light  day  by  day.  He  was  li- 
censed to  preach  July  5th,  1900, 
by  the  Union  City  District  Con- 
ference of  the  Memphis  Annual 
Conference;  Rev.  Chas.  C.  Bell, 
pastor,  and  Rev.  W.  D.  Jenkins, 
J^residing  Elder.  He  was  recommended  to  the  Annual  Conference  by  the  same  Dis- 
trict Conference  at  the  same  time  he  was  licensed  to  preach,  but  later  decided  to  go 
to  school.  He  was  received  on  trial  into  the  Annual  Conference  in  1902;  Dr.  William 
U.  North,  Presiding  Elder,  and  Bishop  A.  W.  Wilson,  presiding.  He  was  ordained 
Deacon  by  Bishop  E.  R.  Hendrix,  September  2.5th,  1904,  at  DeSoto,  Missouri.  He 
served  the  Diehlstadt  Circuit,  one  year,  and  Campbell  Circuit,  two  years.  About 
seventy-five  persons  have  been  converted  and  received  into  th  church  under  his 
ministi-y,  on  his  own  charges,  and  quite  a  number  in  meetings  held  for  others.  He  at- 
tended the  Rutherford,  Tennessee,  High  School,  Dickson,  Tennessee,  Normil  College, 
thi-ee  years  at  McFerrin  College,  Tennessee,  and  he  is  now  at  Vanderbilt  Univei'sity, 
where  he  will  spend  the  next  three  years.  He  feels  that  his  decision  to  yield  to  the 
call  to  preach  and  his  acceptance  of  Christ  has  been  the  most  important  crisis  in  his 
life.  He  says  he  believes  if  he  had  not  yielded  when  he  did,  he  would  have  been 
eternally  lost,  as  he  feels  it  was  his  last  chance.  The  following  books  are  some  that 
nave  helped  him  in  his  Christian  life:  "Imitation  of  Christ,"  "Personal  Salvation," 
and   "Pilgrim's    Progress." 


ST.    LOUIS    CONFERENCE— POPLAR    BLUFF    DISTRICT.  4« 


JOHN  WESLEY. 

THE  POWER  OF  A  GREAT  PERSONALITY. 
By  Bishop  K.  K.  Hendrix. 

"Now  we  see  not  all  things  put  under  man,  but  we  see  Jesus'  the  Head  standing 
for  the  members,  and  not  only  suffering  for  them  but  sutfering  with  them  m  the  con- 
fidence of  the  redemption  of  the  race.  Wesley  saw  and  hopea,  while  Burive  saw  "the 
heavy  slumber  of  humanity  "  and  almost  despaired.  1  he  death  penalty  for  not  less  than 
two  hundred  and  twenty-three  otfenses  (such  as  injuring  Westminster  Bridge,  shooting 
rabbits  in  someboay's  game  preserves,  or  stealing  property  worth  five  shillings) ,  when 
whimpering  boys  were  hurried  to  the  gallows,  told  of  a  low  estimate  of  humanity 
when  its  very  decrease  was  hailed  as  a  safeguard.  Into  such  a  state  of  society  Wesley 
came  with  the  gospel  of  salvation,  which  gave  deliverance  to  the  captives.  In  place  of 
haranguing  on  the  rights  of  man,  he  preached  the  love  of  God,  which  secured  afresh  the 
rights  of  man  and  saved  England  from  the  horrors  of  a  French  Revolution.  The  lift- 
ing power  of  John  Wesley  was  in  the  power  of  the  gospel  that  he  preached  and  lived — 
the  gospel  of  power  because  it  was  the  gospel  of  love  and  of  a  sound  mind.  Only  with 
a  man  at  his  best  to  work  through  has  God  ever  wrought  such  miracles  of  saving  grace. 
Despite  all  the  strain,  Wesley  never  despaired  either  because  of  the  inertia  to  be  over- 
come or  the  violence  of  the  opposition  which  he  encountered.  His  faith  in  the  super- 
natural which  inspired  him  was  faith  in  the  person  of  Christ,  who  was  Lord  over  all, 
blessed  for  evennore.  He  made  no  allowance  for  any  breaking  point  in  man  when 
girded  by  the  mighty  power  of  God.  The  century  that  witnessed  the  laying  of  the 
foundations  of  the  British  Empire  and  of  Anglo-Saxon  superiority  in  Asia  and  North 
America  under  Clive  and  Wolfe  and  Washington  and  Wellington  was  to  witness  the 
beginning  of  a  fresh  campaign  for  the  conquest  of  the  world — a  campaign  marked  by  a 
zeal  for  God  and  a  faith  in  the  redemption  of  man  such  as  had  not  been  known  since 
the  days  of  the  apostles.  The  old  gospel  preached  with  new  power,  its  claims  upon  the 
faith  and  obedience  of  the  individual,  and  the  obligation  to  share  its  truths  with  all 
mankind  have  done  much  to  develop  that  power  of  individual  initiative  in  the  Anglo- 
Saxon  that  is  the  wonder  and  despair  of  other  races.  Wesley's  wonderful  Journal, 
with  its  minute  accounts  of  this  great  campaign  and  its  various  battle  plans  to  extend 
the  kingdom  of  God,  will  be  read  with  delight  when  Xenophon's  "Anabasis"  and 
Csesar's  "Commentaries"  are  forgotten.  The  true  and  everlasting  kingdom,  like  Aaron's 
rod,  will  swallow  up  all  the  rest. 

Wesley  is  a  proof  that  grace  is  not  the  negation  of  nature  but  its  completion. 
There  was  an  unlovely  period  of  Wesley's  career,  when  he  strongly  inclined  to 
asceticism  and  to  a  solitary  religion — when  he  was  yet  seeking  righteousness  accord- 
ing to  the  law  rather  than  the  gospel.  It  was  an  abnormal  and  barren  part  of  his 
life,  when  his  zeal  outran  his  knowledge.  Perhaps  it  was  a  necessary  period  in  that 
rich  experience  which  enabled  him  the  better  to  minister  to  those  who  were  likeminded. 
But  it  was  a  brief  period  when  he  went  about  to  establish  his  own  righteousness.  The 
true  Wesley  found  Christ  his  true  righteousness,  and  the  best  which  he  had  inherited 
from  his  religious  ancestors  became  briarht  and  sunny  with  divine  grace.  Southey,  who 
pronounced  him  one  of  the  most  genial  of  men,  said:  "Wesley's  winning  deportment 
rose  from  the  benignity  of  his  disposition."  Dr.  Whitehead,  his  physician  and  eirliest 
biographer,  described  him  as  "easy  and  affable  in  his  manners;  he  accommodated  him- 
self to  every  sort  of  company,  and  showed  how  happily  the  most  finished  courtesy 
could  be  blended  with  the  most  perfect  piety.  In  conversation  we  might  be  at  a  loss 
whether  to  admire  most  his  overflowing  goodness  of  heart  or  his  fine  classical  taste 
and  extensive  knowledge  of  men  and  things."  Public-spirited  and  patriotic,  he  stood 
ready  to  raise  troops  in  defense  of  his  country  or  to  subdue  and  transform  its  mobs 
and  thus  do  what  Pitt  and  Fox  and  Burke  could  not  do  against  an  impending  revolution 
which  found  vent  in  curses  and  the  guillotine  in  France,  but  yielded  before  hymns  and 
field  preaching  in  England. 


444  CENTENNIAL    VOLUME    OF    MISSOURI    METHODISM. 


CENTENNIAL  CONDENSED  MINUTES  OF  THE  ST.  LOUIS 

CONFERENCE. 


1.  Who  are  admitted  on  trial?  David  R.  Davis,  Griflilh  L.  R.  Crook,  Charles 
R.  BriKhtwell,  Kdward  T.  Reid,  Lee  Massey,  Wade  H.  Dees,  Horace  L.  Nance,  Benjamin 
L.  Wright,  John  W.  Bockman,  Albert  R.  Sitton. 

2.  Who  remain  on  trial?  Robert  E.  Foard,  Morse  H.  Markley,  Franklin  R. 
Poage,  J.  L.  Proffit. 

3.  Who  are  discontinued?     None. 

4.  Who  are  admitted  into  full  connection?  Owen  C.  Coppage,  Roy  P.  Easier, 
Jesse  W.  Duncan,  William  A.  Tetley,  John  B.  Wilbarn. 

5.  Who  are  re-admitted?  Charles  N.  Clark,  a  Deacon;  Emerson  V.  Dowell,  a 
Deacon. 

6.  Who  are  received  by  ti-ansfer  from  other  Conferences?  S.  R.  Hayan,  an 
Elder,  and  T.  F.  Rucker,  a  Deacon,  from  Texas  Conference;  J.  M.  Bradley,  an  Elder, 
and  H.  W.  Whitnell.  an  Elder,  North  Mississippi;  Arthur  Trotter,  an  Elder,  and  J.  T. 
Winstead,  an  Elder,  Missouri;  G.  Reynolds,  an  Elder,  Louisville;  C.  W.  Wright,  an 
Elder,  Arkansas;  C.  D.  Evans,  an  Elder,  Memphis;  C.  F.  Blackburn,  an 
Elder,  Florida;  William  Court,  an  Elder,  Japan;  Theodore  Copeland,  an  Elder,  Louis- 
iana. 

7.  Who  are  the  Deacons  of  one  year?  J.  P.  McDonald,  W.  E.  Judy,  R.  S.  War- 
ren, E.  V.  Dowell,  J.  R.  Bullington,  T.  F.  Rucker. 

8.  What  traveling  preachers  are  elected  Deacons?  Owen  C  Coppage,  William 
A  Tetley,  John  B.  Wilbum. 

9.  What  traveling  preachers  are  ordained  Deacons?  Owen  C.  Coppage,  William 
A.  Tetley,  John  B.  Wilbum. 

10.  What  local  preachers  are  elected  Deacons?  William  L.  King,  Edwin  E. 
Burton,  Harry  Behr,  Van  Rice,  Horace  L.  Nance,  Robert  E.  Foard. 

11.  What  local  preachers  are  ordained  Deacons?  William  L.  King,  Edwin  E. 
Burton,  Harry  Behr,  Van  Rice,  Horace  L.  Nance,  Robert  E.  Foard. 

12.  What  traveling  preachers  are  elected  Elders?  Charles  L.  Dennis,  Wilson  E. 
Forsythe,  A.  Edgar  Carson. 

13.  What  traveling  preachers  are  ordained  Elders?  Charles  L.  Dennis,  Wilson 
E.  Forsythe,  A.  Edgar  Carson. 

14.  What  local  preachers  ai-e  elected  Elders?     None. 

15.  What  local  preachers  are  ordained  Elders?    None. 

16.  Who   are   located  this  year?     None. 

17.  Who  are  supernumerary?     M.   B.   Chapman. 

18.  Who  are  superannuated?  S.  Richmond,  W.  P.  Gibson,  A.  T.  Tidwell,  W.  C. 
Enochs,  W.  S.  Tyler,  T.  P.  Hill,  J.  C.  Croft,  H.  A.  Smith,  J.  A.  Russell,  W.  F. 
Talley. 

19.  What  preachers  have  died  during  the  past  year?  J.  C.  Berryman,  C.  E. 
DeVinney. 

20.  Are  all  the  preachers  blameless  in  their  life  and  official  administration? 
Their  names  were  severally  called  and  their  characters  passed,  except  R.  M.  Tracey, 
who  surrendered  his  credentials. 

21.  What  is  the  number  of  local  preachers  and  members  in  the  several  Circuits, 
Stations  and  Missions  of  the  Conference?     114  local  preachers;  32,470  members. 

22.  How  many  infants  have  been  baptized  during  the  year?    755. 

23.  How  many  adults  have  been  baptized  during  the  year?     2,036. 
34.     What  is  the  number  of  Epworth  Leagues?     113. 

25.  What  is  the  number  of  Epworth  League  members?     3,883. 

26.  What  is  the  number  of  Sunday  Schools?     249. 


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27.     What  is  the  number  of  Sunday  School  officers  and  teachers?    2,337. 
28     What  is  the  number  of   Sunday   School   scholars  enrolled  during  the   Confer- 
26,0.52. 

29.  What  was  assessed  by  the  last  Conference  for  the  superannuated  preachers, 
and  the  widows  and  orphans  of  preachers?     Five  per  cent  of  all  salaries. 

30.  What  has  been  collected  on  the  foregoing  account,  and  how  has  it  been 
applied?     $4,194.84. 

31.  What  has  been  contributed  for  Missions?  Foreign,  $7,515.32;  Domestic, 
4,479.02. 

32.  What  has  been  contributed  for  Church  Extension?     $2,336.71. 

33.  What  has  been  contributed  for  the  American  Bible  Society?     $368.84. 

34.  What  has  been  contributed  for  the  support  of  Presiding  Elders  and  preachers 
in  charge?     Presiding  Elders,  $10,259.70;  Preachers  in  charge,  $75,875.89. 

35.  What  has  been  contributed  for  the  support  of  Bishops?     $1,153.80. 

36.  What  is  the  number  of  societies,  and  of  houses  of  worship  owned  by  them? 
Number  of  societies,  328;  number  of  houses  of  worship,  275. 

37.  What  is  the  value  of  houses  of  worship,  and  what  is  the  amount  of  indebted- 
ness thereon?     Value,  $1,123,600;  indebtedness,  $8,101.85. 

38.  What  is  the  number  of  pastoral  charges,  and  of  parsonages  owned  by  them? 
Pastoral  charges,  123;  number  of  parsonages,  99. 

39.  What  is  the  value  of  parsonages,  and  what  is  the  amount  of  indebtedness 
thereon?     Value,  $145,820.00;  indebtedness,  $6,156.00. 

40.  What  is  the  number  of  districts,  and  of  district  parsonages?  Number  of 
districts,  6;  number  of  district  parsonages,  2. 

41.  What  is  the  value  of  district  parsonages,  and  what  is  the  amount  of  in- 
debtedness thereon?     Value,  $4,500.00;   indebtedness,  .$900.00. 

42.  What  number  of  churches  have  been  damaged  or  destroyed  during  the  year 
by  fire  and  storm,  and  what  was  the  amount  of  damage?  Number  of  churches  dam- 
aged, none;  amount  of  damage,  none. 

43.  What  are  the  insurance  statistics?  Insurance  carried,  $537,605.00;  losses 
sustained,  none;  premiums  paid,  $1,864.06;  collections  on  losses,  none. 

44.  What  are  the  educational  statistics?  Marvin  Collegiate  Institute,  valued  at 
$50,000.00.  One-third  interest  in  Central  Female  College,  $130,000.00,  and  one-third 
interest  in  Central   College,  $410,000.00. 

45.  Where  shall  the  next  session  of  the  Conference  be  held?     West  Plains. 

46.  Where  are  the  preachers  stationed  this  year?     See  list  of  appointments. 


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CENTENNIAL    VOLUME    OF    MISSOURI    METHODISM. 


ST.  LOUIS  CONFERENCE. 


CHARLESTON   CHURCH. 


1806-CENTENNIAL  APPOINTMENTS     1906. 


CHARLESTON    DISTRICT,    H.    P.   CROW,    P.    E. 


Charleston   Station J.   M.   Bradley 

Sikeston  Station F.  G.  Thofjniorton 

.Jackson    Station M.   T.   Haw 

Cape  Girardeau  Station.  .  .  .E.  T.  Adams 
Caruthersville   Station ...  .L.   F.  Jackson 

Hayti  Station Arthur  Trotter 

Oran W.   H.   Whitnell 

Blodgett J.   M.    England 

New    Madrid Grant    Reynolds 

Commerce J.   0.  Coppage 

East  Prarie  and  .\nniston.  .E.  K.  Denton 

Bertrand  Circuit C.  L.  Fry 

Moiley  and  Richwoods.  .  .  . J.  B.  Wilburn 

Benton B.    L.    Wright 

Cairo   Station J.  T.  Tracy 


Portageville    Circuit 

Supplied  by  W.  M.  Holland 

Cottonwood  Circuit To  be  .supplied 

Chaffee    Circuit Lee    Massey 

Parma   Circuit II.   L.    Nance 

Charleston    Circuit 

Supplied  by   M.   S.   Clack 

Illmo    and    Edna 

Supplied   by  Pleasant   Rose 

Belmont  Mission To  be  ."upplied 

Student  in  Asbury  College 

O.  C.  Coppage 

Assistant    Secretary    of    Church     Ex- 
tension   .\rthur    .Mather 


ST.    LOUIS    CONFERENCE— CHARLESTON    DISTRICT.  HI 


REV.   MARVIN   TINSLEY    HAW,   LL.B. 


He    who   helps    us    to    lay    hold    on    what    is    incorruptible   helps 
To  make  us  immortal. — Bishop  Heudrix. 


Rev.  Marvin  Tinsley  Haw  was  born  in  1867,  at  Charleston,  Missouri.  He  is 
the  son  of  Dr.  Joseph  L.  Haw  and  Mary  V.  Haw,  both  members  of  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  Church,  South.  He  was  converted  in  January,  1878,  at  Charleston,  Mis- 
souri, under  the  ministry  of  Rev.  B.  K.  Thi'ower,  and  Rev.  Irl  R.  Hicks,  Evangelist. 
He  was  licensed  to  preach  in  September,  1890,  at  Cook  Avenue  Church,  St.  Louis, 
Missouri;  Rev.  F.  R.  Hill,  Sr.,  pastor  in  charge,  and  Rev.  T.  M.  Finney,  D.  D.,  Pre- 
siding Elder'.  The  same  Quarterly  Conference  at  the  same  session  recommended 
nim  to  the  Annual  Conference  for  admission  on  trial,  and  he  %vas  received  into 
the  Annual  Conference  on  Tuesday  before  the  session  of  the  Annual  Conference 
week;  John  C.  Keener,  Bishop,  and  Rev.  Thomas  M.  Finney,  D.  D.,  Presiding  Elder. 
He  was  ordained  Deacon  by  Bishop  Galloway,  at  Kirkwood,  Missouri,  in  September, 
1892;  was  ordained  Elder  by  Bishop  Hendri.x  in  1894,  at  Fredericktown,  Missouri. 
brother  Haw  has  served  the  following  charges:  Manchester  Station,  1890-1892; 
Caledonia  Circuit,  1892-1894;  Cape  Girardeau,  1894-1898;  St.  Paul's  Church,  St. 
Lrouis,  1898-1902;  Charleston,  1902-1906;  he  is  now  stationed  at  Jackson,  Missouri. 
He  has  received  about  seven  hundred  and  twenty-seven  persons  into  the  church  during 
the  years  of  his  ministry.  The  following  churches  and  parsonages  were  built  under 
nis  pastorates:  St.  Paul's  Church,  St.  Louis,  at  a  cost  of  $.30,000;  a  $20,000  church 
at  Charleston,  and  has  begun  a  $32,000  church  at  Jackson,  and  the  parsonage  at 
Cape  Girardeau.  Brother  Haw  received  his  education  at  the  public  schools  of 
Charleston  and  Farmington;  at  Belleview  Collegiate  Institute;  at  Central  College, 
and  received  the  degree  of  LL.B.  from  Washington  University,  St.  Louis.  He  was  • 
married  to  Miss  Nellie  McSpaden,  December  27th,  1894,  and  the  names  of  their  child- 
ren are,  Stuart  McSpaden  Haw,  Joseph  Lindsay  Haw,  Mary  Lavinia  Haw,  and 
l-'lora  Ellen  Haw.  He  considers  the  call  to  the  ministry  as  the  most  important  crisis 
in  his  life.  Some  of  the  books  which  have  greatly  helped  him  are  "Pilgrim's  Progress," 
"Jesus."  by  Dr.  C.  F.  Deems;  "Plutarch's  Lives,"  "Heroes  and  Heroism,"  by  Carlyle; 
"Sesame  and  Lilies,"  by  Ruskin,  and  "The  Law  of  Love,"  by  Hopkins.  The  study  of 
law  was  a  great  delight  and  a  great  help  to  him,  and  he  enjoyed  it  rather  more  than 
he  did  his  college  course. 


448 


CENTENNIAL    VOLUME    OF    MISSOURI    METHODISM. 


REV.   ELEAZAR  TARRANT   ADAMS,   B.   0. 


Christ  alone  has  succeeded  in  so  raisins  the  mind  of  man  towards 
The  Unseen  that  it  becomes  insensible  to  the  barriers  of  time  and 
Space. — \apolcon. 

Rev.  Eleazar  Tarrant 
Adams  was  born  Decem- 
ber 1-lth,  1871,  in  Cur- 
rituck County,  North  Car- 
olina. He  is  a  son  of 
Eleazar  T.  Adams  and 
Lydia  E.  Adams,  both 
members  of  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  Church,  South. 
He  was  converted  and 
joined  the  church  when 
thirteen  years  of  age  un- 
der the  ministry  of  Rev. 
Mr.  Routen.  He  was  only 
a  boy  and  had  not  known 
the  ways  of  sin  and  vice, 
but  through  the  influence 
of  a  godly  woman  he  v/as 
made  to  realize  that  he 
needed  a  Saviour  and  he 
gave  his  heart  to  God 
during  an  old  fashioned 
protracted  meeting  at  a 
country        church.  His 

Christian  life  had  been 
one  of  steady  growth,  in- 
creasing with  his  knowl- 
edge of  God's  truth  and 
his  experience  in  saving 
others.  The  preaching  of 
the  Gospel  is  the  deepest 
satisfaction  of  his  soul. 
He  was  licensed  to  preach 
by  the  Quarterly  Confer- 
ence of  Ashland,  Virgirda, 
in  1894;  Rev.  Mr.  Green, 
pastor,  and  Dr.  S.  J. 
Brown,  Presiding  Elder. 
He  was  recommended  to 
the  South  Carolina  An- 
nual Conference  for  ad- 
mission on  trial  July  10th, 
1901,  by  the  Cokesbury 
District  Conference;  and 
was  received  into  the  Annual  Conference  on  trial  September  27th,  1901;  Rev.  R.  A. 
Child,  Presiding  Elder,  and  Bishop  Charks  B.  Galloway,  presiding;  ordained  Deacon 
Dy  Bishop  O.  P.  Fitzgerald  at  Nashville,  Tennessee,  in  November,  1898;  ordained 
mlder  by  Bishop  H.  C.  Morrison  at  London,  Kentucky,  in  September,  1902.  He  has 
filled  the  following  appointments:  O'Neal  Street  Church,  Newberry,  S.  C,  as  supply, 
Irom  June  28th,  1901,  to  September  27th,  1901;  Laurel  Street  Church,  Rock  Hill, 
S.  C,  1901-1902;  Southwest  Mis.souri  Conference,  Lebanon  Station,  1902-1903;  Butler, 
Missouri,  1903-190.");  St.  Louis  Conference,  Cape  Girardeau  Station,  190")-1907,  where 
ne  is  now  stationed.  He  has  received  about  two  hundred  and  seventy-four  persons 
into  the  church  during  his  ministry.  The  church  at  Butler,  Missouri,  was  remodeled 
and  enlarged,  and  a  new  stone  church  at  Cape  Girardeau  is  being  built  and  a  new 
parsonage  bought,  during  his  pastorate  at  these  two  places.  He  received  his  edu- 
cation at  the  public  schools  in  North  Carolina,  Woodstown  Academy,  Woodstown,  New 
Jersey,  Washington  and  Lee  University,  Lexington,  Virginia,  graduated  with  degree 
of  B.  A.  from  Randolph  Macon  College,  Ashland,  Virginia,  and  with  the  degree 
of  B.  D.  from  Vanderbilt  University,  at  Nashville,  Tennessee.  He  was  married  to 
Miss  Bessie  Jean  Kirby,  January  1st,  1902,  and  they  have  one  little  daughter.  Marion 
Elizabeth  Adams.  He  considers  his  decision  to  enter  college  and  prepare  himself  for  the 
ministry  as  the  most  important  crisis  in  his  life.  Some  of  the  books  which  have  been 
most  helpful  to  him,  aside  from  the  Bible,  have  been,  "Systematic  Theology,"  "Prep- 
aration and  Delivery  of  Sermons."  "The  Fo'mdation  of  the  Christian  Faith,"  "Per- 
sonal Salvation,"  ""The  Social  Teachings  of  Jesus,"  and  the  works  of  Newell  Dwight 
Hillis. 


ST.    LOUIS    CONFERENCE— CHARLESTON    DISTRICT. 


449 


REV.   JOHN   OSCAR   COPPAGE. 


Et  ex  plenitudine  ipsiiis  omnes  accepimus,  et  graiiam  pro  gratia. 

— St.  John. 

And  of  His   fulness   have  all   we   received,  and   grace   for   grace. 


Rev.  John  Oscar  Coppage  was 
born  April  20th,  1874,  in  Henry 
County,  Missouri.  He  is  a  son 
of  John  Wesley  Coppage  and 
Lee  Anora  Coppage,  both  mem- 
bers of  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
Church,  South.  He  was  con- 
verted December  17th,  1894, 
under  the  ministry  of  Rev.  Alon- 
zo  Pattison,  in  Heni-y  County, 
Missouri,  and  joined  the  Metn- 
odist  Episcopal  Church,  South, 
December  20th,  1894.  He  had 
been  under  conviction  for  some 
weeks  before  the  meeting  began, 
and  went  to  the  altar  several 
days  and  nights  before  he  felt 
the  sweet  peace  and  assurance 
that  he  was  a  child  of  God.  His 
growth  in  grace  was  steady  for 
several  years,  and  then  there 
came  a  hungering  and  thirsting 
after  a  fuller  and  deeper  Christ- 
ian experience.  God  continued 
to  give  him  light,  which  light  he 
endeavored  to  live  up  to,  but 
the  things  he  would  do  he  could 
not  until  grace  and  help  and  de- 
liverance came  to  him  through 
Christ.  He  was  licensed  to 
preach  in  Red  Bluff,  California, 
Ax>r\\  19th,  1896,  by  the  Colusa 
District  Conference;  Rev.  C.  W. 
Hoag,  pastor,  and  Rev.  Samuel 
Brown,  Presiding  Elder;  was 
recommended  to  the  Annual  Con- 
ference by  the  same  District 
Conference  April  19th,  1896; 
was  received  on  trial  in  the  Pacific  Conference  October  12th,  1896;  Rev.  Samuel 
Brown,  Presiding  Elder,  and  Bishop  Hargrove,  presiding  at  the  Conference;  ordained 
Deacon  by  Bishop  W.  A.  Candler  at  Memphis,  Missouri,  Septamber  4th,  1898,  having 
Deen  transferred  to  the  Missouri  Conference  from  the  Pacific  Conference  in  order 
that  he  might  attend  school  at  Central  College;  ordained  Elder  by  Bishop  Gi'anbery, 
September  17th,  1900,  at  Fulton,  Missouri,  from  which  conference  he  received  appoint- 
ment as  student  to  Vanderbilt  University.  Appointments  served,  first.  Ono  Circuit, 
May  1st,  1896,  Pacific  Conference;  Millville  Circuit,  October  12th.  1896;  Sulphur  Creek 
Circuit,  1897;  Student  at  Central  College,  1898;  also  student  in  Central  College,  1899- 
1900;  at  Vanderbilt  University,  1900-1901;  Lincoln  Station,  Pacific  Conference,  1901- 
1902;  Willows  Station,  1902-1904;  Commerce  Station,  St.  Louis  Conference.  1904- 
1907.  Two  hundred  persons  have  been  received  into  the  church  under  his  ministry. 
Me  received  his  education  at  the  following  schools:  Hickory  Grove  public  school, 
Shawnee  Mound  public  school.  State  Normal,  Warrensburg,  Missouri,  Central  College, 
li'ayette,  Missouri,  and  Bible  Institute  (Moody).  Chicago,  Illinois  He  was  married 
to  Miss  Lucy  G.  Saunders  July  16th.  1901,  and  they  have  two  children,  Lela  G.  P. 
Coppage  and  John  Leo  Coppage.  His  conversion  and  sanctification  have  been  the 
most  important  crises  in  his  life.  Some  of  the  books  that  have  been  most  helpful  to 
him,  aside  from  the  Bible,  are  "Ralston 's  Elements  of  Divinity."  "Sam  Jones'  Sermons," 
"Can  It  Be  False,"  and  Poems  of  Coleridge,  Tennyson,  Wordsworth,  "The  Life  of  Liv- 
ingston," "John  G.  Paton,"  "The  Old  Man,"  "Scriptural  Sanctification,"  and  "God's 
Financial  Plan." 


450 


CENTENNIAL    VOLUME    OF    MISSOURI    METHODISM. 


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CARUTHERSVILLE  CHURCH. 


ST.    LOUIS    CONFERENCE— CHARLESTON    DISTRICT. 


451 


REV.    LYMAN    FORDYCE    JACKSON. 


Restrung  by  the  mighty  Master's  hand,  across  those  chords  shall 
Sweep   symphonies   of   imperishable   beauty. 

— Dr.    William    A.   Qtiayle. 


Rev.  Lyman  Fordyce  Jackson 
was  born  in  Washington  County, 
Pennsylvania,  October  20,  1863. 
He  is  the  son  of  Rev.  John  J. 
Jackson  and  Hannah  K.  Jack- 
son, both  of  whom  were  mem- 
bers of  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
Church.  His  father  is  now  a 
superannuated  member  of  the 
East  Ohio  Conference  of  said 
Church,  having  been  on  the 
active  list  nearly  forty  years. 
He  was  converted  as  a  child 
under  his  father's  ministry  and 
joined  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
Church.  After  a  brief  affilia- 
tion with  the  Presbyterian 
Church,  he  returned  to  the  Meth- 
odist Episcopal  Church,  of  which 
he  remained  a  member  until  he 
went  to  Louisiana,  when  he 
united  with  the  Methodist  Epis- 
copal Church,  South.  There  was 
nothing  unusual  or  out  of  the 
ordinary  in  his  conversion.  His 
growth  in  grace,  he  says,  dates 
from  the  definite  consecration  to 
the  service  of  God,  which  occur- 
red in  1891.  He  was  licensed 
to  preach  by  the  Quarterly  Con- 
ference of  the  Shreveport,  Loui- 
siana, City  Mission,  Rev.  R.  J. 
Harp,  Presiding  Elder,  and  Rev. 
J.  M.  Henry,  pastor  in  charge, 
in  1891;  was  recommended  for 
admission  on  trial  into  the  Loui- 
siana Conference  by  the  Quar- 
terly Conference  of  Shreveport 
First  Church,  in  1892;  was  received  into  the  Annual  Conference  in  December  of  that 
year;  Rev.  R.  J.  Harp,  Presiding  Elder,  and  Bishop  C.  B.  Galloway,  presiding.  He 
was  ordained  Deacon  by  Bishop  J.  C.  Granbery,  December  9th,  1894,  at  Louisiana 
Avenue  Church,  New  Orleans;  was  ordained  Elder  by  Bishop  E.  R.  Hendrix,  Decem- 
ber 13th,  1896,  at  Ruston,  Louisiana.  He  has  served  the  following  appointments: 
Shreveport  City  Mission,  Louisiana  Conference,  supply,  1891-1892;  as  assistant  to 
pastor  of  First  Church  at  same  place,  1892-1893;  New  Orleans,  Algiers  Church, 
1893-1894;  Alexandria,  Louisiana,  1894-1897;  Western  Virginia  Conference,  Ashland, 
Kentucky,  1897-1900;  Fairmount,  West  Virginia,  1900-1901;  St.  Albans,  1901-1903; 
Assistant  Editor  of  Western  Virginia  Methodist  Advocate  and  pastor  in  charge  of 
Kichwood.  last  half  of  year,  1903-1904;  Riverside.  1904-1905;  is  now  serving  his  second 
year  at  Caruther.sville,  in  the  St.  Louis  Conference.  He  has  received  about  four 
nundred^  persons  into  the  church.  The  First  Church  of  the  Shreveport  City  Mission, 
and  Union  Church,  on  Rievesville  charge.  West  Virginia,  were  built  under  his  pas- 
torate. He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  Ohio,  and  in  the  now  extinct  Harlem 
College,  Ohio.  He  was  mari-ied  to  Miss  Gail  Caldwell,  of  Wichita,  Kansas,  Decem- 
Der  26th,  1893,  and  their  children  are:  Eva  A.  Jackson,  Ruthalia  Jackson,  Robert 
Abner  Jackson  and  L.  Paul  Jackson.  They  have  two  boys.  John  C.  Jackson  and 
JLyman  S.  Jackson,  who  are  now  dead.  Some  books  which  have  helped  him.  aside 
from  the  Bible,  are  Gesta  Christi,  Shakespeare,  Wesley's  Sermons,  and  Rollin's 
Ancient  History.  Brother  Jackson  thinks  the  Christian  College  exerts  the  largest 
influence  on  the  character  for  the  government  under  which  it  exists. 


452  CENTENNIAL    VOLUME    OF    iMISSOURI    METHODISM. 


REV.   CHARLES  LEWIS  FRY. 


We  know  that  there  is  nothing  which  is  more  p:oductive  of  all 
That  makes  life  worth  havinpr  than  communion  with  God. 

—Dr.  F.  B.  Meyer. 


Rev.  Charles  Lewis  Fry  was  born  July  27th,  1877,  in  Washington  County,  Vir- 
ginia. He  is  a  son  of  John  Wesley  Fry  and  Bettie  Fry.  He  was  converted  in  Feb- 
ruary, 1896,  under  the  ministi-y  of  Rev.  J.  W.  Hunter  in  Clay  City,  Illinois,  and  joined 
the  church  there  the  same  month.  He  was  convicted  of  sin  a  year  before  under  the 
ministry  of  Rev.  J.  M.  Smith,  of  Patoka,  Illinois,  but  did  not  yield.  After  being  at 
the  altar  for  three  services,  he  was  converted  on  his  way  home  alone.  He  has 
grown  in  grace  and  in  the  knowledge  of  our  Lord  and  Saviour.  The  Lord  has  blessed 
his  ministry  and  given  him  fruit,  and  he  now  holds  closer  communion  with  Christ 
through  His  Holy  Spirit.  He  was  licensed  to  preach  May  28th.  1897,  by  the  District 
Conference  of  Salem,  Illinois;  Rev.  J.  W.  Westcott,  Presiding  Elder,  and  Rev.  H.  T. 
Strout,  preacher  in  charge.  He  was  recommended  to  the  Illinois  Annual  Conference 
by  the  Salem  District  Conference  in  June,  1900,  at  Dix,  Illinois,  and  was  received  into 
the  Illinois  Annual  Conference  in  September,  1900;  Rev.  J.  W.  Westcott,  Presiding 
Elder,  and  Bishop  H.  C.  Morrison,  presiding.  He  was  ordained  Deacon  by  Bishop 
H.  C.  Morrison,  October  4th,  1901,  at  Murphysboro,  Illinois;  was  ordained  Elder 
by  Bishop  A.  Coke  Smith,  September  18th.  1904,  at  Patoka,  Illinois.  He  has  served 
the  following  charges:  Keyesport  and  Centralia,  1900-1901;  Keyesport,  1901-1902; 
Patoka  Circuit,  1902-190.3;  Waverly  Charge,  1903-1904;  transferred  to  St.  Louis  Con- 
ference, and  appointed  to  New  Madrid  Station,  1904-1906;  his  present  work  is  at 
New  Madrid.  About  ninety-eight  members  have  been  received  into  the  church  under 
his  ministry.  He  has  lately  built  a  new  church  at  Marston,  Missouri,  and  he  improved 
parsonages  at  several  points.  He  attended  the  public  and  High  Schools  at  Clay  City, 
Ilinois;  Orchard  City  College,  at  Flora,  Illinois;  and  was  graduated  from  the  High 
School  and  this  last  named  college.  He  was  married  to  Miss  Jennie  May  Blacklidge 
November  14th,  1900,  at  Salem,  Illinois,  and  they  have  two  boys,  John  Newton  Fry 
and  Paul  Torrey  Fry.  He  considers  as  possibly  the  most  important  crisis  in  his 
life  the  time  when  he  was  appointed  to  the  Keyesport  and  Centralia  charge  and 
spent  the  first  month  there  as  a  single,  timid  and  inexperienced  boy.  It  took  all 
the  faith  he  had  and  all  the  grace  he  could  get  to  keep  him  there  and  prevent  his 
going  back  home  and  staying.  Some  of  the  books  which  have  greatly  helped  him, 
aside  from  the  Bible,  are  "On  the  Threshold,"  by  Theo.  Munger;  Kern's  "Ministry 
to  Congregation,"  and  "Quiet  Talks  on  Power,"  by  Gordon.  He  very  strongly  advo- 
cates  the   giving   of   every   educated    man    a    Christian    education. 


ST.    LOUIS    CONFERENCE— CHARLESTON    DISTRICT. 


453 


REV.  EDWARD   KENDRICK  DENTON. 


Under   the    right   conditions    it    is    as    natural    for    Character   to 
Become  beautiful   as  for  a  flower. — Drummond. 


Rev.  Edward  Kendrick  Den- 
ton, Son  of  James  W.  Denton 
and  Sophia  Shaw  Denton,  was 
bom  at  the  beginnig  of  the 
Civil  War,  near  Spring  Hill, 
Tennessee.  He  was  converted 
when  about  sixteen  years  old 
at  Mt.  Zion  Church,  Maury 
County,  Tennessee,  under  the 
ministry  of  Rev.  J.  G.  Bolton, 
and  joined  the  church  at  the 
same  time.  He  had  been  a  pen- 
itent for  several  days  and  was 
at  the  altar  for  prayer  when  he 
simply  appropriated  Christ  as 
his  personal  Saviour  and  in- 
stantly realized  peace  and  love. 
His  growth  in  grace  has  been 
steady  and  uneventful;  he  has 
a  strong  and  settled  faith  in  his 
Lord  and  in  His  all-sufficiency. 
He  was  licensed  to  preach  when 
about  seventeen  years  old  by 
the  Quarterly  Conference  of 
Williamson  County,  Tennessee; 
Rev.  J.  G.  Bolton,  preacher  in 
charge,  and  Rev.  R.  V.  Ransom, 
Presiding  Elder;  recommended 
to  the  Annual  Conference  for 
admission  on  trial  by  the  Quar- 
terly Conference  of  Spring  Hill, 
Tennessee;  received  into  the  An- 
nual Conference  on  trial  at  Pu- 
laski, Tennessee,  in  the  fall  of 
1880;  Rev.  R.  K.  Hargrove,  Pre- 
siding Elder,  and  Bishop  J.  C. 
Keener,  presiding;  ordained 
Deacon  by  B'shop  H.  N.  Mc- 
Tyeire  in  Chapel  of  Vanderbilt  University  in  1879,  while  a  student  there;  ordained 
Elder  by  Bishop  Paine  at  Murfreesboro,  Tennessee,  in  1883.  Appointments  filled: 
Smithville  Station,  one  year;  Porta  Station,  two  years;  Centerville,  two  years;  Green, 
Nashville  District,  two  years;  South  Station,  one  year;  Ashland  City  Circuit,  one 
year;  transferred  to  West  Texas  Conference,  where  he  remained  nine  years,  filling 
some  of  the  best  stations,  viz:  Gonzales,  Corpus  Christi,  Tuling,  San  Angelo,  San 
Saba,  Goliad,  etc.;  transferred  back  to  Tennessee  Conference,  then  at  Cumberland 
City,  two  years;  East  End,  Nashville,  two  years;  Savannah,  one  year.  About  one 
thousand  persons  have  been  received  into  the  church  under  his  ministry.  The  church 
at  Ashland  City,  Tennessee,  and  one  in  the  Nashville  District  named  for  him.  Den- 
ton Chapel,  were  built  under  his  pastorate;  also  new  chui'ch  at  Cumberland  City. 
Aside  from  the  country  schools,  he  attended  school  at  Columbia,  Tennessee;  Chapel 
Hill,  Tennessee,  and  Vanderbilt  University  from  which  he  graduated  in  theology 
in  1879.  He  was  married  to  Miss  Mattie  Lee  Denton  April  13th.  1887,  and  they  only 
had  one  child.  Eddie  Lee  Denton,  who  died  in  infancy.  "The  Man  of  Gallilee."  by 
Bishop  Haygood:  Drummond's  Works,  and  others  of  similar  character,  have  been 
books  that  have  helped  him  most,  aside  from  the  Bible.  He  was  readmitted  into  the 
St.  Louis  Conference  in  1905  and  has  sei-ved  Thayer  and  East  Prairier. 


454 


CENTENNIAL    VOLUME    OF    MISSOURI    METHODISM. 


REV.  RICHARD  FERDINAND  COLBURN. 


Received  by  faith,  the  death  of  Christ  has  taken  root  in  millions 
Of  souls. — Bishop  Marvin. 


Rev.  Dr.  Richard  Ferdinand 
Colburn  was  born  March  .31st, 
1814,  in  Green  County,  Tenn.,  and 
died  January  2nd,  1876,  in  Little 
Rock,  Arkansas.  He  joined  the 
St.  Louis  Conference  about  1840, 
and  served  the  Deep  Water  Cir- 
cuit. Harrisonville  Circuit,  and 
Independence  Station.  He  was 
married  to  Miss  Parthenia  Taize 
Tackett  in  184.'),  while  filling  the 
above  station.  Lexington  and 
Georgetown  were  his  following 
stations.  He  was  transferred  by 
Bishop  Capers  to  the  Memphis 
Conference  and  stationed  at 
Trenton,  Tennessee,  then  Oxford 
and  Grenada.  Mississippi.  He 
was  transferred  in  184.5  to  the 
Arkansas  Conference  and  sta- 
tioned at  Fort  Smith,  and  thence 
to  Van  Buren.  After  four  years 
residence  at  the  latter  place,  two 
of  which  as  pastor,  and  two  as 
surgeon  in  the  Confederate 
army,  he  took  charge  of  the 
Methodist  pulpit  in  Little  Rock, 
remaining  as  pastor  during  the 
last  two  years  of  the  Civil  war. 
From  Little  Rock  he  removed  to 
Tulip,  filling  the  Tulip  Circuit. 
His  last  work  was  the  .station 
of  Hot  Springs,  being  superan- 
nuated on  account  of  failing 
health.  Little  Rock  was  his 
home  for  a  number  of  years 
arior  to  his  death.  He  was  twice 
elected  as  Chaplain  of  the  Ar- 
kansas State  Senate,  and  died  during  the  second  session.  He  was  a  man  honored  and 
beloved,  either  as  pasotr  or  physician. 


ST.    LOUIS    CONFERENCE— CHARLESTON  DISTRICT.  455 


MRS.   PARTHENIA   TAIZE    (TACKETT)    COLBURN. 

Mrs.  Parthenia  Taize  Colburn,  widow  of  Rev.  R.  F.  Colburn,  was  bom  April  8th, 
1824,  at  Union,  West  Virg-inia.  At  the  age  of  fifteen  she  removed  with  her  parents 
to  Lafayette,  near  Lexington,  Missouri.  When  sixteen  years  of  age  she  accepted  a 
position  as  teacher  in  the  Shawnee  Mission  School,  then  in  charge  of  Rev.  Thomas 
Johnson,  but  shortly  after  he  was  succeeded  by  Rev.  Jerome  C.  Berryman.  After  a 
year  of  delightful  work,  she  was  called  to  her  home  by  the  illness  and  death  of  her 
mother.  May  29th,  1845,  she  was  married  to  Rev.  R.  F.  Colburn.  They  made  their 
first  home  after  marriage  with  Rev.  Jesse  Green,  Presiding  Elder  of  the  district.  She 
is  now  in  her  eighty-fourth  year  of  age,  and  has  made  her  home  for  the  past  eight 
years  at  the  home  of  her  daughter,  Mrs.  C.  A.  Butler,  of  San  Dimas,  California.  She 
is  in  excellent  health  and  vigor,  and  rarely  misses  a  Sunday  service,  and  keeps  posted 
on  all  the  social  and  religious  topics  of  the  day.  The  St.  Louis  Christian  Advocate 
furnishes  her  much  pleasure,  bringing  up  names,  scenes  and  tender  memories  of  the 
past.  Her  head,  heart  and  hands  are  never  idle,  but  always  planning  and  working  for 
the  happiness  of  others. 


453 


CENTENNIAL    VOLUME    OF    MISSOURI    METHODISM. 


ST.  LOUIS  CONFERENCE. 


REV.   JOSEPH   JOSHUA  LOVETT. 


1806— CENTENNIAL  APPOINTMENTS— 1906. 


WEST    PLAINS    DISTRICT. 


J.  J.  Lovett Presiding  Elder 

West  Plains  Sta C.  N.  Clark 

Thayer  Sta E.  V.  Dowell 

Houston  and  Licking R.  E.  Foard 

Alton  Ct S.  C.  Biffle 

Garfield  Ct To  be  supplied 

Moody  Ct To  be  supplied 

West  Plains  Ct J.  T.  Winstead 

Pine  Ct.. W.  H.  Paschal 


Birch  Tree  Ct W.  E.  Judy 

Cabool  Ct Sup.  by  William  Boutwell 

Montier  Ct B.  S.  McCann 

Summerville  Ct Sup.  by  H.  A.  Buff 

Ellington  Ct R.  S.  Warren 

Centerville  Ct J.  M.  King 

Van  Buren  Ct John  W.  Bockman 

Grandin  Ct R.  D.  Kennedy 

Shiloh  Ct Sup.  by  M.  A.  Myers 


ST.    LOUIS    CONFERENCE— WEST    PLAINS    DISTRICT.  457 


REV.  JOSEPH    JOSHUA    LOVETT. 


Sainthood  and  manhood  are  the  resultants  of  neither  Heredity 
Nor  Environment,  but  are  the  splendid  achievements  of  the  Life 
Of  God  in  the  human   spirit. — Dr.   WilUam  A.  Quayle. 


Rev.  Joseph  Joshua  Lovett  was  born  January  21st,  1857,  in  Clark  County,  Missis- 
sippi. His  father  was  James  Pierce  Lovett  and  his  mother  was  a  daughter  of  John 
Bass.  All  of  his  ancestors  on  both  sides  have  been  Methodists  for  years.  He  was 
converted  October  7th,  1875,  at  Andrew  Chapel  Church,  in  Clark  County,  Mississippi, 
under  the  ministry  of  Rev.  Duncan  A.  Little,  and  joined  the  church  at  Old  Liberty 
church  in  the  same  county  and  state,  under  the  ministry  of  Rev.  George  M.  Gilmore. 
He  had  been  reared  by  religious  parents,  his  mother  having  died  when  he  was  twelve 
years  old.  She  had  lived  a  most  consistent  life  of  faith  and  was  thoroughly  conse- 
crated to  God,  hence  she  died  a  most  triumphant  death,  shouting  the  praises  of 
God  almost  to  the  last;  this  made  a  very  deep  impression  on  him.  He  became  constant 
in  his  attendance  at  church  and  Sunday  School,  but  was  converted  only  when  he  felt 
that  his  case  was  a  desperate  one.  He  fully  consecrated  himself  to  God  years  ago  and 
God  wonderfully  blessed  him  He  has  no  recollection  of  spending  as  much  as  twenty 
hours  since  his  conversion  without  the  peace  of  God  in  his  heart.  He  was  licensed  to 
preach  by  the  Quarterly  Conference  of  the  Walnut  Grove  Circuit,  Brandon  District, 
Mississippi  Conference,  June  17th,  1873;  Rev.  Newton  B.  Young  was  the  pastor,  and 
Rev.  Will  Lieth  was  the  Presiding  Elder.  He  was  recommended  to  the  Annual  Confer- 
ence by  the  Foui-th  Quarterly  Conference  of  Shubuta  Charge,  Meridian  District,  in 
November,  1879;  was  received  on  trial  into  the  Annual  Conference  at  Meridian  in 
1879;  Rev.  Ransom  J.  Jones,  Presiding  Elder,  and  Bishop  H.  H.  Kavanaugh,  presiding. 
He  was  ordained  Deacon  by  Bishop  J.  C.  Keener,  at  Brookhaven,  Mississippi,  in  1881; 
he  was  ordained  Elder  by  Bishop  W.  M.  Duncan  at  Natchez,  Mississippi,  in  1887.  He 
has  served  the  following  appointments:  Springhill  Circuit,  as  junior  preacher  with 
Rev.  D.  A.  Little,  one  year;  Spring  Cottage  Mission,  one  year;  Covington  Circuit, 
Louisiana,  one  year;  Franklinton,  Louisiana,  one  year;  Scranton,  Mississippi,  one  year; 
Americus  Circuit,  one  year;  Vancleave  Circuit,  two  years;  Mt.  Olivet,  two  years; 
transferred  to  Indian  Mission  Conference  and  appointed  to  Tahlequah  Station,  three 
years;  Wynewood  Station,  one  year;  Cherokee  District,  one  year;  Muskogee  District, 
three  years;  financial  agent  for  Harrell  Institute,  now  Spaulding  College,  one  year; 
editor  of  Conference  organ,  Indian-Oklahoma  Methodist  in  Oklahoma  City,  two  years; 
pastor  of  Oklahoma  City  a  part  of  one  year  while  editor;  McAlester,  one  year;  South 
McAlester,  one  year;  Durant,  one  year;  Tishomingo,  one  year  and  four  months,  when 
he  secured  a  transfer  to  the  St.  Louis  Conference  and  stationed  at  Jackson;  Presiding 
Elder  West  Plains  District.  Several  churches  and  parsonages  on  the  different  districts 
where  he  worked  were  partly  built  or  remodeled.  He  received  his  education  at  the 
Academy  at  Sumpterville,  Alabama,  and  at  Harpersville  College,  at  Harpersville, 
Mississippi.  He  was  married  the  first  time  to  Miss  Lizzie  Rawls,  November  loth, 
1881,  and  she  died  February  8th,  1883,  leaving  a  little  babe  three  months  old.  He 
was  married  again  May  14th,  1884,  to  Mrs.  S.  J.  Hightower.  He  has  one  daughter, 
Mrs.  Ruby  C.  Tathwell.  Brother  Lovett  believes  that  the  higher  education  of  our 
young  men  and  women  today  should  be  the  work  of  the  church  schools. 


458  CENTENNIAL    VOLUME    OF    MISSOURI    METHODISM. 


REV.  C.  N.  CLARK. 


New    Ideals,    new    issues,    and    new    methods    are    the    necessary 
Outflow  of  new  Hearts. — Bishop  Atkins. 


Rev.  C.  N.  Clark,  son  of  Henry  A.  Clark  and  Elendor  A.  Clark,  both  of  whom 
were  members  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  South,  was  born  at  Elm  Store, 
Arkansas,  January  28th,  1878.  He  was  converted  at  Elm  Store  in  Aug-ust,  1894, 
under  the  ministry  of  Rev.  L.  L.  Whitehead,  and  joined  the  Church  the  same  month  at 
Myrtle,  Missouri,  on  the  Garfield  Circuit,  in  the  St.  Louis  Conference.  He  was  licensed 
to  preach  by  the  West  Plains  District  Conference  in  May,  1895;  Rev.  H.  \.  Smith, 
Presiding  Elder.  He  was  recommended  to  the  Annual  Conference  for  admission  on 
trial  by  the  Charleston  District  Conference  in  May,  1900;  received  on  trial  in  1900, 
Bishop  Granbery,  presiding;  ordained  a  Local  Deacon  by  Bishop  Granbery  at  St. 
Louis,  Missouri,  in  September,  1900.  He  has  served  the  following  charges:  Black 
Rock,  Portia  and  Powhatton,  .Arkansas;  Sikeston,  Missouri,  and  West  Plains,  Mis- 
souri. He  has  received  about  three  hundred  persons  into  the  Church  under  his  minis- 
try. His  education  was  obtained  at  public  schools  and  at  Hendrix  College,  Con- 
way, Arkansas. 


ST.    LOUIS    CONFERENCE— WEST    PLAINS    DISTRICT. 


459 


REV.  JOHN  TAYLOR   WINSTEAD. 


The    more    intense    His    action    grows,    the    holier    becomes    the 
Soul  and  the  purer  the  Church. — Dr.  Fairbairn. 

Rev.    John    Taylor    Winstead 
was  born  September  18th,  18-55, 
in  Clinton  County,  Missouri.    He 
is  the   son   of   William   T.   Win- 
stead     and     Hannah     Winstead, 
both  of  whom  were  members  of 
the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church, 
South.     He  was  converted  in  a 
protracted      meeting       held      at 
Round   Prairie  Church,  in   Clin- 
ton   County,    Missouri,    but   had 
joined  the  Church  about  a  year 
before    under     the     ministry    of 
Rev.   p.   R.   Shackelford.      Since 
the    time    of    his    conversion    he 
has    earnestly    desired    to    know 
more  of  God,  and  to  this  end  has 
read   and   prayed   much.     While 
in  a  protracted  meeting  at  Edg- 
erton,  Missouri,  in  the  winter  of 
1890,  he  obtained  the  blessing  of 
perfect    love,    and    now    feels    a 
deeper  love  for  God,  the  Church 
and  the  sinner.     He  was  licensed 
to  preach  August  8th,   1875,  by 
the  Quarterly  Conference  of  Os- 
born   Circuit;    Rev.   D.   F.   Bone, 
preacher  in  charge,  and  Rev.  W. 
E.    Dockery,    Presiding    Elder; 
and    at   the    same   time   and    by 
the  same  Quarterly  Conference, 
he  was  recommended  to  the  An- 
nual   Conference    for    admission 
on  trial.     He  was  received  into 
the  Annual  Conference  in  1875, 
at   Glasgow,   Missouri;    Rev.   W. 
E.     Dockery,     Presiding     Elder, 
and    Bishop   J.   C.    Keener,   pre- 
siding; ordained  Deacon  by  Bishop  Enoch  M.  Marvin,  September  2nd,  1877,  at  Atchi- 

cTo'v^T/rf^r  r"^''.,^' w"^^.  ^i'^P  '^°^"  ^-  ^'^^""•'  August  24th,  1879, 'at  Council 
Giove,  Kansas.  Brother  Winstead  has  served  the  following  charges:  Western  Con- 
ference Nebraska  City  Circuit,  two  years;  Winfield  Circuit,  two  years;  Empire  Ci^v  one 
rnnfPvrnnp°M  Circuit,  one  year;  Fairmount  and  Kickapoi  Circuit,  o'ne  yfar!  M  ssourl 
Confeience,  Maysville  Mission,  junior  preacher  under  Rev.  Charles  Babcock,  one  year; 
vear-  Mfnv;il.  tif  ^^'"'''  ^'"£ston.  one  year;  Edgerton,  four  years;  Cameron,  one 
yeai,    Millyille,    three    years;    St.    Joseph    Circuit,    two    years;    Dearborn,   two    years- 

cult  oTv^^r'  aT'?'  ^''P't*''  /°"i  y'""'''  St-  Louis  Conference,  West  Plainlcir: 
cult,  one  yeai.     About  seven  hundred  and  twenty-five  persons  have  been  received  into 

^^H^^o'"'k  "",f^'/A%"',"K'''y-t„^^^  '^''^'^  ^t  M"l^"^  ^'^s  built  under  his  pastorate" 
tained  .t  thTn^hl  °^^^^^'  i"  P'^^e  County,  Missouri,  begun.  His  education  was  ob-' 
4th  1SS9  «.rl^  ■  '  v,°?i'-  "^  was  married  to  Miss  Pernecy  Adelaide  Bryan,  October 
tlh/i  ^  ^  '^'J"  <^llildren  are:     William   Thomas   Winstead,   Moses   O'Brven    Win- 

stead, Palmore  Taylor  Winstead  and  George  Charles  Bolen  Winstead.  They  have  two 
W  been'm^st"^TfT'r*^'^''  ^"^  Paul  Jones  Winstead.  Some  of  the  books  wh^h 
tep^f?  Tt^-  ^  -l^-"'  ^5  lll^'  ^/!^^  ^'"°'"  ^^"^  B^ble.  are  Wesley's  Sermons,  Ralston's 
Elements  of  Divinity"  and  "The  Life  of  Stonewall  .Jackson." 


460 


CENTENNIAL    VOLUME    OF    MISSOURI    METHODISM. 


REV.   SEB.A.STIAN   CABOT   BIFFLE. 


Beati  qiii  sitnt  pacifici:  quoniam  filii  Dei  vocabnitter.  Blessed  are 
The  peacemakers;  for  they  shall  be  called  the  Children  of  God. — 
Jesus. 

Heys. 

Brother  Biffle  was  born  of 
erood  Methodist  parents  in 
WajTie  County,  Tennessee,  De- 
cember 24th,  1848.  When  he 
was  eight  years  old  his  father 
moved  to  Missouri  and  settled  in 
Bollinjjer  County,  where  Brother 
Bitfle  grew  to  manhood 

He  cannot  remember  the  time 
when  he  did  not  love  God.  He 
professed  reliEion  at  Pleasant 
Valley  on  the  Fredericklown 
Circuit.  September,  1866,  and 
in  the  following  month  was  re- 
ceived into  the  Church  at  that 
place  by  Rev.  G.  C.  Knowles. 
His  conversion  was  of  tlie  gentle 
type;  like  Lydia,  he  was  one 
whose  heart  the  Lord  opened. 
When  he  went  to  the  altar  he 
l)elieved  that  he  was  already  a 
Christian.  Possessed  of  a  meek 
and  quiet  spirit,  he  has  steadily 
grown  in  grace. 

He  has  always  been  a  peace- 
maker; where  friction  existed, 
with  charity  and  kindness  he 
covered  the  irritant  with  a  de- 
posit of  his  own  pearl-like  na- 
ture. 

With  his  years  of  service  his 
will  to  do  good  grows  stronger, 
communion  with  God  is  sweeter, 
and  his  character  is  steadily  rip- 
ening under  the  influences  of 
God's  grace. 

He  was  licensed  to  preach  Au- 
gust .30th,  1893,  at  the  .Marble 
Hill  Circuit,  Quarterly  Conference,  by  Rev.  David  J.  Marquis,  P.  E.,  and  Rev.  J.  R. 
Eddlemon,  P.  C.  He  was  recommended  for  admission  to  the  Annual  Conference  by 
the  Gayoso  Circuit  Quarterly  Conference,  July  2-')th,  1874.  At  the  ensuing  -Annual 
Conference,  which  met  at  Caledonia,  he  was  received  on  trial.  Bishop  Keener,  presiding, 
and  Rev.  David  J.  Marquis,  Presiding  Elder.  Two  years  later  he  was  ordained  Deacon 
September  18th,  1876,  at  Washington,  Missouri,  by  Bishop  H.  N.  McTyeire.  .A.t 
Charleston  he  was  ordained  Elder,  October  13th,  1878,  by  Bishop  D.  S.  Doggett. 

His  appointments  have  been:  Houston  Circuit,  twice;  Greenville  Circuit,  Oak 
Ridge  Circuit,  Poplar  Bluff  Circuit,  Marquand  Circuit,  Farmington  Circuit,  Lutesville 
Circuit,  Doniphan  Circuit,  Grand  Prairie  Circuit,  twice,  Advance  Circuit,  Grundin  and 
Van  Buren  Circuit,  Lowndes  Circuit,  and  Holcomb  Circuit;  Grand  Prairie  he  served 
five  years;  Farmington  and  .Advance  Circuits,  four  years  each,  and  Greenville  and 
Lutesville  Circuits,  three  years  each.  During  his  ministry  he  has  rec>'ived  into  the 
Church  1,462  persons.  Brother  Biffle  has  been  very  successful  as  a  church  builder. 
The  following  churches  and  parsonages  were  erected  through  his  instrumentality: 
Shiloh  Church,  Naylor  Church,  Bethel  Church  and  Grand  Prairie  parsonage,  on  the 
Grand  Prairie  Circuit;  Advance  Church,  Douglass  Grove  Church  and  Marlow  Chapel 
on  the  Holcomb  Circuit. 

Brother  Biffle  obtained  his  education  in  the  country  schools  and  spent  one  winter 
and  spring  at  Belleview  Collegiate  Institute.  He  had  a  first  grade  teachers'  certificate 
and  taught  several   schools. 

He  married  Miss  Annie  Allbright  November  3rd.  1874.  They  have  three  children 
livine.  named  .\tticus  L.  Biffle.  Mary  C.  Biffle  and  Sebastian  C.  Biffle,  .Jr. 

He  regards  his  decision  to  give  his  life  to  the  work  of  the  itinerant  ministry  as  the 
most  important  event  in  his  life. 


ST.    LOUIS    CONFERENCE— WEST    PLAINS    DISTRICT. 


461 


JUDGE   JOHN   R.   WOODSIDE. 


The  crown  of  manhood  is  a  wintei-  joy; 

An  evergreen  that  stands  the  Northern  blast, 

And  blossoms  in  the  rigour  of  our  fate. — Young. 


Judge  John  R.  Woodside,  a  pioneer  layman  in  Methodism,  was  born  in  Franklin 
County,  Kentucky,  August  3rd,  1814,  and  died  at  Thomasville,  in  Oregon  County,  Mis- 
souri,'February  28th,  1887.  In  1839  he  was  married  to  Miss  Emily  H.  Old,  a  cultured 
lady,  and  in  1844  moved  to  Oregon  County.  The  year  following  he  was  admitted  to  the 
bar,  served  as  Circuit  Clerk  for  Oregon  County,  and  was  Circuit  Attorney  for  the 
Fourteenth  Circuit  of  Missouri  from  18.50  to  18-54,  and  a  member  of  the  Legislature 
in  1860.  He  was  elected  .Judge  for  the  Thirteenth  Judicial  Circuit  in  1872,  and  held 
the  position  until  his  death.  From  the  bench  he  was  governed  by  the  same  Christian 
spirit  that  actuated  him  in  private  life.  Never  was  man  more  universally  loved  and 
respected  than  was  Judge  Woodside,  and  to  his  influence  is  largely  due  the  strong: 
hold  that  Methodism  acquired  in  the  great  territory,  where  his  active  energies  were 
expended.  He  was  an  official  in  the  JlethoHist  Church  for  forty  years,  and  greatly 
devoted  to  its  interests.  His  religious  convictions  were  deep  and  his  charity  broad. 
Narrowness  and  bigotry  found  no  plnce  in  his  heart,  and  scarcely  a  church  edifice 
was  erected  anywhere  in  his  section  of  the  state  that  he  did  not  lend  his  aid,  regard- 
less of  sect  or  creed.  His  hea'-t  and  purse  were  at  all  times  open  to  the  call  of  need, 
and  he  was  foremost  in  every  enterprise  to  advance  the  moral  and  material  interests 
of  the  undeveloped  region,  in  which  he  had  chosen  to  live. 

The  end  of  a  noble  and  we!l-sr>ent  life  cime  in  a  most  fitting  manner.  While 
offering  a  prayer  on  a  Sabbath  Timing  in  his  home  church  he  was  stricken  down  by 
apoplexy  and  was  unconscious  to  the  end,  which  came  a  few  hours  later.  His  wife  and 
five  children  still  survive  him — Captain  .1.  Posey  Woo'^si''e.  lawyer,  of  .4'ton:  L.  B. 
Woodside.  Judge  of  the  Nineteenth  Judicial  Circuit,  of  P-ilem:  ^Irs.  Hattie  B.  Pitts. 
of  West  Plains;  Mrs.  W.  McClelland,  and  iMiss  Missouri  Woodside,  of  Thayer,  are  his 
surviving  children,  all  of  whom  are  p'-ominent  in  Methodism. 


CENTENNIAL    VOLUME    OF    MISSOURI    METHODISM. 


REV.  JAMES   MONROE   KING. 


By   makinfr    God   a   new   being   to   man,    man    was    made   a   new 
Being  for  the  service  of  God. — Dr.  Fairhairn. 


Rev.  James  Monroe  King  was  born  August  10th,  18.5.5,  at  Farmington,  Missouri. 
He  is  the  son  of  William  T.  King  and  Mary  King,  who  were  members  of  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  Church,  South,  all  of  their  lives.  He  was  converted  in  childhood  and  was 
baptized  and  received  into  the  church  by  Rev.  L.  V.  Aspley  in  September,  187.5.  He  was 
converted  in  childhood  and  was  baptized  and  received  into  the  Church  by  Rev.  L.  F. 
Aspley  in  September,  1875.  He  has  been  obedient  to  the  Church  since  childhood,  attend- 
ing its  ordinances,  and  living  as  near  a  Godly  life  as  he  knew  how.  He  loved  the  house 
of  God  and  labored  to  build  up  His  cause.  While  a  teacher  his  chief  desire  was  to 
bring  his  pupils  to  Christ.  He  was  licen.sed  to  preach  by  the  Quarterly  Conference 
of  Troy  Circuit.  Memphis  Conference,  November  14th,  1891;  Rev.  L.  O.  Lanier,  preacner 
in  charge,  and  Rev.  W.  T.  Harris,  Presiding  Elder.  He  was  recommended  to  the 
Annual  Conference  by  the  Quarterly  Conference  of  Fairdealing  Circuit,  St.  Louis  Con- 
ference, May  11th.  1895;  was  received  into  the  .Annual  Conference  on  trial  in  Septem- 
ber, 1896,  at  Charleston,  Missouri;  Bishop  A.  W.  Wilson,  presiding.  He  was  ordained 
Deacon  by  Bishop  Charles  B.  Galloway  at  Jackson,  Missouri.  September  29th,  1895; 
ordained  Elder  by  Bishop  J.  C.  Granbei-y,  September  24th,  1900,  at  St.  Louis,  Missouri. 
Brother  King  has  filled  the  following  appointments:  Bloomfield  Circuit,  two  years; 
Holcomb  Circuit,  one  year;  Williamsville  Circuit,  one  year;  Lowndes  Circuit.  Charles- 
ton Circuit,  Plattin  Circuit,  two  years:  Marble  Hill  Circuit.  Pocahontas  Circuit,  Bloom- 
field  Circuit,  Oran  Station,  one  year;  Centorville  Circuit.  His  ministry  ha.s  been  greatly 
blessed  of  God,  and  hundreds  of  persons  have  been  converted  and  united  with  the 
Church  under  his  ministry.  He  received  his  education  at  public  and  private  schools. 
He  has  been  twice  married,  his  first  wife  being  Miss  .Julia  R.  Eads,  to  whom  he  was 
married  .\oril  16th.  1879,  and  who  died  October  11th,  1895;  and  his  present  wife,  who 
was  Miss  Martha  M.  Chasteen.  to  whom  he  was  married,  March  31st,  1896.  Their 
children  are  Omer  M.  Kine,  Bessie  Lee  King.  Mary  King,  Arthur  Galloway  King, 
Clarence  B.  King.  Ravmond  King  and  Lucile  Hallie  King.  Some  of  the  books  that 
have  been  most  helpful  to  him.  aside  from  the  Bible,  are  "Watson's  and  Ralston's  Ele- 
ments of  Divinity."  "Hopkins'  Law  of  Love,"  and  "Love  a  Law." 


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REV.  WILLIAM   HARRISON  PASCHALL. 


Let  it  be  enough  that  God  is  in  your  history,  that  the  plan  of 
Your  biography  is  His,  and  the  issues  he  has  set  for  it  the 
Highest  and  best. — Dr.  Bxshnell. 


Rev.  William  Harrison  Pasch- 

all,  son  of  William  M.  Paschall 
and  Sarah  A.  Paschall,  both 
members  of  the  Methodist  Epis- 
copal Church,  South,  was  bom 
October  26th,  1852,  in  Pontotoc 
County,  Mississippi.  He  was 
converted  in  May,  1873,  at 
Louisa  Chapel,  Frenchmen's 
Bayou  Circuit,  under  the  minis- 
try of  Rev.  A.  Conley,  and  joined 
the  Church  at  the  same  time 
and  place.  Thei-e  was  a  wonder- 
ful manifestation  of  the  pres- 
ence and  power  of  God's  great 
mercy  in  the  meeting  in  which 
he  was  converted  and  a  great 
number  of  his  associates  were 
being  saved.  He  became  alarmed 
about  his  condition,  spoke  to  his 
mother  about  it  and  asked  her 
to  plead  with  the  Lord  in  his 
behalf  until  he  was  saved.  A 
great  load  was  upon  his  heart, 
but  that  night  he  surrendered  to 
God  and  the  load  was  all  taken 
away.  He  has  grown  in  grace 
since  that  day  ind  from  that 
time  had  a  strong  desire  to  go 
out  and  work  for  God  by  saving- 
men  through  preaching  His  Holy 
Word.  He  was  licensed  to 
preach  October  .Srd,  1874,  by  the 
Quarterly  Meeting  of  French- 
men's Bayou  Circuit,  Mississippi 
District;  Rev.  W.  R.  Young, 
preacher  in  charge,  and  Rev.  W. 
R.  Foster,  Presiding  Elder.     The 

same  Quarterly  Conference  recommended  him  to  the  Annual  Conference  for  admission 
on  trial,  and  he  was  received  into  the  Annual  Conference  in  1874,  at  Searcy,  Arkansas; 
Rev.  W.  R.  Foster,  Presiding  Elder.  He  was  ordained  Deacon  by  Bishop  H.  H.  Kava- 
naugh,  November  18th,  1877,  at  Augusta,  Arkansas;  was  ordained  Elder  by  Bishop 
E.  R.  Hendrix,  September  28th,  1888,  at  Bonne  Tei-re,  Missouri.  He  has  served  the 
following  appointments:  White  River  Conference,  Arkansas,  Pumpkin  Bend  Circuit, 
one  year;  Tyronza  Mission,  two  years;  Langee!  Circuit,  one  year;  Tyronza  Mission, 
two  years;  Walnut  Ridge  Circuit,  one  year;  1884,  located  at  his  own  request,  and  was 
re-admitted  in  St.  Louis  Conference,  at  Piedmont,  Mo.,  in  1886,  and  served  Doniphan 
Circuit,  one  year;  Greenville  Circuit,  three  years;  Van  Buren  Circuit,  three  years; 
Advance  Circuit,  three  years;  Fairdealing  Circuit,  one  year;  Shiloh  Circuit,  three  years; 
Ellington  Circuit,  one  year;  Manchester  and  Fenton,  one  year;  Rolla  Circuit,  three 
years;  Greenville  Circuit,  one  year;  transferred  to  Missouri  Conference  in  1904,  and 
appointed  to  Mexico  Circuit,  one  year;  transferred  back  to  St  Louis  Conference  and 
superannuated  one  year,  but  supplied  Stoutland  Circuit,  Southwest  Missouri  Conference, 
six  months  of  that  time;  sent  to  Pine  Circuit,  1906.  About  one  thousand  persons  have 
been  received  into  the  Church  under  his  ministry.  His  education  was  obtained  in  the 
public  schools.  Brother  Paschall  has  been  married  three  times,  the  first  time  to  Mrs. 
Nancy  S.  Lewis  in  1876;  she  died  in  March,  1880;  and  he  was  married  to  Miss  Etta 
J.  Bates,  April  .30th,  188.3;  she  died  in  December,  190.5;  and  he  was  married  to  Mrs. 
Mary  E.  Ford  in  September.  1906.  His  children  are:  l\Irs.  J.  H.  Clark,  Mrs.  Restes 
Rowden,  Emil  L.  Paschall,  Roy  J.  Paschall  and  Paul  E.  Paschall. 


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CENTENNIAL    VOLUME    OF    MISSOURI    METHODISM. 


ELMA    ALICE   COPELANU. 


When   Christ's   ideal   Church   is   realized,  it   wil 
The  Children. — Bishop  Atkins. 


be  a   Church  of 


Elma  Alice  Copeland,  the  fifth  and  youngest  child  of  Lee  Copeland  and  Alice  Cope- 
land,  was  born  December  27th,  1899.  Her  cominp  brought  joy  and  sunshine  into  the 
home  until  October  2r)th,  1906,  when  her  pure  spirit  returned  to  God  who  gave  it. 
Having  had  diphtheria  in  its  worst  form,  she  was  growing  much  better,  when  one 
lung  became  involved,  which  was  too  much  for  her  frail  constitution  in  its  weakened 
state.  When  two  months  old,  her  parents  had  her  baptized,  the  Rev.  Dr.  W.  B.  North 
officiating.  Her  first  years  were  filled  with  little  incidents  peculiar  to  infancy.  By  the 
time  she  had  reached  the  age  of  four,  the  Sunday  School  was  a  great  attraction, 
which  interest  continued  to  grow  until  the  preaching  service  was  equally  as  interesting 
to  her.  When  almost  five  years  old  her  brothers  and  sister  were  taken  into  the  Church. 
This  incident  seemed  to  make  a  deep  impression  on  her  little  life,  often  expressing 
the  wish  that  she  was  old  enough  to  take  part  when  the  Sacrament  was  administered. 
When  about  six  years  old  she  was  told  that  it  was  not  required  by  the  Church  that  one 
should  be  a  certain  age  before  they  were  permitted  to  confess  before  the  world  their 
love  for  the  Master.  After  that  time  on  every  occasion  of  the  Lord's  Supper,  she  was 
one  of  the  faithful  ones.  Rev.  T.  M.  Jackson,  Presiding  Elder  during  this  time,  in  a 
letter  written  to  her  parents  after  her  death,  said,  "Well  do  I  remember  her  pure, 
precious  form  as  she  knelt  at  the  Lord's  table."  It  was  a  pleasure  to  her  to  pay  her 
pastor  from  her  own  earnings,  an  amount  far  in  excess  of  ten  per  cent.  She  was 
filled  with  rapturous  ioy  at  the  sieht  of  flowers  or  the  sound  of  music,  her  favorite 
song  being  ,  "When  the  Roll  is  Called  Up  Yonder."  At  each  session  of  the  Sunday 
School  she  was  almost  sure  to  request  her  mother  to  sing  this  song.  Her  little  body 
rests  near  the  church,  where  she  loved  so  well  to  attend  divine  wor.ship.  Her  life  was  a 
help  to  others. 


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SOUTHWEST  MISSOURI  CONFERENCE-SPIilNGFIELD,  MO, 


ST.    LOUIS    CONFERENCE— WEST    PLAINS    DISTRICT. 


4f5 


NAMES  OF  THE  SOUTHWEST  MISSOURI  CONFERENCE. 


1. 

O.   G.    Halliburton 

50. 

S.   P.   Cayten 

100. 

B.   V.   .\lton 

2. 

B.    F.    Alsup 

51. 

E.    T.    Raney 

101. 

J.    A.    Rich 

3. 

J.    \V.    Patison 

52. 

Jacob  Shook 

102. 

G.  C.  Loch 

4. 

C.   B.   Day 

53. 

J.   J.    Hill 

103. 

J.  J.  Hill 

5. 

...    54. 

T.  B.  Harris 

104. 

C.  v.  Schulenberger 

6. 

R.  R.  Witten 

55. 

Jacob    Collet 

105. 

J.  M.  Clark 

7. 

Milton   Adkisson 

56. 

F.  M.   Burton 

106. 

A.   H.    Barnes 

8. 

W.    B.    Bull 

57. 

. .  .107. 

V.  M.  Crutsinger 

9. 

.  ..    58. 

Bishop   Hendri.x 

108. 

Abernathy 

10. 

J.    C.    Given 

59. 

W.  P.   Buckner 

109. 

J.    R.   Hargis 

11. 

C.  F.  Pryor 

60. 

..  .110. 

J.  S.  Jenkins 

12. 

W.   H.   Hesler 

61. 

L.    W.    Pearce 

111. 

Mrs.  Lulu  Appleby 

13. 

C.  Bruner 

62. 

John    Klingner 

112. 

T.   P.    Cobb 

14. 

F.  E.   Gordon 

63. 

L.    F.    Clark 

113. 

Alonzo    Patison 

15. 

M.   M.   Hawkins 

64. 

...114. 

Capt.  G.  M.  Jones 

16. 

65. 

J.   Y.   Busby 

115. 

17. 

O.   E.  Vivian 

66. 

W.   M.   Radtr 

116. 

C.   C.    Woods 

IS. 

Joseph    King 

67. 

Samuel  Orr 

117. 

G.    L.    Coffman 

19. 

R.  N.  Allen 

68. 

...118. 

A.    R.    Faris 

20. 

T.   M.   Cobb 

69. 

J.  J.  Keller 

119. 

L.    F.    Shook 

21. 

J.    T.    Swanson 

70. 

S.   H.  C.   Burgin 

120. 

22. 

M.    Bahrenburg 

71. 

Z.  M.  Williams 

121. 

J.    B.    Ellis 

23. 

J.    A.    Mathews 

72. 

W.    A.    McClanahan 

122. 

C.    H.    Briggs 

24. 

L.   L.   Pinnell 

73. 

...123. 

25. 

J.  G.   Haynes 

74. 

Harry   Crum 

124. 

26. 

E.   T.   Adams 

t  D. 

A.   N.   Jamts 

125. 

27. 

A.    G.   Moore 

76. 

W.    K.    White 

126. 

J.    W.    Brownlow 

28. 

John   F.  Caskey 

77. 

J.   E.  Harney 

127. 

Chas.    Scarritt 

29. 

H.    I.   Bradford 

78. 

W.   B.  Palmore 

128. 

30. 

79. 

J.   G.   L.   Michell 

129. 

31. 

80. 

U.   V.   Wyatt 

130. 

R.  J.  Kyle 

32. 

,  ...    81. 

W.    H.    Hesler 

131. 

33. 

Perry  Rader 

82. 

C.   C.   Berry 

132. 

34. 

Perry   Long 

83. 

J.  D.  Wood 

133. 

W.   H.    Win  ton 

•\n 

. .  . .    84. 

W.  B.  Cobb 
J.    E.    Harney 

134. 
135. 

36. 

S.   G.   Welborn 

85. 

37. 

J.   H.    Goodwin 

86. 

A.  B.  .\ppleby 

136. 

J.    A.   Jared 

38. 

S.    O.    Boveland 

87. 

C.    T.    Wallace 

137. 

J.   P.  Caldwell 

39. 

88. 

..  .138. 

40. 

.  ...    89. 

J.  B.  Swinney 

139. 

E.    H.    Orear 

41 

R.   S.   Hunter 
R.  G.  Flummer 
C.  D.   Pattillo 

90. 
91. 
92. 

.  .  .140. 

T.    R.    Gibson 

■C 

..    141. 

43. 

...142. 

44. 

W.    H.    Hargrove 

93. 

Chas.  Franklin 

143. 

S.    M.    Godbey 

45. 

John    Wilson 

94. 

W.   G.    Beasley 

144. 

W.  L.  McGuire 

46. 

C.   C  Maupin 

95. 

J.    W.    Ezell 

145. 

47. 

W.   S.    Woodard 

96. 

W.    T.    McClure 

146. 

48. 

C.    Bruner 

97. 

J.   L.   Hagler 

147. 

49. 

J.  H.  Cleaves 

98. 
99. 

J.   C.   Diggs 
W.    B.    Morgan 

148. 

W.   W.   Thomas 

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CENTENNIAL    VOLUME    OF    MISSOURI    METHODISM. 


SOUTHWEST  MISSOURI  CONFERENCE. 


REV.   MARK   GUY   PEARSE. 


1806    CENTENNIAL  APPOINTMENTS     1906. 


KANSAS   CITY    DISTRICT. 


Z.  M.  Williams Presiding  Elder 

Kansas  City-Central Paul   H.  Linn 

Kansas  City-Melrose J.  J.  Pritchett 

C.  W.  Scarritt,  supy. 

Kansas  City-Troost Edgar  C.  McVoy 

Kansas  City-Olive A.  R.  Paris 

Kansas  City-Westport A.  H.  Barnes 

Kansas  City-Institutional 

Chas.  W.  Moore 

Kansas  City-Cleveland  Avenue 

L.  P.  Norfleet 

Kansas  City-Garland  Ave.. ..J.  M.  Clark 
Kansas   City-Mt.    Washington 

U.  V.   Wyatt 

Kansas  City-Dallas  and  Martin  City 

J.  C.  Diggs 

Independence O.  M.  Rickman 

Independence  Ct J.  B.  Swinney 


Swope R.  J.  Pyle 

Belton T.  M.  Cobb 

Harrisonville L.  F.  Clark 

Pleasant  Hill R.  G.  Flummer 

Lee's  Summit L.  F.  Shook 

Lone  Jack  Ct I.  E.  Wood 

Oak  Grove  and  Pleasant  Prairie.  .  .  . 

J.  T.  Pritchett 

Blue  Springs  Ct W.  H.  Suddath 

Peculiar  Ct Alonzo  Patison 

Drakemore  and  Sugar  Creek 

H.  D.  Huffine 

Garden  City  Ct T.  B.  Harris 

East  Lynne  Ct T.  A.  Huffine 

Editor  St.  Louis  Christian  Advocate 

W.  B.  Palmore 

Conference  Secretary  of  Education.. 

J.  J.  Pritchett 


SOUTHWEST    MISSOURI    CONFERENCE— KANSAS    CITY    DISTRICT.    4t)7 


REV.  ZACHARIAH  MITCHELL  WILLIAMS,  A.M.,  D.D. 


Toward  nature,  and  man,  and  God,  he  experiences  the  deepest 
Sensibilities;  he  finds  beauty  for  the  eye,  and  music  for  the  ear. 
And  love  for  the  heart. — Bishop  Marvin. 


By  Rev.  J.  T.  Pritchett. 
Rev.  Zachariah  Mitchell  Wil- 
liams was  born  Aug-ust  22nd, 
1855,  near  New  Harmony,  Pike 
County,  Missouri.  With  the  blue 
blood  of  Virginia  was  mingled 
the  military  strain  of  Germany 
from  his  maternal  ancestry. 
Strong  in  heredity,  an  early  en- 
vironment of  religious  activity, 
consecrated  Christianity,  well  di- 
rected industry  and  judicious 
frugality,  made  for  the  boy  a 
splendid  and  auspicious  prep- 
aration for  manhood.  At  about 
the  age  of  seventeen  he  was  re- 
ceived into  the  Methodist  Epis- 
copal Church,  South,  by  the 
Rev.  L.  F.  Lynn,  at  New  Hat- 
many.  Receiving  a  call  to 
preach  in  the  spring  and  an  ex- 
horter's  license,  .June  3rd,  he  en- 
tered Central  College  in  the  fall 
Df  1876.  After  two  years  at 
Central,  during  which  time  a 
license  to  preach  was  granted 
him  by  the  Fayette  Quarterly 
Conference,  his  college  work  was 
interrupted  for  one  year,  spent 
in  teaching  and  serving  Auburn 
Circuit,  St.  Charles  District. 
Four  more  years  work  at  Cen- 
tral College  graduated  him  with 
the  Master's  degree  in  June, 
1883.  During  the  summer  of 
1880,  he  supplied  the  work  at 
Jefferson  City,  being  also  chap- 
lain of  the  State  prison.  Be- 
tween graduation  and  confer- 
ence, Mr.  Williams  was  Assistant  Secretary  of  the  St.  Louis  Young  Men's  Christian 
Association,  and  served  Carondelet  Church  in  1883  and  1884.  Recommended  by  the 
Quarterly  Conference  of  St.  John's  Church,  he  was  received  on  trial  by  the  Missouri 
Confererice  at  Shelbina  in  the  fall  of  1884,  Bishop  Parker,  presiding.  His  appoint- 
ment was  .4rch  Street,  Hannibal,  which  he  served  two  years,  receiving  ninety-five 
members  into  the  church.  He  was  ordained  Deacon  by  Bishop  Granbery  in  St.  John's 
church,  October  31st,  1883,  and  Elder  by  Bishop  McTyeire  at  St.  Joseph,  in  1886.  For 
two  years  he  served  the  church  at  Gallatin,  where,  on  September  12th,  1888,  he  was  mar- 
ried to  IMiss  Ida  Elnora  Yates.  After  three  years  at  Chillicothe  and  two  years  at  Tenth 
Street  and  Centenary  in  St.  Joseph,  he  was  appointed  to  Gallatin  District.  Under 
his  administration,  1893-1897,  the  Gallatin  District  paid  in  full  the  Foreign  Missionary 
claim,  a  thing  no  District  of  the  Missouri  Conference  had  ever  done  before.  In  the  fall 
of  1897,  he  was  elected  to  the  presidency  of  Central  College  for  young  ladies.  His 
labors  here  for  six  years,  arduous  and  exacting,  stand  as  a  monument  to  energy,  inde- 
fatigability  and  executive  skill.  By  raising  the  standard  of  scholarship,  and  at  the 
same  time'  establishing  the  Institution  on  a  solid  financial  basis  by  adding  to  its  assets 
nearly  forty  thousand  dollars,  he  brought  the  College  to  its  present  position.  In  June, 
1901,"  his  Alma  Mafer  worthily  conferred  upon  him  the  title  of  Doctor  of  Divinity. 
With  this  year  he  finishes  his"  quadrenniuni  as  Presiding  Elder  of  Kansas  City  Dis- 
trict, marking  the  period  with  most  substantial  gains  in  both  material  and  spiritual 
development.  Painstaking  in  plans,  strong  as  a  gospel  preacher,  unwearying  in  labor, 
self-sacrificing  in  service,  unswerving  in  duty,  winning  by  work  where  obstacles  seemed 
insurmountable,  from  school  days  to  manhood's  noon,  his  life  has  been  of  inestimable 
value  to  his  friends  and  his  church,  while  there  is  sure  promise  of  a  larger  usefulness. 


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CENTENNIAL    VOLUME    OF    MISSOURI    METHODISM. 


REV.  NATHAN   SCARRITT,   D.D. 


God's  own  Spirit  will  aid  the  knowledfre  which  i.s  the  .sister  of 
Humility,  the  handmaid  of  relijrion,  the  counsellor  of  virtue,  the 
Champion  of  truth. — Cntmti  Farrar. 


Nathan  Searritt  was  born  in 
Edwardsville,  Illinois,  on  .^pril 
24th,  1821,  the  .seventh  child  of 
Nathan  Scaritt  and  Latty  Aids 
who  a  few  months  before  ar- 
rived from  Lyman,  New  Hamp- 
shire, seeking  a  good  farm  in 
the  prairie  lands  of  Illinois. 
Here  on  what  was  lonp:  known 
as  "Scarritt's  Prairie,"  where 
is  now  the  town  of  i\Iontice!lo 
with  its  famous  school  for  frirls, 
young;  Searritt  K>'ew  up  on  his 
father's  farm  until  at  si.\teen 
years  of  atre  he  entered  the  Pre- 
paratory Department  of  Mc- 
Kendree  College  where  he  grad- 
uated some  five  years  later  as 
valedictorian  of  his  class.  In 
the  meantime  he  worked  his  way 
111  rough  college,  clearing  the 
campus  and  doing  other  things 
to  bring  his  expenses  wHhin  his 
meagre  income.  After  teaching 
-chool  at  Waterloo,  Illinois,  for 
-nme  two  years  following  his 
L'laduation,  that  he  might  pay 
ii|)  all  his  debts  incurred  while 
ill  college,  Mr.  Searritt  in  April, 
1845,  came  to  Fayette,  Mis.souri, 
lo  be  associated  with  his  bro- 
Iher-in-law,  Rev.  William  T. 
Lucky,  in  the  conduct  of  How- 
ard High  School,  out  of  which 
have  since  grown  Central  Col- 
lege and  Howard-Payne  Col- 
lege. In  18.57  he  was  cho.sen  as 
the  first  president  of  Central 
College,  whose  founding  he  had  strongly  advocated,  to  whose  interests  he  was  ever 
devoted,  dying  a  member  of  its  Board  of  Curators. 

Dr.  Searritt,  for  so  he  became  by  the  action  of  McKendree  College  in  1876,  was 
always  looked  upon  as  an  available  man  for  any  emergency,  by  virtue  of  his  superior 
education  and  rare  wisdom  and  executive  ability,  and  so  was  much  used  in  developing 
our  work  among  the  Indians  to  whom  he  gave  .some  of  the  best  years  of  his  ilfe,  in  the 
Kansas  Conference  where  he  rendered  valuable  service  as  Presiding  Elder,  as  frequent 
pastor  in  Kansas  City  where  in  impaired  health  he  spent  the  last  twenty  years  of  his 
fife,  and  often  as  delegate  to  the  General  Conference.  Dr.  Searritt  founded  the  well- 
known  Searritt  Bible  and  Training  School  for  i\Iissionaries  and  Other  Christian 
Workers,  and  was  a  liberal  benefactor  of  Central  College,  Central  Female  College  and 
Neosho  Collegiate  Institute.  These  benefactions  were  made  possible  as  the  result  of 
wise  investments  made  in  early  life  out  of  his  savings  as  a  teacher.  His  noble  wife, 
Miss  Matilda  M.  Chick,  the  mother  of  his  nine  children,  always  co-operated  with  him. 
In  187.5  Dr.  Searritt  married  the  widow  of  his  brother.  Mr.  Isaac  Searritt  of  Al- 
ton, Illinois.  She  was  born  in  India,  the  daughter  of  a  devoted  missionary  and  did 
much  to  develope  an  intelligent  and  abiding  missionary  interest  throughout  the  Church. 
Some  five  years  after  the  death  of  Dr.  Searritt  she  married  Bishop  R.  K.  Harerove 
and  removed  to  Nashville,  where  .she  did  much  in  organizing  the  flourishing  Home 
Missionary  work  of  our  Church.  Dr.  Searritt  died  during  the  General  Confer- 
ference  of  1890  of  which  he  was  a  member  and  that  body  put  upon  the  records  their 
high  estimate  of  his  character  and  work  and  the  wisdom  of  his  noble  benefactions  and 
counsels  of  a  half  century. 


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REV.   JAMES   CHARLTON   MORRIS,   D.   D. 


Beati  qui  su)it   iiiiiudo  corde:  quo)iiaiH  ipsi  Deum   vUtebunt. 
Blessed   are   the   pure   in   heart:   for  they   shall   see   God. — Jesus. 


Dr.  James  Charlton  Morris  was  born  in  Georgetown,  Kentucky,  July  7th,  1838. 
His  father,  James  R.  Morris,  was  a  Presbyterian,  and  his  mother,  Davidella  H.  Morris, 
a  Methodist.  He  was  converted  and  joined  the  church  in  Le.xinfiton,  Kentucky,  in 
July,  186.5.  He  was  licensed  to  preach  in  August,  186.5,  by  the  Quarterly  Conference 
at  Georgetown,  Kentucky;  Presiding  Elder,  Rev.  John  G.  Bruce.  He  was  recommended 
by  the  same  Quarterly  Conference  and  admitted  on  trial  in  September,  1865,  to  trie 
Kentucky  Conference;  was  I'eeeived  into  the  Annual  Conference  on  trial  in  September, 
1865.  Rev.  John  G.  Bruce,  Presiding  Elder,  Bishop  H.  H.  Kavanaugh  presiding.  The 
order  of  his  appointments  in  the  different  Conferences  are  as  follows:  Kentucky  Con- 
ference: Tilton  Circuit,  186.5-1866;  Maysville,  Kentucky,  1866-1867;  Danville,  Kentucky, 
1867-1869;  Paris,  Kentucky,  1869-1873;  Millersburg,  Kentucky,  1873-1874.  Louisville 
Conference:  Walnut  St.,  Louisville,  1874-1878;  Chestnut  St.,  Louisville,  1878-1880; 
Walnut  St.,  Louisville,  1880-1883.  Denver  Conference:  Denver,  Colorado,  1883-1885. 
Southwest  Missouri  Conference:  Walnut  Street,  Kansas  City,  1885-1888;  Lydia 
Avenue,  Kansas  City,  1888-1890.  North  Alabama  Conference:  First  Church, 
Birmingham,  Ala.,  1891-1895.  Tennessee  Conference:  McKendree,  Nashville,  1895- 
1898.  Memphis  Conference:  Memphis,  First  Church,  1898-1902.  St.  Louis  Confer- 
ence: Cook  Avenue,  St.  Louis,  1902-1903.  Assistant  Secretary  General  Board  of 
Church  Extension,  1890-1891.  He  was  elected  President  of  Central  College,  Fayette, 
Mo.,  1903.  He  attended  the  Georgetown  College,  at  Georgetown,  Kentucky,  and  gradu- 
ated at  Illinois  College,  Jacksonville,  Illinois,  in  1856.  He  was  married  to  Miss  Eliza- 
beth Adamson  Reed,  July  5th,  1865,  at  Maysville,  Kentucky. 

His  conversion  and  his  reception  into  the  ministry  are  considered  by  him  the  most 
important  events  in  his  life  .  Dr.  Morris  is  a  clear  thinker,  a  forcible  speaker,  and  a 
faithful  pastor.  He  did  a  great  work  for  Central  College  while  he  was  President,  a 
work  of  the  greatest  importance. 


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REV.  EDGAR  CORNELIUS  McVOY,  A.  B. 


How  pure  his  spirit!     In  what  vivid  hues 

His  mind  gives  back  the  various  forms  of  things, 

Caught  in  their  fairest,  happiest  attitude. — Wordsiuorth. 


Rev.  Edgar  Cornelius  McVoy 
was  born  in  Summerfield,  Ala- 
bama, September  10th,  1872.  He 
is  the  son  of  Rev.  A.  D.  McVoy, 
D.  D.,  and  Anna  DuBoise  Mc- 
Voy, both  members  of  the  Meth- 
odist Episcopal  Church,  South. 
He  was  born  and  reared  in  a 
Christian  home  and  from  earli- 
est infancy  was  taught  of  Christ 
and  God.  His  conversion  was 
so  gradual  and  so  natural,  that 
he  does  not  know  just  when  it 
occurred,  and  feels  that  he  has 
been  a  Christian  always.  He 
joined  the  church  in  Meridian, 
Mississippi,  in  1886.  His  ad- 
vancement as  a  Christian  dur- 
ing the  last  six  years  of  his  life 
has  been  greater  than  at  any 
other  time  since  he  has  been 
preaching  the  Gospel;  each  day 
is  better  than  the  one  before, 
and  each  year  brings  him  closer 
to  God.  He  was  licensed  to 
preach  while  attending  College 
at  Greensboro,  Alabama,  in  the 
fall  of  1890;  Rev.  O.  C.  Mc- 
Gehee  was  pastor,  and  Rev.  J. 
R.  Peavy,  Presiding  Elder.  He 
was  recommended  to  the  Annual 
Conference  for  admission  on 
trial  by  the  Quarterly  Confer- 
ence at  Shreveport,  Louisiana, 
in  1891,  and  was  received  on 
trial  into  the  North  Texas  Con- 
ference, at  Terrel,  Texas,  in  No- 
vember, 1891;  Rev.  T.  R.  Pierce, 

Presiding  Elder,  and  Bishop  E.  R.  Hendrix  presiding;  was  ordained  Deacon  by  Bishop 
W.ilson  at  Wichita  Falls,  Texas,  November,  1893,  and  ordained  Elder  by  Bishop  Duncan, 
at  Tazewell,  Virginia,  in  October,  1895.  The  appointments  which  he  has  served  are 
as  follows:  Oak  Lawn,  Dallas,  Texas,  1891-1893;  St.  Joe,  Texas,  1893-1894;  Alvord, 
Texas,  1894-1895;  Jonesboro,  Tennessee,  1895-1896;  Morrison  Memorial  Church,  Den- 
ver, Colorado,  September  and  November,  1896;  Albany,  Missouri,  1896-1899;  Chillicothe, 
Missouri,  1899-1903;  Hannibal,  Missouri,  1903-1904;  Troost  Avenue,  Kansas  City, 
Missouri,  1904.  About  one  thousand  persons  have  been  received  into  the  church  during 
his  ministry.  The  Elm  Street  Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  South,  at  Chillicothe, 
Missouri,  was  built  at  a  cost  of  $18,000  during  his  pastorate  there.  His  father  was 
president  of  Female  Colleges  in  the  South  for  about  twenty-five  years,  and  he  went  to 
school  to  his  father  until  he  was  sixteen  years  old,  then  entered  the  Sophomore  class, 
Southern  University,  Greensboro,  Alabama,  remaining  three  years,  graduating  from 
there  with  A.  B.  degree  in  1891.  He  considers  his  decision  to  preach  the  Gospel 
in  answer  to  the  call  of  God,  as  the  most  important  crisis  in  his  life.  Next  to 
the  grace  of  God,  he  attributes  what  he  is  today  to  the  devout,  beautiful  Christian 
lives  of  his  father  and  mother. 


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REV.  CHARLES  WESLEY  SCARRITT,  A.B.,  B.D. 


There  is  no  Culture  so  high,  no  taste  so  fastidious,  no  grace 
Of  learning  so  delicate,  no  refinement  of  .■^rt  so  exquisite,  that  it 
Cannot  at  this  hour  find  full  play  for  itself  in  the  broadest 
Fields  of  humanity. — Charles  Dudley  Warner. 


Rev.  Charles  Wesley  Scarritt,  son  of  Rev.  Nathan  Scarritt,  D.  D.,  and  .Vlartha 
Matilda  Scarritt,  both  of  whom  were  members  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church, 
South,  was  born  July  20th,  1869,  at  Kansas  City,  Missouri.  He  was  converted  in 
1884,  at  Kansas  City,  Missouri,  under  his  father's  ministry,  and  joined  the  Walnut 
Street  Church  under  Dr.  John  Matthews,  in  1884.  He  was  licensed  to  preach  in  1891, 
by  the  Melrose  Quarterly  Conference,  of  Kansas  City  District;  Rev.  C.  M.  Bishop, 
D.  D.,  preacher  in  charge,  and  Rev.  J.  E.  Godbey,  D.  D.,  Presiding  Elder;  recom- 
mended to  the  Annual  Conference  for  admission  on  trial  by  the  Waxahatchie  District 
Conference,  in  North  Texas  Conference,  in  1895;  received  into  the  .•Annual  Conference 
on  trial  in  1895;  Rev.  W.  T.  McClure.  Presiding  Elder,  and  Bishop  W.  W.  Duncan 
presiding;  ordained  Deacon  in  1897.  and  ordained  Elder  in  1899.  .Appointments  served: 
Pleasant  Hill,  Harrisonville;  Belton  and  Martin  City,  and  Melrose.  The  Belton  Church 
was  built  under  his  pastorate.  He  received  his  education  in  the  Kansas  City  public 
schools,  at  Vanderbilt  University  with  deg-ree  of  A.  B.,  at  the  Drew  Theological  Semin- 
ary, taking  the  degree  of  B.  D..  and  at  the  University  of  Leipsic,  where  he  took  a  post 
graduate  course  of  one  year.  He  was  married  to  Miss  Clara  M.  Spencer  in  1893,  and 
they  have  four  children".  Catherine  M..  Nathan  S.,  Charles  W.,  and  Clara  L.  Scarritt. 
Tennyson's  poems  and  the  works  of  Phillips  Brooks  have  been  some  of  the  books,  aside 
from  the  Bible,  that  have  helped  him  most. 


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REV.  OWEN  MEREDITH  RICKMAN,  A.B.,  B.D. 


Man's    power    is    his    idea    multiplied    by    and   projected    through 
His   Personality. — Pliillips  Brooks. 


Rev.  Owen  Meredith  Rickman  was  born  in  Western  Kentucky,  October  18th,  1867. 
His  father  was  William  M.  Rickman,  and  his  mother  was  Amanda  Owen  Rickman.  His 
mother  was  a  member  of  the  Methodist  Epi.scopal  Church,  South,  from  girlhood.  He 
was  converted  in  February,  1885,  at  Webb  City,  Missouri.  Some  time  after  his  con- 
version he  felt  that  God  wanted  him  to  preach.  His  response  was  instantaneous  and 
his  soul  magnified  the  Lord.  The  secret  was  first  communicated  to  his  mother,  then  to 
his  pastor.  His  mother  said  her  prayer  was  answered;  she  had  never  doubted  that  he 
would  be  called  into  the  ministry.  He  was  licensed  to  preach  in  August,  1888,  by 
the  Quarterly  Conference  of  Webb  City  Station.  His  license  was  signed  by  Rev. 
Joseph  King,  Presiding  Elder,  and  John  M.  Burgner,  Secretary.  He  then  entered  Scar- 
ritt  Collegiate  Institute  at  Neosho  where  he  graduated  with  the  A.  B.  degree  in  1894. 
One  year  previous  to  graduation  was  spent  as  principal  of  one  of  the  ward  schools 
in  Neosho.  During  his  college  life  he  exercised  his  gifts  in  preaching,  never  less  than 
once  a  month.  His  first  vacation  was  spent  on  the  farm,  but  after  that  always  in 
the  work  of  the  ministry.  One  summer  he  secured  one  hundred  subscribers  for  the 
St.  Louis  Christian  Advocate  and  thus  paid  his  way  in  college  the  following  year. 
Two  years  were  spent  in  the  Biblical  department  of  the  Vanderbilt  University,  and 
one  year  at  the  Drew  Theological  Seminary,  from  the  latter  of  which  he  was  graduated 
with'  the  degree  of  B.  D.  in  the  spring  of  1897.  He  was  ordained  Deacon  by  Bishop 
Charles  B.  Galloway,  at  Independence.  Missouri,  in  1892;  in  the  snring  of  1897,  he 
was  ordained  Elder  by  Bishop  .^Ipheus  W.  Wilson  in  Trinity  Church,  Baltimore. 
From  Drew  Seminary  he  came  directly  to  Pleasant  Hill  and  supplied  that  charee 
until  Conference  met.  At  .'^late'-  tVat  fall  he  w^s  received  on  trial  into  the  Pouth- 
we-t  Missou'i  Conference,  Bishop  O.  P.  Fitzeerald  presiding;  Rev.  W.  T.  McClure, 
Presiding  Elder.  He  was  transferred  by  Bishop  Candler  and  stationed  at  St.  Paul's 
Church.  Denver,  Colorado.  Sentember  19th.  1898.  He  served  this  charee  three  years, 
paid  off  its  debt  of  some  $.3,000  and  was  then  transferred  by  Bishop  Hendrix  back  to 
the  Southwest  Missouri  Conference.  In  1901,  he  was  appointed  to  Slater  Station  which 
he  served  two  years,  and  was  then  stationed  at  Independence  where  he  is  now  serving 
his  fourth  year.  On  the  29th  of  June.  1898.  he  was  married  to  'Vliss  Naomi  .\eTies  Lar- 
kin  in  St.  Paul's  Church,  Denver.  They  have  two  children,  both  bovs,  William  Lawrence 
Rickman  and  Edwin  Meredith  Rickman.  He  has  received  into  the  church  more  than 
five  hundred  members. 


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CENTENNIAL    VOLUME    OF    MISSOURI    METHODISM. 


REV.  CHARLES  W.  MOORE,  D.  D. 


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THE   INSTITUTIONAL   CHURCH. 


Charles  William  Moore  was  bom  in  Lowndes  County,  Alabama,  February  27th, 
1866.  Shortly  after  the  war  his  parents,  L.  R.  Moore  and  Mary  A.  Moore,  moved 
from  their  southern  home  in  Alabama  to  a  blue  grass  stock  farm  in  Kentucky.  In 
1871  they  came  northward  and  cast  their  lot  in  Kansas  City,  Mr.  L.  R.  Moore  becoming 
a  member  of  the  firm  of  Bullene,  Moore,  Emery  &  Co.  It  was  in  this  business  house  that 
Charles  W.  Moore  received  a  thorough  business  training.  Aside  from  this  discipline 
his  education  consisted  of  seven  years  in  the  grade  schools  of  Kansas  City,  four  years 
at  William  Jewell  College,  three  years  at  the  University  of  Chicago,  and  one  year  in 
post  graduate  studies  of  Oxford,  England.  In  1907  William  Jewell  College  conferred 
upon  him  the  degree  of  Doctor  of  Divinity.  While  a  boy,  he  with  several  others 
built  Garland  Avenue  Church,  Kansas  City.  In  Kansas  City  he  filled  positions  of 
Sunday  School  Superintendent,  director  in  the  Y.  M.  C.  A.  of  Kansas  City,  and  also 
of  the  Provident  Association  and  was  much  interested  in  charities  and  Christian  work. 
As  a  layman  he  was  a  delegate  to  the  District,  Annual,  General  and  Ecumerical  Con- 
ferences, taking  his  father's  place  at  the  last  mentioned.  Under  the  pastorate  of  Bishop 
John  J.  Tigert,  while  at  Troost  Avenue  Church,  he  was  licensed  lo  preach  in  1893, 
joining  the  Southwest  Missouri  Conference  in  1894  at  Jefferson  City  and  receiving  his 
first  appointment  from  Bishop  E.  R.  Hendrix.  At  Westport  he  remained  four  years, 
and  while  there  the  new  Westport  Church,  a  stone  edifice,  costing  about  .?10,000.00 
was  built.  During  the  time  he  was  ordained  Deacon  by  Bishop  Galloway  and  Elder  by 
Bishop  Candler.  In  1898  he  asked  for  a  leave  of  absence  for  several  years  for  the  pur- 
pose of  study  and  travel.  During  a  trip  of  25,000  miles  in  Europe,  Asia  and  Africa, 
sociological  conditions  in  large  cities  were  given  special  attention  with  reference  to 
preparation  for  work  to  be  undertaken  at  home.  On  returning  to  America  the  social 
conditions  in  the  north  end  of  Kansas  City  were  pointed  out  to  him  by  Charles  W. 
Scarritt  and  Bishop  E.  R.  Hendrix,  and  on  receiving  his  appointment  from  Bishop 
Hendrix,  he  built  the  Institutional  Church  to  answer  the  needs  of  the  situation.  In  all 
this  work  this  pastor  was  greatly  assisted  by  his  noble  wife.  As  she  often  said,  she 
did  not  marry  a  preacher,  for  her  husband  entered  the  ministry  after  their  marriage. 
In  giving  up  the  comforts  that  might  come  from  the  life  of  a  man  who  was  in  fair  way 
of  making  money,  to  the  lot  of  a  Methodist  peracher's  life,  her  sacrifice  was  beautiful 
and  Christlike  and  worthy  of  those  noble  and  gentle  souls  whose  companionship  cheers 
and  helps  us  on  the  way.  Whatever  in  his  life  he  may  have  accomplished  for  good  is 
due  mainly  to  the  influence  of  a  faithful  wife,  a  father  whose  honor  and  Christian 
fidelity  and  integrity  were  his  most  valued  assets  and  to  a  mother  whose  gentle  Chris- 
tian Spirit  first  directed  his  feet  in  paths  of  peace. 


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GAME  AND  CLUB  ROOM. 


The  Institutional  Church 
is  a  simple,  natural,  Christ- 
like and  humane  answer 
to  one  of  the  crying  needs 
of  modern  life.  It  is  de- 
signed to  meet  certain  con- 
ditions existing  in  the 
poorer  and  congested  dis- 
tricts of  cities.  It  under- 
takes to  carry  practical 
Christianity  to  the  people 
in  the  same  spirit  in 
which  Christ  found  the 
poor,  became  acquainted 
with  their  necessities  and 
ministered  to  them.  There 
are  some  districts  in  every 
large  city,  which  demand 
institutional  woi'k.  The 
North  End  of  Kansas  City 
is  such  a  district.  With 
its  great  river  territory; 
its  multitude  of  poor,  often 
honest  and  deserving;  with  its  many  houses  not  worthy  of  the  name  of  home,  devoid 
or  morality  and  cleanliness;  with  its  horde  of  divorced  parents,  cleft  homes,  lax  fathers 
and  mothers;  with  its  streets  full  of  temptation  and  swarming  with  children;  with  its 
scores  of  saloons  and  immoral  houses;  with  its  many  widows  striving  against  great  odds 
to  keep  their  children  pure;  with  its  struggle  with  poverty  and  its  battle  for  bread;  with 
its  cruelty,  its  darkness,  its  cheerfulness,  its  indifference,  its  licentiousness,  and  often 
its  longing  for  better  things,  there  is  an  ample  field  for  the  work  of  the  Insti- 
tutional  Church. 

In  answer  to  the  cry  of  the  North  End  district  a  commodious  building  of  gray 
stone  and  tile  roof  at  the  comer  of  Admiral  Boulevard  and  Holmes  Street  has  been 
erected.  The  property,  100  by  150  feet,  is  bounded  on  three  sides  by  streets.  The 
building  is  75  by  85  feet,  is  two  stories  on  the  Admiral  Boulevard  front,  and  is  four 
stories  high  above  the  basement  on  the  Sixth  Street  front;  its  value  is  $75,000.  A  large 
play  ground  at  the  east  end  of  the  building  surrounded  by  a  stone  wall,  is  furnished 
with  swings,  rings,  turning  bars,  teeter-totters,  merry-go  rounds,  sand  piles  and  tents. 
A  porch  75  feet  long  extends  its  hospitable  arms  to  those  approaching  the  building  fi-om 
the  Admiral  Boulevard  side.  On  this  floor  is  the  Auditorium  proper  with  seating  capa- 
city of  700.  This  room  is 
provided  with  convenient 
arrangements  for  Sunday 
School  purposes,  providing 
twelve  rooms  for  separate 
classes.  In  the  southeast 
corner  is  the  Pastor's  of- 
fice and  study.  Other 
rooms  on  this  floor  are 
used  by  the  Junior  and 
Senior  League,  Home  Mis- 
sion Society,  the  Music 
School,  the  Sewing  School 
and  Girls'  Club,  Business 
school  of  Typewriting. 
Stenography,  Bookkeeping- 
Spelling  and  Commercial 
Law.  The  floor  between 
the  Admiral  Boulevard 
floor  and  trie  Sixth  Street 
floor  contains  a  large  club 
room,  furnished  with  game 
tables,  games,  and  with 
walls  cheerfully  decorated,  and  hung  with  pictures;  a  beautiful  furnished  parlor  for 
the  worker,  a  large  bed  room  containing  a  number  of  snow  white  beds  occupied  by 
little  girls,  who  are  on  parole  in  the  Juvenile  Court  in  Kansas  City  and  placed  in  our 


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DAY  nuksp:ky. 


institution;  four  furnished  rooms  for  the  resident  Deaconesses  and  a  private  bath  room 
for  their  use;  a  medical  closet  used  by  our  resident  workers  in  carins;  for  trivial  ail- 
ments of  the  children  in  the  day  nursery. 

Entering?  the  Sixth  St. 
>loor  an  open  ollice  is 
found  at  the  head  of  the 
'all  way.  Here  the  moth- 
iTo  report,  who,  early  in 
■Ivj  morninK,  bring  their 
children  to  the  day  nur- 
sery. About  thirty-five  lit- 
tle cliildien  are  left  with 
lis  ovei-y  week  day  by 
mothers,  who  have  no  oth- 
c'j-  i)lace  to  put  them  and 
who  could  not  go  out  to 
t'arn  an  honest  living  if 
ihey  had  not  this  place  to 
leave  their  little  ones.  A 
large  play  room  provided 
with  little  red  chairs,  plen- 
ty of  toys  and  pretty  pic- 
tures and  bathed  in  floods 
of  sunlight  is  filled  with 
prattling,  playful  children 
who  amid  their  happy  sur- 
roundings, are  quite  forgetful  of  their  mothers  until  the  evening  when  the  mothers  begin 
to  call  for  their  children  on  their  way  home  from  work;  and  each  little  child  is  in  turn 
delighted  or  disappointed  as  its  own  or  some  other's  mother  appears.  .Adjoining  the 
day  nursury  play  loom  is  the  dining  room,  where  with  clean  washed  faces  the  children 
march  to  their  places  for  dinner  and  supper  tach  day.  Next  to  the  dining  room  is 
found  the  serving  room  and  china  closet,  and  biyond  that  the  kitchen.  On  the  other 
side  of  the  hall-way  from  the  play  room  is  the  library  and  neighborhood  parlor;  and 
the  dormitory  and  bath  room  for  the  boys  of  the  .Juvenile  Court  and  for  the  babes  of 
the  day  nursery,  who  are  too  young  to  stay  awake  during  the  whole  day.  .\t  the  end 
of  the  hall-way  is  a  large  gymnasium,  two  stories  high,  over  seventy  feet  long,  contain- 
ing lockers  and  shower  baths,  for  boys  on  the  one  side,  and  girls  on  the  other;  a  bal- 
cony for  visitors  looking  on  the  games;  parallel  anJ  horizontal  bars,  basket  ball,  Indian 
clubs,  rings,  etc.,  are  in  evidence.  In  this  room  twelve  clubs  of  boys  and  girls  and  young 
people  meet  during  the  week.  Children  are  thus  taken  off  the  streets  and  are  brought 
in  contact  with  the  leaders  of  the  clubs  and  classes  and  taught  how  to  play  in  a  fair 
and  generous  spirit,  at  the  same  time  imbibing  principles  of  cleanliness,  disciplineship, 
obedience  and  honesty. 

On  the  floor  below  is  found  the  girls'  cooking  school,  dormitory,  the  relief  closet 
from  which  clothir.j:  is  provided 
specially  destitute  cases,  storage 
closet,  laundry,  kindling  and  coal 
room,  steam  boiler,  hot  water  plant 
and  janitor's  room. 

The  work  is  under  the  special 
supervision  of  the  Woman's  Board 
of  City  Missions,  Mrs.  Geo.  P. 
Gross,  president;  Miss  E.  Billings- 
ley,  treasurer;  and  The  Methodist 
Church  Society,  Mr.  W.  C.  Scarritt, 
president;  and  W.  H.  Collins, 
treasurer.  Miss  Mabel  K.  Howell 
is  superintendent  of  the  industrial 
department.  The  head  Deaconess, 
Mrs.  Soubey,  is  assisted  by  the  res- 
idence deacones^ess.  Miss  Blackwell 
and  by  Miss  Hiskins,  and  about 
fifty  volunteer  workers.  The  build- 
ing is  open  seven  days  and  nights 
in  the  week.  The  Institutional 
Church  is  the  laboratory  of  the 
Scarritt  Bible  and  Training  School; 


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Miss  Gibson  here  gives  her  stu- 
dents practical  city  mission 
work  under  the  supei-vision  of 
Miss  Howell.  While  under  the 
auspices  of  the  Methodist  Epis- 
copal Church,  South,  its  indus- 
trial work  is  for  all,  regardless 
of  sect,  creed,  or  denomination. 
The  religious  department  of  the 
Church  is  carried  on  as  in 
any  other  church.  In  its  pui"- 
pose  it  seeks  to  save  and  to  up- 
lift, to  cheer,  beautify  and  to 
guide.  It  co-operates  with  the 
Juvenile  Court  and  does  preven- 
tive work  among  the  children. 
Unselfish  in  spirit,  it  depends 
upon  broad-minded,  large-heart- 
ed men  and  women  of  all  faiths 
for  its  support. 

The  building  was  opened  Feb- 
ruary, 1906,  and  during  the  last 
few  months  twenty-five  children 
who  either  had  no  homes,  or  homes  so  immoral  that  it  was  unsafe  to  leave  them  therein, 
have  been  placed  in  good  homes  where  all  the  surroundings  are  helpful  and  up-lifting; 
at  least,  two  persons  have  been  saved  from  suicide;  positions  have  been  found  for  many; 
the  sick  have  been  relieved;  and  many  assisted  in  making  a  living  for  themselves,  who, 
but  for  the  work  undertaken  here,  could  not  have  done  so;  all  have  been  helped  to 
higher  ideals  and  many  of  these  have  taken  Christ  as  the  guide  of  their  life. 


DORAUTORV   D-iY   .NUli^EliY. 


CHILDRENS  DINING  ROOM. 


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CENTENNIAL    VOLUME    OF    MISSOURI    METHODISM. 


REV.  ARTHUR  HULL  BARNES. 


Thinking  the  True,  willing  the  Right,  loving  the  Good.— Oc.  James  W.  Lee. 


Rev.  Arthur  Hull  Barnes  was 
born  February  25th,  1865,  at 
Cambridge,  Saline  County,  Mis- 
souri. He  is  a  son  of  Edward 
Benjamin  Barnes  and  Mary 
Malvina  Barnes.  His  mother 
was  a  member  of  the  Baptist 
fhurch  until  the  conversion  of 
his  father,  when  they  both  unit- 
ed with  the  Jlethodist  Episco- 
pal Church,  South.  He  was  con- 
verted at  Cambridge,  Missouri, 
under  the  preaching  of  the  Rev. 
L.  H.  Vandiver  and  joined  the 
church  at  Cambridge.  There 
was  nothing  unusual  about  his 
conversion ;  he  was  very  deeply 
moved,  and  is  very  sure  of  the 
fact  that  he  was  converted.  He 
has  never  felt  that  he  has  gone 
backward  since  that  time,  but 
rather  believes  that  God  put  the 
seal  of  His  Spirit  upon  him.  He 
was  licensed  to  preach  April 
IGth,  1889,  by  the  Quarterly 
Conference  of  the  Pilot  Grove 
Circuit;  Rev.  A.  B.  Donaldson, 
pastor,  and  Rev.  .James  M.  Clark 
Presiding  Elder.  The  same 
Quarterly  Conference  recom- 
mended him  to  the  Annual  Con- 
ference for  admission  on  trial; 
Rev.  James  M.  Clark,  Presiding 
Elder,  and  Bishop  Hargrove 
presiding  at  the  Conference  at 
which  he  was  admitted.  He 
was  ordained  Deacon  by  Bishop 
Haygood  at  Booneville,  Missou- 
ri, in  1893;  ordained  Elder  by 
Bishop  Duncan  at  Webb  City, 
Missouri,  in  1895.  He  has  filled  the  following  appointments:  Versailles  Station,  two 
years;  Harrisonvillc,  three  years;  Clinton,  one  year;  Sedalia,  one  year;  Jefferson  City, 
four  years;  Independence,  one  year;  Westport  Station,  Kansas  City,  Missouri,  four 
.years.  Three  hundred  and  twenty-five  persons  have  united  with  the  church  under  his 
ministry.  Under  his  pastorates  a  $30,000  church  was  built  at  Jefferson  City,  and  a 
$4,000  parsonage  at  Westport  Church,  Kansas  City.  He  obtained  his  education  at  the 
Warrensburg  Normal,  where  he  spent  three  years,  and  Pilot  Grove  College,  three  years. 
He  was  married  to  iVIiss  Christine  Schlotzhauor,  June  11th.  1890,  and  their  children 
are,  Mary  Nadine  Barnes,  Arthur  Hardeman  Barnes,  Helen  Maurine  Barnes  and  Mar- 
garet Monroe  Barnes.  He  says  that  possibly  the  most  important  crisis  in  his  life  was 
when  he  yielded  to  the  call  to  the  ministry  of  Christ.  Some  books  which  have  greatly 
helped  him  are:  "The  Work  of  Christ,"  by  Bishop  E.  M.  Marvin,  and  the  works  of 
Shakespeare.  He  thinks  that  State  education  will  do  for  the  State,  but  never  for  the 
Church,  and  that  a  State  without  a  Church  will  die.  Dr.  Barnes  is  fine  in  the  social 
circle,  strong  in  the  pulpit,  and  first-class  in  administrative  ability. 


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REV.  JAMES  CLARK  DIGGS. 


Biography  is  the  Foundation  of  all  History. — Dr.  D.  R.  McAnally. 


Rev.  James  Clark  Diggs  was 
born,  April  7th,  1864,  in  Mont- 
gomery County,  Missouri.  He 
is  a  son  of  Jesse  C.  Diggs  and 
Naomi  Diggs,  both  of  whom 
were  members  of  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  Church,  South.  He 
was  converted  in  Saline  County, 
Missouri,  February  20th,  1882, 
under  the  ministry  of  Rev.  L.  H. 
Vandiver  and  jomed  the  church 
at  the  same  place  two  days  later. 
For  some  time  he  had  felt  a  deep 
sense  of  his  guilt  as  a  sinner. 
His  sins  became  a  mighty  bur- 
den to  him  and  he  went  to  God 
in  earnest  prayer  and  was  won- 
derfully blessed.  He  says  the 
longer  he  remains  in  God's  ser- 
vice he  realizes  more  fully  the 
deeper  work  of  grace  and  under- 
stands more  thoroughly  the 
things  of  God.  He  has  a  strong- 
er determination  to  do  God's 
will  and  a  greater  love  for  God 
and  man.  He  w^as  licensed  to 
preach,  .July  10th,  1892,  by  the 
Quarterly  Conference  of  Boone- 
ville  District;  Rev.  T.  P.  Hill, 
pi'eacher  in  charge,  and  Rev. 
J.  M.  Clark,  Presiding  Elder; 
the  same  Quarterly  Conference 
recommended  him  to  the  Annu- 
al Conference  for  admission  on 
trial  in  May,  1895;  was  received 
into  the  Southwest  Missouri 
Conference  in  1895;  Rev.  C.  H. 
Briggs,  D.  D.,  Presiding  Elder, 
and  Bishop  Duncan  presiding.  He  was  ordained  Deacon  by  Bishop  Galloway  Septem- 
ber 20th,  1896,  at  Nevada,  Missouri;  was  ordained  Elder,  September  18th,  1898,  by 
Bishop  Candler.  He  has  served  the  following  appointments:  Blackwater  Circuit, 
1895-1896;  Nelson  and  Blackwater,  1896-1897;  Sprague,  1897-1901;  Archie  Circuit, 
1901-1904;  Sarcoxie  Circuit,  1904-1905;  Dallas  and  Martin  City,  1905-1907;  supplied 
Renick  Circuit  one  and  one-fourth  years,  and  Westville  Circuit,  one  year.  He  has  re- 
ceived five  hundred  and  sixty-eight  persons  into  the  church.  The  parsonage  at  Dallas, 
Missouri,  was  built  under  his  pastorate.  He  attended  the  public  schools  and  spent  two 
years  in  Central  College,  at  Fayette,  Missouri.  He  was  married  to  Miss  Lou  C. 
Beswick,  November  27th,  1895,  and  their  children  are  Mary  Naomi  Diggs,  Ruth  Diggs, 
Elizabeth  Helen  Diggs.  and  Jesse  Candler  Warren  Diggs.  He  says  his  conversion 
and  call  to  the  ministry  has  been  the  most  important  crisis  in  his  life.  Adam  Clarke's 
Commentaries,  and  "The  Life  of  Christ"  are  books  that  have  greatly  helped  him. 


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CENTENNIAL    VOLUME    OF    MISSOURI    METHODISM. 


REV.  THOMAS  ALEXANDER   HUFFINE. 


As   we  ai'e,   we   see;   only   a   spiritual   eye   can   discern    spiritual 
Verities.  — Bishof)  Galloicai/. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch, 
Rev.  Thomas  Alexander  Huffine, 
is  a  youHK  preacher  now  serving 
his  first  regular  appointment. 
However,  as  a  local  preacher, 
he  supplied  Belgrade  .Alission,  in 
the    St.    Louis    Conference. 

He  was  born  in  Simpson 
County,  Kentucky,  April  12, 
ISTi).  His  parents,  Joseph  Dan- 
iel and  Lucinda  Huffine,  were 
Methodists  before  him,  and 
trained  him  up  in  that  evangel- 
ic faith.  Coming  of  Kentucky 
Methodist  stock,  the  Church 
will  expect  much  from  Brother 
Hufline. 

When  eight  years  of  age,  and 
while  on  his  way  to  school,  he 
felt  his  first  awakening.  As  he 
was  meditating  alone  the  fact 
of  his  sinfulness,  the  need  of  a 
Saviour  dawned  upon  him. 
Prompted  by  the  Holy  Spirit, 
he  promised  God  to  give  him  his 
heart,  but  like  many  others,  he 
soon  forgot  his  vow.  About 
eight  years  later  he  attended  a 
meeting  conducted  by  Rev.  N. 
M.  Dowdy,  and  fell  undei'  con- 
viction, going  to  the  altar  a 
number  of  times,  but  made  no 
profession  of  faith  during  this 
meeting.  But  from  this  time  he 
began  to  pi-ay  in  secret  regular- 
ly. The  following  year,  Decem- 
ber, ISS)."),  during  a  meeting  con- 
ducted by  the  .same  pastor,  and 
at  the  same  place,  Wood's  Chapel,  he  accepted  Christ  as  his  personal  Saviour,  and 
united  with  the  Church. 

He  was  licensed  to  preach  May  27th,  1897,  by  the  Lexington  District  Conference. 
Rev.  J.  M.  Boon  was  Presiding  Elder  of  the  District,  and  Rev.  J.  R.  Hedges  was  his 
pastor.  Feeling  the  need  of  training  for  this  noble  calling  he  went  to  Central  College, 
and  did  Academic  and  College  work  through  the  Sophomore  year  except  two  branches. 
He  considers  the  Christian  College  a  strong  arm  of  the  Church  which  is  at  the 
same  time  in  perfect  harmony  with  all  state  institutions.  It  is  to  be  looked  to,  in  his 
opinion,  to  furnish  the  equipped  men  who  are  to  bear  the  Gospel  of  life  to  heathen 
nations.  He  considers  the  crisis  of  his  life  to  be  his  awakening  from  sin  and  con- 
version of  God;  and  next  to  this  is  his  decision  to  attend  Central  College,  and  prepare 
for  his  life  work. 

The  following  are  some  of  the  books  that  have  been  especially  helpful  to  him : 
"Verbum  Dei,"  "Pilgrim's  Progress,"  "A  Man's  Value  to  Society." 

He  was  recommended  to  the  Annual  Conference  for  admission  on  trial  by  the  Lex- 
ington District  Conference  which  met  at  Knob  Noster,  April  26th,  1905.  and  received 
on  trial  by  the  Southwest  Missouri  Annual  Conference  which  met  at  Butler,  Missouri, 
September,  190-5.  Bishop  Hendrix  was  president  and  Rev.  Thomas  M.  Cobb  was  his 
Presiding  Elder. 

He  is  a  successful  young  preacher  and  has  a  promising  future  before  him. 


SOUTHWEST    MISSOURI    CONFERENCE— KANSAS    CITY    DISTRICT.    481 


MR.  GEORGE  WASHINGTON  BACON. 


Around  youi-  lifetime  golden  ladders  rise; 

The  angels  go  and  come,  the  messengers  of  God. 

—John  G.  Whittier. 


By  Rev.  H.  A.  Wood. 


George  Washington  Bacon 
was  one  of  the  early  poineers 
of  Southwest  Missouri,  and  con- 
nected in  faithful  service  with 
the  development  of  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  Church,  South.  He  is 
the  son  of  Lorton  and  Christina 
Bacon,  and  was  born  on  July 
2.3rd,  1847.  He  deserves  special 
praise  for  his  piety  and  his 
church  affiliation,  as  his  father 
was  a  member  of  no  church,  and 
his  mother  a  Baptist.  Brother 
Bacon  was  converted  under  the 
faithful  preachinR-  of  Brother 
L.  P.  Siceloff  in  June,  1872,  at 
Underwood  Chapel,  Vernon 
County,  Missouri.  He  describes 
his  conversion  as  a  clear  and 
distinct  work  of  grace;  the  di- 
vine assurance  of  a  clear  and 
full  love  to  God  and  man,  and 
a  desire  to  do  the  will  of  God. 
An  earnest  longing  to  do  good, 
and  only  good,  characterizes  all 
his  work  in  life.  He  himself 
writes:  "The  longer  I  live  the 
more  I  see  in  the  mercy  of  God, 
and  I  am  determined  so  to  live 
that  when  I  am  called  hence,  I 
may  meet  the  approval  of  my 
Lo -d."  On  January  8th,  1872, 
he  was  united  in  marriage  to 
Miss  Mary  E.  Covey.  Their 
children  are:  Edna  T.  Bacon, 
now  the  wife  of  a  prominent 
phvsician;  Libbie  E.  Bacon,  the 
wife  of  Rev.  H.  A.  Hood  of  the 

Denver  Conference;  Louella  C.  Bacon,  the  wife  of  a  machinist  in  Seattle,  and  Daisy 
R.  Wood,  George  Hurd  Wood  and  Kittie  Val  Wood  of  Kansas  City,  Mo.  These  have  all 
been  an  honor  and  a  comfort  to  their  parents.  For  twelve  long  years,  in  summer  and 
winter,  thioguh  heat  and  cold,  Mr.  Bacon  was  the  faithful  and  zealous  Superintendent  of 
the  Southern  Methodist  Sunday  School  at  Hume,  Mo.  Whether  few  or  many  come,  he 
was  always  there  in  his  place.  In  addition  to  this  office,  he  was  for  a  time  a  good  stew- 
ard, carefully  looking  after  the  wants  of  his  pastor.  He  acquired  the  habit  of  general 
reading,  was  a  good  student  of  human  nature,  ready  to  aiapt  himself  to  new  situations, 
and  made  a  success  in  life.  For  twenty-five  years  he  was  one  of  the  leading  and  sub- 
stantial business  men  of  Hume,  Missouri,  having  a  large  furniture,  hardware  and 
undertaking  establishment.  His  range  of  personal  friends  and  acquaintances  extended 
his  business  over  three  of  four  adjoining  counties.  It  seemed  that  every  man  in  the 
country  personally  knew  "Wash"  Bacon.  His  virtues  are  many  and  hi.s  faults  few.  He 
has  also  been  a  strict  advocate  of  the  cause  of  temperance.  This  elect  father  and 
mother,  now  in  the  serene  eventide  of  a  long  and  faithful  life,  dwell  at  peace  in  Kan- 
sas City,  Missouri,  enjoying  the  admiration  of  many  friends. 


482 


CENTENNIAL    VOLUME    OF    MISSOURI    METHODISM. 


MISS  M.  L.  CIBSOX. 


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Miss  Gibson  has  charge  of  the  Scarritt   Bible  and  Training  School,  Kansas  City, 
Her  influence  reaches  to  the  mission  fields  of  the  wide  world. 


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CENTENNIAL    VOLUME    OF    MISSOURI    METHODISM. 


REV.  ALONZO   PATISON. 


We   are   to   understand    that   the   just    man    sees    God    more   and 
More  clearly  as  life  unfolds  the  mystery  of  its  purposes. 

—Dr.  Joseph   Parker. 


The  subject  of  this  sketch, 
Rev.  Alonzo  Patison,  was  born 
near  Forest  Green  in  Chariton 
County,  Missouri,  August  .5th, 
1871.  He  is  the  son  of  Archi- 
bald P.  and  Sarah  M.  Patison. 
His  mother  was  a  member  of  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  Church, 
South,  and  his  father  was  a 
member  of  the  Christian  Church. 
He  was  converted  at  the  ape 
of  sixteen,  under  the  ministry 
of  Rev.  J.  L.  Meffert,  and  united 
with  the  church  at  old  Washing- 
ton Chapel  in  Fayette  District, 
of  the  Missouri  Conference.  He 
was  converted  during  a  revival, 
and  entered  upon  Christian 
work  as  Sunday  School  Super- 
intendent of  his  old  home  .school 
soon   after  his  conversion. 

Feeling  that  he  was  called  to 
the  ministry  he  applied  to  the 
Quarterly  Conference  of  Glas- 
gow Station  for  recommenda- 
tion to  the  District  Conference 
for  license  to  preach  and  re- 
ceived license  from  the  Fayette 
District  Conference,  April,  189.5. 
The  preacher  in  charge  of  Glas- 
gow Station  at  the  time  was 
Rev.  George  M.  Gibson.  The 
Presiding  Elder  of  the  District 
was  Rev.  J.  R.  A.  Vaughan. 
He  was  recommended  by  the 
same  district  in  April,  1896, 
for  admission  on  trial  into  the 
traveling  connection,  and  was 
appointed  as  a  supply  to  Windsor  Circuit,  in  .June.  Serving  this  charge  until  Confer- 
ence he  presented  his  recommendation  to  the  Southwest  Missouri  Conference,  and 
was  received  on  trial  in  September  of  the  same  year.  The  Conference  was  held  in 
Nevada,  Missouri,  presided  over  by  Bishop  Galloway.  Rev.  Clinton  Clenny  was  his 
Presiding    Elder. 

He  was  ordained  Deacon  by  Bishop  Candler  in  Lexington,  Missouri,  in  September, 
1898.  He  was  ordained  Elder  in  Kansas  City,  September  .30,  1900,  by  Bishop  Gran- 
bery. 

Brother  Patison  has  served  the  following  works:  Grain  Valley  Circuit,  two  years; 
Ash   Grove  Circuit,  four  years;   Montrose  Circuit,  four  years. 

He  has  received  about  three  hundred  people  into  the  church. 

Besides  the  Washington  District  Public  School,  he  attended  the  Steinmetz  School, 
and   Pritchett  College,  graduating  from  that  institution   in  June,  1896. 

He  was  married  to  Miss  Meela  Felts  of  Oak  Grove.  Missouri.  .Tune  1,  1898. 
Sister  Patifon  went  to  her  reward  in  the  better  world  Julv  24.  190."). 
There  were  born  to  them  two  chldren:     Hillis  Hendrix  and  Margaret  Alice  Patison. 
The   books   of    Hillis,   Hendrix   and    Gladden,   he   considers   have    been   of   especial 
profit  to  him. 

Brother  Patison  is  strongly  in  favor  of  the  Church  College.  He  thinks  the  educa- 
tion of  the  mind  and  moral  nature  should  always  go  together. 

He  is  a  useful   man,  a  good   preacher,  and  a   faithful   pastor. 


SOUTHWEST    MISSOURI    CONFERENCE— KANSAS    CITY    DISTRICT.    4S5 


REV.  JAMES  BERNICE   SWINNEY,  A.  M. 


The  Son  of  Man  gave  the  supreme  instance  of  the  possibilities  of 
Our  nature,  in  His  incarnate  Career. — Bishop  Wilson. 


Rev.  James  Bernice  Swinney,  son  of  Thomas  William  Swinney  and  Maggie  E. 
Swinney,  was  born  on  the  home  farm  near  Gilliam,  in  Saline  County,  Missouri,  Jan- 
uary 20th.  1882.  Both  parents  were  members  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church, 
South.  He  was  converted  at  a  tent  meeting  held  at  Gilliam  in  189-5,  under  the  min- 
isti-y  of  Rev.  C.  M.  Hawkins,  and  joined  the  church  at  Cambridge,  Missouri,  at  once. 
The  night  he  was  converted,  Brother  Hawkins  preached  from  the  text  "For  the  Son  of 
Man  is  come  to  seek  and  to  save  that  which  is  lost,"  and  he  had  never  heard  the  word 
"lost"  pi-onounced  as  Brother  Hawkins  pronounced  it  that  night.  It  made  a  very  great 
impression  on  him,  and  he  was  the  third  boy  at  the  altar.  The  services  of  his  home 
church  were  profitable  and  he  progressed  to  a  certain  extent  in  the  Christian  life,  but 
it  was  while  at  Central  College  that  he  became  aware  of  the  possibilities  of  Christian 
growth.  But  for  Central  College  he  would  not  today  be  in  the  ministry.  He  was 
licensed  to  preach  in  April,  1902,  by  the  Boonville  District  Conference;  Rev.  W.  G. 
Beazley,  preacher  in  charge,  and  Rev.  W.  T.  McClure,  Presiding  Elder.  The  same 
Quarterly  Conference  recommended  h'm  to  the  .-Annual  Conference  for  admission  on 
trial  at  Marshall,  Missouri,  in  Anril.  1904:  and  he  was  received  into  the  Annual  Con- 
ference on  trial  in  1904;  Rev.  Z.  M.  Williams.  D.  D..  Presiding  Elder,  and  Bishop 
E.  R.  Hendrix,  presiding;  ordained  Deacon  by  Bishop  Joseph  S.  Key,  at  Joplin.  Mis- 
souri, September  16th,  1906.  .Appointments  served:  Lone  Jack  Circuit,  two  years; 
Independence  Circuit,  one  year.  Sixty-six  persons  have  united  with  the  church  under 
his  mmistry.  He  received  his  education  at  Cambridge  rural  school.  Gilliam  High 
School,  and  Central  College,  from  which  he  was  graduated  in  1904.  He  considers  the 
most  important  crisis  in  his  life  was  when  he  decided  to  go  to  Central  College  instead 
of  Warrensburg  Normal  School.    He  owes  much  to  Central  College. 


486 


CENTENNIAL    VOLUME    UF    .MISSOURI    .METHOUIS.M. 


REV.  WILLIAM  HOLMES. 


Redeemed  man  be.st  expresses  God's  highest  thoughts. 

— Binhop  Hendrix. 


Rev.  William  Holmes  was 
born  in  Harrison  County,  Ken- 
tucky, March  2nd,  1814.  He 
was  a  son  of  Thomas  Holmes 
and  .Jane  Vance  Holmes.  His 
mother  was  a  member  of  the 
Presbyterian  Church.  He  was 
converted  at  a  camp  meeting 
near  Shelbyville.  Mis.souri,  and 
joined  the  church  at  that  meet- 
ing, September,  1840;  Rev.  John 
.Monroe  being  his  pastor.  His 
conversion  was  quick  and  pow- 
erful, changing  his  whole  life 
and  business  career.  He  was 
a  young  lawyer  with  a  promis- 
ing future,  but  felt  called  of 
God  to  the  ministry  and  imme- 
diately gave  up  all  for  God  and 
His  service  and  became  an  itine- 
rant preacher.  He  was  received 
into  the  Annual  Conference  in 
1842,  at  .Jefrer.son  City;  Bishop 
Roberts  presiding.  He  was  or- 
dained Deacon  by  Bishop  Morris 
at  St.  Louis,  in  1844;  ordained 
Elder  in  1846.  He  .served  the 
following  appointments:  Water- 
loo Circuit,  two  years;  Monti- 
cello  Circuit,  two  years;  St. 
Charles  Circuit,  two  years; 
Glasgow,  two  years;  St.  Joseph. 
two  years;  Weston,  one  year, 
when  his  health  failed  and  he 
was  compelled  to  rest  and  travel, 
but  was  not  able  to  resume  the 
active  ministry  again.  His  school 
education  was  somewhat  meager, 
but  he  studied  and  read  all  his  life  and  became  a  close  student,  a  clear  thinker,  and 
very  accurate  in  his  statements.  He  was  married  to  Miss  Laura  Ingraham,  January 
21st,  1836,  and  they  lived  to  celebrate  their  golden  wedding.  The  following  named 
children  were  born  to  them:  Aylwin  A.  Holmes,  Julia  E.  Holmes,  Laura  J.  Holmes, 
Laura  C.  Holmes,  Mary  W.  Holmes,  William  K.  Holmes  and  Sarah  F.  Holmes.  His 
conversion  and  change  of  vocation  to  become  a  minister  of  the  Gospel  was  probably 
the  most  important  crisis  in  his  life.  His  wife  was  converted  at  the  .same  time  and 
place  as  Brother  Holmes  and  was  ever  an  active  and  faithful  assistant  to  him  in 
his  work.  He  held  a  superannuated  relation  in  the  Conference  and  preached  at  vari- 
ous times  and  places  when  called  upon  to  fill  vacancies.  He  was  an  active  Sunday 
School  teacher  and  worker  and  was  faithful  to  his  church  duties  when  his  health 
permitted.  He  was  ever  the  friend  and  counselor  of  young  preachers. 
This    memorial    page    is    p-esented    by    Mrs.   Julia    Holmes    Simpson. 


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CENTENNIAL    VOLUME    OF    MISSOURI    METHODl.SM. 


SOUTHWEST  MISSOURI  CONFERENCE. 


1806— CENTENNIAL  APPOINTMENTS     1906. 


LEXINGTON    DISTRICT. 


G.  J.  Warren Presiding  Elder 

Lexington C.  E.  Pattillo 

Waverly C.   V.    Schulenberger 

Higginsville A.  L.  Marshall 

Warrensburg W.  H.  Comer 

Lamont  and  Dresden E.  Y.  Ginn 

Dover  and  Providenc:? T.  D.  Payne 

Corder  and  Blackburn W.  B.  Cobb 

Odessa  and  Wellington J.  C.  Saylor 

Sweet   Springs   and    Blackwater 

S.  G.   Welborn 


Houstonia   and   Herndon.  .  .  . J.   W.    Ezell 
Longwood  and  High  Point. C.  T.  Wallace 

Montserratt    Circuit C.    F.    Prior 

Pittsville  Circuit W.  F.  Wagoner 

Bates  City  Circu:t N.  M.  Dowdy 

Buckner  Circuit J.  D.  Wood 

Otterville    Circuit L.    M.   Phillips 

Green   Ridge  Circuit.  ..  .Calhoun   Bi-uner 

Sedalia J.   A.   Wailes 

Lincoln  and  Pra'rie  ChapcL.B.  V.  Alton 
Warsaw   Circuit H.  J.  Rand 


SOUTHWEST    MISSOURI    CONFERENCE— LEXINGTON    DISTRICT.       489 


REV.   GEORGE   JAMES   WARREN. 


Christianity  is  not  alone  the  religion  of  redemption  for  the 
Individual,  but  it  makes  him  the  instrument  of  Redemption  to 
His    fellowman. — Bishop   Hendrix. 


Rev.    George    James    Warren, 
son  of  Rev.  William  Warren  and 
Maria    Warren,   was   born    Feb- 
ruary  16th,   1847,   in    Salisbury, 
Engiand,  and  came  to  America 
in  1849.    His  father  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the   Wesleyan   Methodist 
Church,  and  his  mother  belonged 
to  the  Episcopal  Church  in  Eng- 
land, and  to  the  Methodist  Epis- 
copal Church,  South,  after  com- 
ing  to   America.     He   was   con- 
verted in  July,  1867,  near  New 
Hope    Church,    in    Ray    County, 
Missouri,    at    an    arbor    meeting 
held   by  Rev.   Samuel   W.   Alex- 
ander,  assisted    by    Rev.    D.    M. 
Proctor.       His    conversion     was 
clear,    powerful    and    soul-satis- 
fying,   but    did    not    occur   until 
after      he      had     consented      to 
preach.     He  had  felt  the  call  to 
the  ministry,  but  resisted  almost 
to  the  loss   of  his   soul,   but  his 
final     surrender    was     complete. 
.As  the  years  have  gone  by,   he 
has  increased  in  the  knowledge 
and  love  of  God,  and  a  stronger, 
deeper  love  toward  all  mankind. 
He  was  licensed  to  preach   Sep- 
tember 17th,  1867,  by  the  Quar- 
terly Conference  of  the  Millville 
Circuit;    Rev.    Samuel   W.   Alex- 
ander,  preacher   in   charge,   and 
Rev.   W.   E.   Dockery,   Presiding 
Elder;  was  recommended  to  the 
Annual  Conference  by  the  same 
Quarterly  Conference  in  August, 
1868,    with   the    same    pastor    and    same    Presiding    Elder;    received    into    the    Annual 
Conference  in   1868,  at  Weston,  Missouri;   Rev.  W.   B.  Dockery,  Presiding   Elder,  and 
Bishop   H.   H.    Kavanaugh,   presiding;    ordained   Deacon   by   Bishop   E.   M.    Marvin   in 
August,  1871,  at   Council  Grove,  Kansas;   ordained   Elder  by  Bishop  George  F.  Pierce 
in   .August,   1872,  at  Nebraska   City,  Nebraska.     Appointments  filled:     Oskaloosa   Cir- 
cuit,  one    year,    1868;    Irvin    and    Junction    City,    1869;    Shawnee    Circuit,    1870-1872 
Nebraska    City    Station,    1872-1874;    Holton    Circuit.    1874;    Wyandotte    Circuit,    187-5 
Atchison    Station,   1876;    Norborne   Circuit,   1877-1879;    Brunswick   Station,    1879-1883 
Carrollton  Station,  1883-1884;  Gallatin  District,  1884-1888;  Fulton  Station,  1888-1891 
Carrollton   Station,   1891-1894;   Plattsburg   Station,   1894-1896;   Shelbina   Station,   1896 
1898;   Chillicothe  District,  1898-1900;   Huntsville  Station,  1900-1901;   Chaplain  of  Mis- 
souri   State    Prison,    1901-1904;    Belton    and    Martin   City.    1904-1905;    Belton    Station, 
1905-1906.     About  fifteen  hundred  and  sixty-five  persons  have  united  with  the  church 
under   his   ministry.      The   churches   at   Waterville.   Kansas;    Brunswick,    Missouri,   and 
at   Platsburg,   Missouri,   were  built   under  his   pastorate.     His   education   was   received 
at   the    Macon    High    School    at    Bloomineton.    Missouri,    from    which    he    graduated    in 
1861.     He  was  married  to    Miss    S.   Elizabeth   McCuistion,    December   22nd.   1870.      He 
considers  his  conversion  as  the  most  important  crisis   in  his  life.     He  thinks  a  Christ- 
ian   College   alone   can   make   a   Christian    citizen,   and   he   believes   that   every   chui-ch 
should   maintain   such   a   College. 


490  CENTENNIAL    VOLUME    OF    MISSOURI    METHODISM. 


REV.  .ALFRED  FRANKLIN  S.MITH,  A.  M. 


He   who   i.s   born    with   capacities   for   any    undertaking,   finds    in 
Executing  this  the  fairest  portion  of  his  being. — Goethe. 


Rev.  Alfred  Franklin  Smith,  son  of  James  Washington  Smith  and  Alberta  Smith, 
both  members  of  the  Methodist  Church,  was  born  at  Charleston,  Missouri,  March 
28th,  1869.  He  grew  up  believing  he  was  a  Christian,  and  can  point  to  no  definite 
time  or  place  when  converted.  He  joined  the  chui-ch  when  nine  years  old  at  Farm- 
ington,  Missouri.  He  was  licensed  to  preach  by  the  Quarterly  Conference  at  Farming- 
ton,  Missouri,  in  June,  1889,  and  was  recommended  to  the  .Annual  Conference  on  trial 
in  1892,  by  the  Quarterly  Conference  at  Auxvasse,  Missouri;  was  received  into  the 
Annual  Conference  on  trial  in  1892;  Rev.  D.  C.  O'Howell,  Presiding  Elder,  and  Bishop 
C.  B.  Galloway,  presiding;  ordained  Deacon  in  1892,  at  Montgomery  City,  Missouri, 
by  Bishop  C.  B.  Galloway;  ordained  Elder  by  Bishop  C.  B.  Galloway  in  1894,  at 
Hannibal,  Missouri.  Appointments  filled  are  as  follows:  Auxvasse  Circuit,  nine 
months  (supply);  Centralia  Circuit,  one  year;  Montgomery  City,  three  years;  Moberly, 
two  years;  Hannibal,  three  years;  transferred  to  St.  Louis  Conference  in  1902  and 
served  at  Kirkwood  two  years;  is  now  President  of  Central  College  for  Women  at  Lex- 
ington, .Missouri.  He  received  his  education  at  Belleview  Collegiate  Institute,  Central 
College  and  Vanderbilt  University.  He  was  married  to  Miss  Lucy  Helen  Cunning- 
ham, September  20th,  189-3.  and  his  children  are:  Lucy  Hortense  Smith  and  Mildred 
Elizabeth  Smith.  He  is  a  fine  preacher,  a  brotherly  man  and  a  successful  College 
President.     His  fine  spirit  has  made  him  a  host  of  friends. 


SOUTHWEST    MISSOURI    CONFERENCE— LEXINGTON    DISTRICT.       4!»1 


MRS.  LUCY  MAUDE   SMITH. 


Knowledge   is  now   no  more   a  fountain   sealed. — Tennyson. 

Mrs.  Lucy  Maude  Smith,  wife 
of  Rev.  Alfred  Franklin  Smith, 
came  of  strong  lineage  through 
the  Cunninghams,  Kings  and 
Chesters  of  Ohio.  Her  birth  was 
in  Licking  County,  near  Colum- 
bus, on  October  29th,  1871.  Los- 
ing her  mother  in  infancy,  she 
was  brought  up  in  tenderness  by 
Rev.  and  Mrs.  Rueben  Hahn,  a 
Presbyterian  minister  and  his 
wife,  who  imparted  the  largest 
culture  and  the  highest  ideals. 
Matured  in  literary  and  artistic 
circles,  she  early  showed  her 
aptitude  for  writing  and  music. 

Insatiable  at  the  fountains  of 
knowledge,  Mrs.  Smith,  having 
graduated  from  the  High  School 
at  Jledicine  Lodge,  Kansas,  the 
valedictorian  of  her  class,  pur- 
sued her  reading  and  study,  ac- 
quiring the  gentle  refinements  of 
taste  for  the  best  literature. 
Her  productions  have  received 
noteworthy  praise.  She  submit- 
ted, in  Boston,  along  with  twelve 
hundred  others,  a  thesis,  which 
won,  not  only  the  distinction  of 
first  place,  but  also  the  prize  of 
$500.00.  She  has,  from  time  to 
time,  contributed  to  papers  and 
magazines,  articles,  short  stories, 
criticism  and  letters  of  travel. 

But  the  holy  fire  in  her  bosom 
is  music.  Before  she  was  twelve 
years  old,  she  was  singing  and 
playing  before  large  audiences. 
She  thought  and  aspired  and 
acted  in  musical  measures.  Her 
nature  is  strung  to  that  key. 
Her  talent  is  extraordinary.  But 
the  natural  gifts  have  not  been 
left  to  solitary  endeavors.  She 
has  studied  with  the  best  mas- 
ters in  America  and  Europe,  embracing  besides  much  other  work,  two  years  at  the 
New  England  Conservatory,  and  several  months  in  daily  study  with  Madame  Mathilda 
Marches!,  in   Paris. 

Gifted  with  what  Madame  Beech-Yaw  wrote  in  her  letters  of  introduction  to 
European  teachers  was  "one  of  America's  best  and  sweetest  voices,"  Mrs.  Smith 
has  become  known  as  a  singer  of  rare  ability. 

The  depth  of  the  heai-t  and  life  of  this  gifted  woman  are  not  known,  however, 
till  her  religious  inclinations  and  fervor  are  observed.  She  joined  the  Presbj-terian 
Church,  in  Sedan,  Kansas,  at  twelve  years  of  age,  and  throughout  young  womanhood 
was  active  in  the  work  of  the  Sunday  School,  the  Y.  P.  S.  C.  E.,  and  the  Woman's 
Foreign  Missionary  Society.  After  her  marriage,  September  20th,  189:?.  she  united 
with  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church.  South,  to  be  with  her  husband  in  Christian 
life  and  labor.  Her  best  effoi-ts  have  been  unsparingly  given,  since  then,  to  the  toil 
of  a  Methodist  preacher's  wife.  Her  home  life  has  been  her  chief  employment  and 
theme  of  thought.  The  care  of  her  two  daughters,  ( Lucy  Hortense,  born  at  Mont- 
gomery City,  and  Mildred  King,  born  at  Moberly),  has  been  her  pleasure  and  inspi- 
ration. She  has,  nevertheless,  found  time  for  the  social  meetings  of  the  church; 
particularly,  has  she  given  her  voice  for  its  spiritual  and  financial  upbuilding.  To 
her  enthusiastic  and  untiring  efforts  are  due  the  construction  of  the  beautiful  Pipe 
Organ    in   our   church    at   Kirkwood. 


492 


CENTENNIAL    VOLUME    OF    MISSOURI    METHOPISM. 


REV.    WILLIAM    STEWART   WOODARD. 


The    Eternal    God    is    the    Refuge   of 
Eternal. — Dr.   Jm^cph    I'drkcr. 


His    Saints   because    He    is 


'^'B^ 


Rev.  William  Stewart  Wood- 
ard,  son  of  Thomas  S.  Wood- 
ard  and  Susan  W.  Woodard, 
was  born  March  31st,  1829,  on 
White's  Creek,  near  Nashville, 
Tennessee.  When  he  was  only 
six  months  old  his  parents 
moved  to  Cooper  County,  Mis- 
souri, and  in  18.").^,  they  moved 
to  Polk  County,  Missouri.  His 
parents  and  fjrand  parents  were 
all  members  of  the  .Methodist 
Episcopal  Church,  South.  He 
was  converted  at  Mt.  Ebenezer 
Camp  Ground,  August  28th, 
184").  and  joined  the  church  in 
March,  1846.  He  was  licensed 
to  preach  April  6th,  18.')0,  by 
the  Quarterly  Conference  of  Bol- 
ivar Circuit,  and  in  July  of  the 
same  year  he  was  admitted  to 
the  .Annual  Conference  on  trial 
at  Independence,  Mis.souri,  under 
the  presidency  of  Bishop  Bas- 
com.  He  was  ordained  Deacon 
in  18.52,  by  Bishop  Paine;  or- 
dained Elder  in  1854,  by  Bishop 
H.  H.  Kavanaudh.  His'appoint- 
ments  are  as  follows:  Mount 
Vernon;  SteelviHe;  Diniphan; 
Waynesville;  Neosho;  Versailles; 
Wolf  Island;  Carthafjo;  Stock- 
ton; DeSoto;  SteelviHe  District; 
Iron  Mountain  District;  Cape 
Girardeau  District;  Potosi  Dis- 
trict; Saline  Circuit;  Chamois; 
Council  Grove  District;  .Aulville 
Circuit;  LaMonte;  Neosho  Dis- 
trict; Papinsville;  Wellington;  Chapel  Hill;  Conference  Colporter,  California.  In 
1893  he  was  placed  on  the  superannuated  list.  He  was  married  to  Miss  Eliza  B. 
Spencer,  September  5th,  1852,  and  they  have  had  five  sons  and  five  daughters  born 
unto  them,  but  five  of  them  have  entered  into  rest.  The  names  of  their  children  are: 
.Allen  L.  Woodard,  Susan  E.  Woodard.  Thomas  S.  Woodard,  Lula  Burk,  William  G. 
Woodard,  .lames  Monroe  Price  Woodard,  .Anna  Karris,  Mary  Eliza  Pugh,  Joseph  Bledsoe, 
Woodard  and  Lydia  Knott.  About  fifteen  hundred  per.sons  have  united  with  the  church 
under  his  ministry.  Wesley  Chapel,  the  church  at  Miami,  and  Marr's  Chapel  were 
all  built  under  his  pastorate.  He  has  been  gi'eatly  helned  by  reading  "Pilgrim's  Prog- 
ress," ".John  Nelson."  "Hester  Ann  Rogers."  "Fletcher's  Appeal,"  "Ralston's  Elements 
of  Divinity,"  "Watson's  Institutes,"  "Christ  of  History,"  "The  Man  of  Gallilee,"  and 
others  of  like  character.  He  thinks  it  a  part  of  the  duty  of  the  church  to  maintain  a 
Christian  College  for  the  higher  and  better  education  of  the  young  men  and  women 
of  today. 


SOUTHWEST    MISSOURI    CONFERENCE— LEXINGTON    DISTRICT.       -K)3 


REV.   CALHOUN    BRUNER. 


The  sacrifice  of  individual  life  is  impressive  and  noble. 

— Dr.  James   W.  Lee. 


Rev.  Calhoun  Bruner  was 
born  October  8th.  1848,  in  Char- 
iton County,  Missouri.  His 
father,  Jacob  Bruner,  was  a 
member  of  the  Baptist  Church, 
and  his  mother,  Sarah  Bruner, 
was  a  member  of  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  Church,  South.  He 
was  converted  in  Salem  School 
House,  Chariton  County,  Mis- 
souri, in  1861,  under  the  min- 
istry of  Rev.  Jacob  McEwen, 
and  joined  the  church  at  Salem 
School  House,  under  the  minis- 
try of  Rev.  William  Penn.  He 
and  his  brother  Jacob  had  been 
forward  to  the  altar  several 
times  for  prayer;  the  third  time 
they  went  to  the  altar  tluy 
were  both  gloriously  convert 
and  shouted  the  praise  of  the 
Lord.  From  the  time  he  began 
to  take  active  part  in  the  ser- 
vices of  the  church,  his  growth 
in  grace  increased  perceptibly. 
He  began  to  read  the  Bible 
through  and  then  God  called 
him  to  preach,  but  it  was  four 
years  later  before  he  went  out 
and  joined  the  itinerant  ranks. 
He  was  licensed  to  preach  March 
1st,  1884,  in  Dade  County,  Mis- 
souri, by  the  Quarterly  Confer- 
ence of  Jasper  Circuit;  Rev. 
Freed  Montgomery,  Presiding 
Elder,  and  Rev.  V.  J.  Sevier, 
preacher  in  charge;  was  recom- 
mended to  the  Annual  Confer- 
ence by  the  Quarterly  Conference  of  Carthage,  Missouri,  September  28th,  1886,  and 
was  received  into  the  Annual  Conference  on  trial  the  same  year;  Rev.  L.  W.  Pearce, 
Presiding  Elder,  and  Bishop  McTyeire,  presiding.  He  was  ordained  Deacon  by  Bishop 
E.  R.  Hendrix,  October  7th,  1888,  at  Nevada,  Missouri;  was  ordained  Elder  by  Bishop 
J.  S.  Key,  September  28th,  1890,  at  Clinton,  Missouri.  He  has  served  the  following 
charges:  Kenoma  Circuit,  two  years;  Akinsville,  one  year;  Lowry  City  Circuit,  two 
years;  Montserratt  Circuit,  two  years;  Plainfield  Circuit,  one  year;  Grain  Valley 
Circuit,  one  year;  Archie  Circuit,  one  year;  Moundville  Circuit,  one  year;  Jasper 
Circuit,  four  years;  Sprague  Circuit,  one  year;  South  Greenfield  Circuit,  two  years; 
Lowry  City  Circuit,  two  years;  he  is  now  serving  his  first  year  on  the  Green  Ridge 
Circuit.  The  church  at  Golden  City  was  built  under  his  pastorate,  and  the  following 
parsonages:  Glenstead.  Archie,  Montserratt,  Lowry  City  and  Plainfield.  He  at- 
tended the  district  schools.  He  was  married  to  Miss  Elizabeth  Richardson.  Aoril 
25th,  1872,  and  they  have  the  following  named  children:  Hallie  Bruner,  Jessie  Bird 
Bruner,  Ruth  Bruner,  Herbert  Bascom  Bruner  and  Hazel  Bruner.  He  says  he  con- 
siders the  time  when  he  was  converted  and  called  to  preach  as  the  most  impoi'tant 
crisis  in  his  life.  Brother  Bruner  has  spent  twenty  years  of  his  life  in  the  work 
of  the  ministry  and  it  is  his  desire  to  continue  in  this  work  until  God  shall  say: 
"It  is  enough,  come  up  higher." 


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CENTENNIAL    VOLUME    OF    MISSOURI    METHODISM. 


REV.   JESSE    GREEN. 


.\1I,   all    on    earth    is    shadow,   all    beyond    is    substance. — Yuu 


ng. 


Rev.  Jesse  Green  was  born  in  Knox 
County,  Tennessee,  November  29th,  1791. 
He  was  a  son  of  Jesse  Green,  Sr.,  and 
Isabella  Gibson  Green.  His  father  was 
one  of  the  four  intrepid  men  who  entered 
the  court  room  at  .VIorEantown,  North 
Carolina,  and  rescued  Governor  Sevier 
from  the  very  hands  of  his  enemies  as 
he  was  being  tried  for  treason.  Reared 
in  the  home  of  piou.s  parents,  his  moral 
and  religious  training  was  such  as  de- 
veloped m  him  those  qualities  which 
fitted  him  in  after  years  to  become  a 
leader  among  men,  and  which  through- 
out life  so  eminently  characterized  him. 
In  early  boyhood,  his  chosen  watchword 
was,  "Onward,"  and  inspired  by  it,  he 
ever  sought  to  reach  forth  unto  the  things 
that  were  before  and  to  press  toward  the 
mai-k  of  his  high  calling.  He  attended  a 
ramp  meeting  when  seventeen,  became 
lonvicted,  and  before  quitting  the  spot 
was  happily  converted.  He  at  once  united 
with  the  Methodist  Church,  the  church  of 
his  parents.  At  the  Annual  Conference, 
licld  in  Franklin,  Tennessee,  he  received 
Ills  first  appointment  to  the  Ashe  Circuit, 
Holston  District.  In  1818,  he  was  re- 
lurned  to  the  Ashe  Circuit,  but  was 
hanged  by  the  Presiding  Elder  to  Abing- 
don. In  Nashville,  Tennessee,  he  was  or- 
lained  Deacon  by  Bishop  Enoch  George 
;ind  was  appointed  to  Hartford  Circuit. 
In  Salem,  Tennessee,  November  11th, 
1821.  he  received  Elder's  oiders  at  the 
hands  of  Bishop  Robert  R.  Roberts,  and  was  appointed  to  New  River  Circuit;  in  1823, 
he  took  a  transfer  to  the  Missouri  Conference;  182"),  he  served  Cape  Girardeau  Dis- 
trict; 1826,  Boonslick  Circuit;  1829  and  1830,  Presiding  Elder  of  Missouri  District. 
This  District  embraced  parts  of  Missouri,  Iowa,  Indian  Territorv  and  .\rkansas;  1831, 
Arkansas  District;  1832,  Cape  Girardeau  District;  1833-1836,  Mis.souri  District;  18.37, 
Agent  for  St.  Charles  College;  1838,  Booneville  District;  1839-1840,  Lexington  District; 
1841-1843,  District  North  of  the  Mis.souri  River.  The  disaffection  between  brethren 
caused  by  the  action  of  the  General  Conference  of  1844.  seemed  to  call  for  his  efforts 
as  pacificator  in  the  disturbed  section  of  the  Lexington  District,  to  which  he  was  ap- 
pointed in  1844,  and  the  District  again  prospered.  P'our  times  was  Mr.  Green  chosen 
as  delegate  to  the  General  Conference.  Throughout  the  wild  and  sparsely  settled 
country,  Mr.  Green  .saw  much  of  the  various  Indian  tribes,  and  he  preached  to  them 
the  unsearchable  riches  of  Christ.  He  felt  a  deep  interest  in  the  missionarv  work 
among  them  and  was  one  of  the  founders  of  the  Indian  Missions.  Through  his  pre- 
sentation of  the  subject,  the  missionary  spirit  was  aroused  in  the  members  of  the 
Missouri  Conference,  and  they  formed  a  Missionary  Society.  From  the  time  of  its 
establishment,  Mr.  Green  called  the  Shawnee  Mission,  "home:"  and  it  was  here  he 
spent  his  "rest  days;"  here  he  met  and  married  Miss  Mary  Todd;  five  children  blessed 
this  union,  viz:  Thomas  Johnson  Green,  Mrs.  Mary  Elizabeth  Crenshaw.  Belle  L. 
Green;  two  are  deceased.  In  the  regular  performance  of  his  work  as  Presiding  Elder, 
he  was  gone  from  home  much  of  the  time.  He  was  filling  an  appointment  near  Clin- 
ton. Mis.souri,  when  the  message  came,  "The  Master  is  come  and  calleth  for  thee." 
Whispering  "Hope,  sweet  hope,"  this  soldier  of  the  cross  went  hence  on  April  18th, 
1847,  to  receive  a  crown  of  righteousness. 


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MRS.   MARY  TODD   GREEN 


*  *  *  *  Like  to  the  lark, 
That  warbling  in  the  air  expatiates  long, 
Then,  trilling  out  his  last  sweet  melody. 
Drops,    satiate    with    the    sweetness.  — Dante. 


Mary  Todd  was  born  in  Bristol,  Eng- 
land, December  11th,  1812,  and  with  her 
parents,  Thomas  Todd  and  Elizabeth 
Merchant  Todd,  landed  in  New  York  City 
on  her  sixth  birthday.  Her  parents  were 
converted  under  the  preaching  of  Rev. 
John  Wesley,  and  worshiped  in  City  Road 
Chapel.  Mr.  Todd  was  one  of  those  who 
heard  Mr.  Wesley  when  he  stood  upon 
his  father's  tombstone  as  a  pulpit,  and 
pi-eached.  After  Mr.  Todd  removed  to 
Bristol,  Mr.  Wesley  was  a  visitor  in  the 
home.  Mary,  even  in  her  early  life, 
became  conversant  with  the  doctrines  of 
Methodism,  and  her  faith  in  its  tenets, 
her  love  for  the  church,  and  her  interest 
for  its  welfare  so  deepened  with  her 
growth  as  to  shape  and  characterize  her 
whole  after  life.  In  the  fall  of  1838, 
she  was  appointed  by  the  New  York  Con- 
ference as  missionary  to  the  Shawnee 
Indians.  The  journey  of  more  than  fif- 
teen hundred  miles  was  made  alone  by 
stage  in  mid-winter.  When  she  reached 
St.  Louis,  she  found  herself  a  stranger 
in  a  strange  land  and  moneyless.  The 
only  thing  that  she  could  do  was  to  walk 
through  muddy  streets  in  search  of  the 
Methodist  parsonage.  Her  mind  was 
much  relieved  when  she  learned  that  Rev. 
Thomas  Johnson,  the  superintendent  of 
the  mission,  had  written  of  her  coming 
and  asked  the  preacher  to  lend  her  his 
aid  in  any  way  that  she  might  need. 
The  mission  station  where  she  first  entered  upon  her  work  of  teaching,  was  located 
in  what  is  now  Wyandotte  County,  Kansas.  Without  hesitancy,  she  cheerfully  ad- 
justed herself  to  the  changed  conditions  and  entered  at  once  upon  her  work  of  teaching 
those  children  of  the  forest  things  that  would  elevate  the  thought.  That  her  labors 
were  not  in  vain  is  evidenced  by  the  changed  manner  of  life  and  the  blameless 
Christian  character  of  many  who  by  her  were  led  to  accept  the  "Jesus  doctrine," 
numbers  of  whom,  both  of  men  and  women  in  later  years  were  among  their  own 
people  prominent  in  the  church  and  who  among  their  white  brethren  were  esteemed 
for  their  deep  piety  and  their  Christian  integrity.  After  her  marriage,  Mrs.  Green 
continued  teaching  for  some  time,  and  after  quitting  the  school  room  was  still  en- 
gaged in  missionary  work.  She  was  the  same  earnest,  zealous,  consecrated  Christian 
she  had  ever  been,  keeping  up  the  family  altar,  working  in  the  church  and  Sabbath 
School,  visiting  the  sick  and  helping  the  needy.  There  could  be  but  one  ending  to 
such  a  life.  On  March  21st,  189.3,  the  light  of  the  eternal  day  fell  on  her,  and  as 
with  glad  hands  she  reached  up  toward  the  shining  way,  with  happy  smile  she  said: 
"All's  well,  all's  well,"  and  entered  through  the  gates  into  the  city,  there  to  be  forever 
with  her  Lord. 


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CENTENNIAL    VOLUME    OF    MISSOURI    METHODISM. 


REV.   THOMAS   DEKALB   I'AYNE. 


God    showeth    us    the   path   wherein    we   should    go,    and    maketh 
Plain   the   way  before  our  face. — John   Wesley. 


Rev.  Thomas  DeKalb  Payne 
is  the  son  of  Daniel  L.  Payne 
and  Mary  Payne,  both  of  whom 
were  members  of  the  Primitive 
B.iptist  Church.  He  was  bovn 
-May  20th,  1839,  in  Simpson 
County,  Kentucky,  and  was  con- 
verted in  the  same  county  at 
Salem  Church,  .Aujjust  oth,  1858, 
and  joined  the  Methodist  Epis- 
copal Church,  South,  FranKlin 
Circuit,  under  the  ministry  of 
Rev.  Thomas  J.  Moore.  His 
conversion  was  clear  and  satis- 
tactory.  His  pfrowth  in  grace 
has  been  steadfast  and  has  given 
him  a  better  knowledge  of  the 
plan  of  salvation.  He  was  li- 
censed to  preach  November  26th, 
18.59,  by  the  Quarterly  Confer- 
ence of  Franklin  Circuit,  Louis- 
f'lWe  Conference;  Rev.  John  Ran- 
dolph, preacher  in  charge,  and 
Rev.  Thomas  J.  Moore,  Presid- 
ing Elder.  Having  come  to  Mis- 
.souri,  he  was  recommended  to 
the  St.  Louis  Conference  for  ad- 
mission on  trial  in  1869;  Rev. 
W.  .M.  Pitts,  Presiding  Elder. 
He  was  received  into  the  St. 
Louis  Confei-ence  September 
oth,  1869,  and  at  that  time  was 
ordained  Elder  by  Bishop  G. 
F.  Pieice;  he  had  been  ordained 
Deacon  in  Henderson.  Kentuokv, 
bv  Bishop  H.  H.  Kavanaugh, 
October  23rd.  18ri4.  He  .servo  1 
two  charges  in  the  Louisville 
Conference  as  supply.  The  following  is  a  list  of  his  charges  in  Missouri:  Lebanon, 
Stockton  Circuit,  Springfield  Circuit,  Greenfield  Circuit,  Carthage,  .\sh  Grove,  Har- 
risonville,  Montrose,  Pink  Hill,  Lee's  Summit  and  Pleasant  Hill,  Columbus,  Wellingion, 
Neosho  District,  Ariow  Rock  and  Smith's  Chapel,  Longwood  and  Herndon,  Pilot  Grove 
and  Belle  .■\ir,  Orearville  and  Shiloh,  Versailles  Station,  Blue  Springs,  Bates  City. 
Five  churches  and  two  parsonages  have  been  built  under  his  pastorate,  to-wit:  Carr's 
Chapel.  Walnut  Grove,  Oakland,  Oak  Grove  and  Stone's  Chapel.  The  parsonages 
are:  South  Greenfield  and  Bates  Citv.  He  was  educated  in  the  common  schools  of 
Simp.son    County,   Kentucky,   and    Mitchelvillc    .Academy,   Tennessee.      He   was   married 


to    Miss   Eliza    Baxter    Rodgers    May 
have  the  following  children,  Lucy   R., 
He  thinks  the  following  books,  aside 
"Watson's    Dictionary,"    "Theological 
Marvin,  etc.     He  has   missed  but  one 


."ith,  1867.  who  died  October  19th.  1904.  They 
Annie.   Bina   Ethel   and  Georgia   Baxter  Payne. 

from  the  Bible,  have  been  most  helpful  to  him: 
Compend,"  "Lives  of  McKpn,dree,"  "Caples,"' 
session  of  his  conference  in  thirty-seven  years. 


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REV.   WILLIAM    HENRY   COMER. 


From   Age   to   Age,   the   most   mighty    Apology   for    Christianity 
Has  been  the  Lives  of  her  Saints. — Canon  Farrar. 


Rev.  William  Henry  Comer 
was  born  August  16th,  18-52,  in 
Ray  County,  Missouri,  near  Rich- 
mond. His  father,  Nathan  Co- 
mer, was  a  member  of  the  Chris- 
tian church,  and  his  mother, 
Catherine  M.  Comer,  belonged  to 
the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church, 
South.  He  was  converted  through 
the  death  of  a  Christian  brother 
on  May  17th,  1870.  He  was 
thoroughly  changed  in  heart  and 
life.  He  united  with  the  church 
October  24th,  1870,  under  the 
ministry  of  Rev.  Alex.  Spencer. 
His  development  in  the  Christian 
life  has  been  steady  and  con- 
stant. He  was  licensed  to  pi'each 
bv  the  Quarterly  Conference  of 
the  Millville  Circuit,  July  2.3rd, 
1876;  Rev.  G.  Tanquary,  pastor, 
and  Rev.  W.  E.  Dockery,  Presid- 
ing Elder.  The  same  Quarterly 
Conference  recommended  him  for 
admission  on  trial  into  the  An- 
nual Conference  July  23rd,  1876. 
He  was  received  into  the  Annual 
Conference,  September  13th, 
1876,  at  Hannibal,  Missouri; 
Rev.  W.  E.  Dockerv,  Presiding 
Elder,  and  Bishop  "H.  N.  Mc- 
Tyeire,  presiding.  At  the  close 
of  the  session,  he  was  transfer- 
red to  the  Western  Conference. 
He  was  ordained  Deacon  by 
Bishop  D.  S.  Doggett,  at  Wyan- 
dotte, Kansas,  in  September, 
1878;  ordained  Elder  by  Bishop 
J.  C.  Keener,  at  Oskaloosa,  Kansas,  in  September,  1880.  He  has  served  the  follow- 
ing appointments:  Cedar  Point  Circuit,  1876;  Walnut  Valley,  1877;  Oxford,  1878- 
1880;  Howard  City,  1880-1882;  Council  Grove,  1882-1885;  Kansas  City,  Kansas, 
7th  Street  Church,  1885-1889;  Holton,  1889-1890;  Atchison,  Kansas,  1890-1894;  Kan- 
sas Citv,  Kansas,  7th  Street  Church,  1894-1898;  Atchison,  Kansas,  1898-1901;  Coun- 
cil Grove  District,  Presiding  Elder,  1901-1904;  Westren  District,  190.5-1906;  appointed 
to  Warrensburg,  Southwest  Missouri  Conference,  in  September,  1906.  About  seven 
hundred  persons  have  united  with  the  church  under  his  ministry.  The  church  and 
parsonage  in  Kansas  City,  Kansas,  and  the  parsonage  at  Atchison,  Kansas,  were 
built  under  his  pastorate.  He  received  his  education  at  the  public  schools.  He  was 
married  to  Miss  Minnie  X.  Scott,  June  loth,  1887,  and  they  have  one  child,  E.  Norma 
Comer.  He  considers  his  conversion  and  consecration  to  the  ministry  as  the  most 
important  crisis  in  his  life.  Aside  from  the  Bible,  some  of  the  books  which  have 
been  most  helpful  to  him,  are  Pilgrim's  Progress,  History  of  the  Bible,  and  the  writ- 
ings of  ilarvin,  Wesley,  Watson,  etc. 

For   fifteen   years   he   was    Secretary  of  the   Western   Conference,   and  he   was   a 
delegate  to   the   General  Conference   which  met   in    Baltimore   in   1898. 


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CENTENNIAL    VOLUME    OF    MISSOURI    METHODISM. 


REV.   SAMUEL   S.   COLBURN. 


He    shall    receive    the    Crown    oi    Life,    which    the    Lord    hath 
Promised  to   them   that   love   Him. — St.  James. 


Rev.  Samuel  S.  Colburn  was 
born  in  Greene  County,  Tenn- 
essee, May,  1st,  1807.  In  1831 
he  came  to  Missouri,  was  con- 
verted and  joined  the  Methodist 
Church  the  followinj;  year.  He 
was  licensed  to  preach  in  18:!:!, 
and  in  183."!  was  appointed  by 
Presiding  Elder  Rev.  Jesse 
Green,  to  assist  Rev.  J.  L. 
Irwin  on  the  Boonville  and  Ar- 
low  Rock  Circuit.  At  the  next 
session  of  the  conference  he  was 
admitted  on  trial  and  piven  the 
Keylesville    Circuit. 

For  forty-two  years  thereafter 
he  was  enpaRed  in  the  ministry, 
and   though   durin;;  the   last  de- 
cade of  his  life  he  was  compelled 
to  accept  a  superannuated  rela- 
tion   to    the    Conference,    when 
able    to    attend    its    sessions,    he 
bejisred   for   work.     The   Confer- 
ence,     however,      realizing      the 
weakened  condition  of  his  health, 
(lid    not   yield    to    his   entreaties, 
for  he  was  then  suffering  from 
the  effects  of  exposures  to  w-hich 
the  early  circuit  rider  was  sub- 
jected.    What  was  then  one  cir- 
cuit,  now  embraces  several   dis- 
tricts, and  railroad  accommoda- 
tions were  meager.     But  he  was 
earnest    and    industrious    in    the 
Master's    vineyard;    he    paid    no 
heed   to   the  earthly  storms  and 
hardships   which   beset   him,   be- 
cause he  longed  most  of  all   for 
the    souls    of    men    for    Christ's 
Kingdom. 
The   last   Conference   attended    by   him    was    held    at    Lexington    in    1874;    Bishop 
Keener,  presiding.     He  insisted  on  being  given  work,  and  when  this  was  refused  him, 
still    undmindful    of    the    affliction    which    was    I'apidly    overtaking    him,    .said:      "Very 
well,  I  will  make  my  own  appointment?."     And  so  he  did,  arranging  four  appointments 
for  alternating  Sabbaths  during  the   following  winter  and  on   into   May.  when   he   re- 
turned  from  his  last  appointment  at   Versailles,  in  a  drenching  rain.     Upon  arriving 
at  his  home  in  Otterville,  his  remark  was:     "My  work  is  finished — I  go  no  more." 

He  passed  on  to  his  reward  August  26,  187.5,  in  the  69th  year  of  his  life.  He 
was  three  times  married,  his  first  wives  having  been  Lizzie  and  Mary  Cunningham,  and 
his  third  wife  Rhoda  Ross  Colburn,  who  has  just  celebrated  her  8."ith  birthday  and  who 
resides  with  her  daughter,  Mrs.  Addie  Zehner,  in  Dallas,  Texas.  Others  surviving  him 
were:  Mrs.  Mary  Dean  (deceased),  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Phipps,  Kansas  City,  (by  his 
first  wife),  Richard,  of  Higginsville,  Missouri,  (by  his  second  wife),  Mrs.  Sus-.m 
Neale.  Coffcyville,  Kansas,  Dr.  Samuel  (deceased),  Mrs.  Ellen  Hayes,  St.  Louis,  and 
Mrs.  Addie  Zehner,  by  his  third  wife.  This  sketch  is  furnished  by  wife  and  children. 
How  appropriate  to  one  whose  life  had  known  no  winter,  but  had  been  one  long 
spring  and  summer,  filled  with  sowing  of  the  gospel  of  .lesus  Christ  and  the  reaping 
of  souls  for  His  Kingdom,  and  which  ended  on  that  bright  .■Vugust  day,  is  the  verse 
selected  by  our  friend  and  brother.  Rev.  W.   S.  Woodard,  which   I   give  below: 

"The    summer    sun    was    shining, 

The   sweat   was  on   his   brow. 
His  garments  worn  and  dusty. 
His  step  seemed  very  slow. 
But  he  kept  pressing  onward. 
For  he  was  wending  home, 
Still   shouting   as   he   journeyed: 
Deliverance   will    come!" 


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REV.   JOHN    C.    SHACKELFORD,    A.    M. 


Literary  labor  made  tributary  to  great  and  unselfish  uses;   this 
Is   the    Christian    ideal   of   a   scholar's   life. — Dr.   Austin   Phelps. 


Rev.  John  C.  Shackelford,  son 
of  Thomas  Shackelford  and 
Eliza  C.  Shackelford,  was  born 
in  Saline  County,  Missouri, 
August  4th,  1829.  in  early  life 
he  kept  store  for  a  brother-in- 
law  until  he  determined  to  edu- 
cate himself  for  a  lawyer.  After 
getting  all  the  education  obtain- 
able from  the  private  schools  of 
his  neighborhood  and  from  Ma- 
sonic College  at  Lexington,  Mis- 
souri, he  commenced  the  study 
of  law.  He  continued  at  this 
for  two  years  under  an  older 
brother  and  then  went  East  to 
a  law  school,  at  Ballston,  New 
York.  While  engaged  in  the 
study  of  law  the  great  question, 
"What  shall  it  profit  a  man 
if  he  gain  the  whole  world  and 
lose  his  own  soul?"  come  to  him 
one  day  with  such  force  that  it 
haunted  him  like  a  nightmare 
until  he  surrendered  to  what  he 
believed  to  be  his  call  to  the  min- 
istry. After  passing  through 
the  whole  curriculum  of  four 
years  at  Yale,  he  returned  home, 
expecting  to  attend  Princeton  in 
the  fall,  but  in  the  meantime 
he  made  a  study  of  the  Confes- 
sion of  Faith;  up  to  that  time 
he  had  been  a  Presbyterian,  but 
the  study  of  the  Confession 
completely  revolutionized  his 
mind.  While  passing  through  a 
great  conflict  he  visited  the  Mis- 
souri Conference,  then  in  session  at  Brunswick.  As  he  looked  on  that  noble  body  of 
men  led  by  Caples,  Marvin  and  Vandeventer,  he  thought  them  the  happiest  men  he 
ever  saw,  and  then  and  there  determined  to  be  a  Methodist  preacher.  In  18-54,  he 
joined  the  St.  Louis  Conference  held  in  Jefferson  City,  Missouri.  The  second  year 
of  his  ministry  he  was  thrown  into  intimate  association  with  a  spiritually  minded 
Methodist  preacher  of  higher  character.  He  saw  that  there  was  an  experience  in 
this  preacher  far  beyond  his  own,  and  resolved  to  seek  a  deeper  expe'-ience.  Not  long 
after,  in  a  grove,  he  received  an  overwhelming  baptism  of  the  Holy  Ghost.  This 
was  the  glory  spot  of  his  life.  Ever  since  then  "Redeeming  love  has  been  my  tlieme, 
and  shall  be  till  I  die.  Then  in  a  nobler,  sweeter  strain,  I'll  sing  God's  power  to  save, 
till  this  poor,  lisping-,  stammering  tongue  lies  silent  in  the  grave.''  After  this  great 
baptism  of  the  Spirit,  his  zeal  was  greater  than  his  physical  strength,  and  in  ten 
years  he  became  nervously  prostrated.  While  preaching  in  St.  James,  his  health 
completely  failed  and  he  was  compelled  to  retire  to  a  farm.  The  exercise  of  the  farm 
patched  him  up  so  that  he  continued  to  preach  sometimes  in  the  regular  work.  On 
account  of  ill  health  he  was  compelled  to  take  a  supernumerary  relation  in  1889,  but 
has  continued  to  preach,  as  opportunity  presented  itself.  During  the  last  year  he 
has  put  into  a  little  book  the  mature  thoughts  of  his  life  on  the  subject  of  The 
Atonement.  In  this  book,  "Ecce  Agnus  Dei,"  he  claims  to  have  reached  by  induction 
the  true  theory  of  the  Atonement,  which  satisfied  both  heart  and  intellect. 


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MRS.   MARTHA  JANE    DUNKLEY. 


And    good    thoupht.s    where    her     footsteps     pressed     like     fairy 
Blossoms  grew. — John  G.   Whittier. 


Martha  Jane  Porter  was  born  in  Smith  County,  Tennessee,  March  16th,  1820. 
Her  mother  died  in  1825.  With  the  help  of  a  black  mammy,  she  cared  for  herself  and 
three  younger  children;  one  a  six  months  old  babe.  In  18.3.5,  her  father  havinfj  married 
again,  she  came  to  Missouri,  with  a  {rreat  uncle  and  family.  They  settled  in  Morgan 
County.  Soon  after  this  she  was  converted  and  joined  the  Methodist  Church.  When 
the  division  came,  she  kept  her  faith  with  the  South,  always  being  faithful  to  her 
vows,  cherishing  her  love  for  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  South.  .January  31st, 
1844,  she  was  married  to  B.  F.  Dunkley,  who  was  a  medical  student.  When  his 
medical  course  was  completed,  they  moved  to  Pettis  County,  Missouri.  Soon  after, 
a  few  zealous  Methodists  met  and  organized  a  class.  They  were  John  Rice,  Judith 
Rice,  Rachel  Rice,  Martha  J.  Dunkley  and  B.  Y.  Chipman.  Afterwards  they  were 
known  as  the  Freedom  class.  Revs.  Jesse  Green,  Dines,  Price,  Dan  Leeper.  Bond, 
Porter,  and  W.  W.  Prottsman,  served  this  charge  as  pastor  or  Presiding  Elder.  In 
the  fall  of  18.56,  the  class,  having  grown  too  much  for  Freedom  school  house,  they 
decided  to  build,  and  in  June,  1857,  Black  Water  Chapel  was  dedicated.  From  the 
beginning,  she  was  a  subscriber  to  the  St.  Louis  Christian  Advocate,  which  she  read 
faithfully.  She  read  her  Bible  through  often,  and  the  last  years  of  her  life,  she  read 
it  through  each  year.  All  the  charter  members  of  Black  Water  Chapel  mw  lie  around 
it,  awaiting  the  Resurrection  of  the  dead.  All  were  faithful  to  the  cause  of  Christ, 
liberal  to  their  church,  leaving  us  who  lemain  a  noble  inheritance  of  love  to  our  God. 
Their  lives  are  a  golden  link  to  the  oast.  These  memories  and  names  are  preserved 
by  the  kindness  of  Mrs.  Mary  D.  Smith,  of  Sweet  Springs,  Missouri. 


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REV.  CHARLES  VINIS  SCHULENBERGER. 


He  who  really  knows   the  Law  of  the   Lord  eats   at  the   King's 
Table,  listens  to  the  King's  music,  and  lives  in  the  King's  light. 

— Dr.   Joseph   Parker. 

Rev.  Charles  Vinis  Schul- 
enberger  was  born  in 
Newville,  Pennsylvania, 
July  14th,  1868.  His  par- 
ents, Adam  Schulenberger 
and  Maggie  Schulenberger, 
were  members  of  the 
German  Reformed  Church. 
He  was  converted  at  Dav- 
enport, Nebraska,  De- 
cember 10th,  1890,  under 
the  ministry  of  Rev.  Mr. 
Wills,  and  joined  the  Pres- 
byterian church,  but 
joined  the  Methodist  Epis- 
copal Church,  South,  at 
Foster,  Missouri,  Mav  -Sd. 
1898.  He  had  been  under 
deep  conviction  of  sin  for] 
some  time  and  struggled] 
in  his  own  self-righteous-I 
ness  to  free  his  soul  fi-oml 
sin  only  to  sink  deeper] 
into  the  depths  of  help- 
lessness. In  the  hour  ofl 
his  utter  helplessness  he! 
cried  unto  God  and  floods  ' 
of  glory  swept  over  his 
soul,  and  he  felt  he  was  a 
new  creature.  He  has 
grown  stronger  in  faith 
and  his  growth  m  grace 
has  been  enhanced  by  his 
service  to  God.  He  was 
licenced  to  preach  May 
7th,  1898,  by  the  District 
Conference  held  at  Ne- 
vada, Missouri;  Rev.  J.  C. 
Diggs,  preacher  in  charge, 
and  Rev.  J.  M.  Clark,  Pre- 
siding Elder;  the  same 
District  Conference  recom- 
mended him  to  the  Annual 
Conference  for  admission 
on  trial  at  the  same  time, 
and  he  was  received  on  trial  into  the  Annual  Conference  that  same  year;  Rev.  J.  M. 
Clark,  Presiding  Elder,  and  Bishop  W.  .\.  Candler,  presiding.  He  was  ordained 
Deacon  by  Bishop  Granbery,  September  30th,  1900,  at  Kansas  City,  Missouri;  was 
ordained  Elder  by  Bishop  A.  W.  Wilson,  September  21st,  1902,  at  Jefferson  City, 
Missouri.  He  has  served  the  following  appointments:  As  supplv  to  Papinsville, 
August  7th,  1898;  Papinsville  Circuit,  1898-1899;  Appleton  Citv.  1900-1902;  Mountain 
Grove,  1902-190.3;  Mountain  Grove  and  Norwood,  1903-190.5;  Waverly,  1905-1907. 
Three  hundred  and  twenty-nine  persons  have  been  received  into  the  church  by  him. 
The  church  at  Norwood  was  partially  built  under  his  pastorate,  but  he  was  moved 
before  it  was  completed.  He  attended  the  Presbyterian  College  at  Hastings,  Nebraska, 
and  the  Presbyterian  College  at  Parkville,  Missouri.  He  was  united  in  marriage  with 
Miss  Nellie  Ellis  Varner,  December  20th,  1905.  He  considers  his  converson  and  call 
to  the  ministry  as  the  most  important  crisis  in  his  life.  Some  books  which  have 
helped  him  are  "Wesley's  Sermons  and  Notes,''  "Watson's  Institutes."  "Can  It  Be 
False,"  and  "Skilled  Labor  for  the  Master." 


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DR.  J.  L.  D.  BLEVANS. 


In   finding  the   life   that  was   in   Christ,   Man    finds   his  own   life, 
And   enter.s  the   path  of  everlasting  progress. 

— Dr.  James   W.  Lee. 


Dr.  J.  L.  D.  Blevans,  the  son  of  Richard  F.  Blevans  and  Sarah  Blevans,  was  born 
in  Miller  County,  Missouii,  .lanuai'y  2.')th,  1836.  His  father  havinjj  died  a  few  months 
after  his  birth,  his  mother  remained  a  widow  for  nine  years.  In  184.")  she  married 
Mr.  John  Anderson  of  Jefferson  City,  Mis.souri,  in  which  town  the  subject  of  this 
notice  was  reared  to  manhood.  In  18.52,  he  entered  Masonic  College,  now  Central 
Female  College,  Lexington,  Missouri.  Afterward  he  read  medicine  with  Dr.  Tennison 
Mathews  of  Jeffer.son  City,  Missouri,  engaging  in  the  practice  of  medicine  in  Kansas 
Territory  in  18.56.  During  the  same  year  he  married  Miss  Mary  F.  Yocum  of  Ken- 
tucky, to  whom  were  born  five  children.  He  continued  in  the  practice  of  medicine 
principally  in  Nevada  and  Jefferson  City,  Missouri,  with  marked  success  until  the 
spring  of  1867,  when  he  was  licensed  to  preach  by  the  (Juartoiiy  Conference  of  Jeffer- 
son City  Station,  of  the  .Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  South,  Rev.  John  A.  Murphy, 
Presiding  Elder.  He  joined  the  Southwest  Missouri  Conference  at  Kansas  City  in 
1872,  and  was  appointed  Presiding  Elder  of  the  Kansas  City  District  in  1877,  which 
he  served  for  two  years.  Afterward  he  was  appointed  to  Lexington  District  as  Pre- 
siding Elder,  which  relation  he  sustained  for  three  years  consecutively.  His  health 
having  failed,  he  was  superannuated,  which  relation  he  sustains  to  this  date.  Being 
devotedly  attached  to  art,  he  has  given  much  of  his  spare  time  for  many  years  past 
to  portrait  and  landscape  painting.  His  success  in  this  particular  line  has  been 
phenomenal.  His  paintings  may  be  seen  in  many  of  the  Middle  and  Western  states. 
And  now  that  he  is  no  longer  able  to  do  itinerant  work,  he  devotes  his  time  principally 
to  art,  especially  to  portraiture.  Dr.  Blevans  is  a  man  of  ability,  and  his  work  as  a 
preacher  and  administrator  is  known  to  the  brethren  and  the  churches. 


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5oa 


I. 


HYMN. 
By  Charles  Wesley. 


See  how  great  a  flame  aspires, 
Kindled  by  a  spark  of  grace! 

Jesus'  love  the  nations  fires, 
Sets  the  kingdoms  on  a  blaze: 

To  bring  fire  on  earth  he  came; 
Kindled  in  some  hearts  it  is; 

O  that  all  might  catch  the  flame- 
All  partake  the  glorious  bliss! 


II. 


When  he  first  the  work  begun, 

Small  and   feeble  was  his  day; 
Now  the  word  doth   swiftly  run; 

Now  it  wins  its  widening  way: 
More  and  more  it  spreads  and  grows. 

Ever  mighty  to  prevail; 
Sin's  strongholds  it  now  o'erthrows, 

Shakes  the  trembling  gates  of  hell. 


III. 


Saw  ye  not  the  cloud  arise. 

Little  as  a   human  hand? 
Now  it  spreads  along  the  skies. 

Hangs  o'er  all  the  thirsty  land; 
Lo !   the  promise  of  a  shower 

Drops  already  from   above; 
But  the  Lord  will  shortly  pour 

All  the  spirit  of  His  love. 


HYMN. 


Bv  Charles  Wesley. 


I. 

Come,  thou  almighty  King, 
Help  us  they  name  to  sing. 

Help  us  to  praise ! 
Father  all-glorious. 
O'er  all  victorious. 
Come,  and  reign  over  us. 

Ancient  of  days! 


III. 

Come,   Holy  Comforter, 
Thy  sacred  witness  bear, 

In  this  glad  hour: 
Thou  who  almighty  art. 
Now  rule  in  eveiy  heart. 
And  ne'er  from  us  depart, 

Spirit  of   power! 


II. 

Come,  thou  Incarnate  Word, 
Gird  on  thy  mighty  sword, 

Our  prayer  attend; 
Come,  and  thy  people  bless, 
And  give  thej'  word  success: 
Spirit  of  holiness, 
On  us  descend ! 


IV. 
To  the  great  One  and  Three, 
Eternal  praises   be 

Hence,  evermore: 
His  sovereign  majesty 
May  we  in  glory  see. 
And  to  eternity 

Love  and  adore! 


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CENTENNIAL    VOLUME    OF    MLSSOURI    METHODISM. 


SOUTHWEST  MISSOURI  CONFERENCE. 


MRS.  LON  V.  STEPHENS. 


1806-CENTENNIAL  APPOINTMENTS     J 906. 


MARSHALL    DISTRICT. 


R.  S.  Hunter Pre-siding  Elder 

Marshall J.  E.  McDonald 

Malta   Bend   and   Grand   Pass 

S.   P.    Cayton 

Miami  and  Mt.  Carmel. . .  .W.  H.  Heslar 

Gilliam  and  Cambridge E.  K.  Wolfe 

Slater W.   M.   Rader 

Orearville  and  Shiloh.  .  .  .To  be  supplied 
.■\rrow  Rock  and  Smith's  Chapel... 

To   be  supplied 

Nelson  Circuit E.  T.  Raney 

Booneville W.  H.  Winton 

Pilot  Grove  and  Plea.sant  Green.... 

T.   P.   Cobb 

Bunceton  and  Boll   .A.ir J.  F.  Caskev 


Glensted Supplied  by  D.  I.  Slipher 

Vienna  Circuit.  .Supplied  by  J.  S.  Wilcox 

Versailles S.   W.   Emory 

California    Circuit 

Supplied  by  Walter  H.  Smith 

Jamestown    Circuit 

Supplied  by  Samuel  Lopp  Supy 

Russellville  Circuit.  ..  .V.   M.   Crutsinger 
Jeffer.son  City  and  West   End 

" U.   G.   Foote 

Linn    Circuit 

C.  B.  Cotterman  and  L.  B.  Cotterman 
Students  at  Yale 

.  .  ..J.  B.  Game  and  Charles  Franklin 


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REV.   ULYSSES   GRANT    FOOTE. 


High  hearts  are  never  long-  without  hearing  some  new  call,  some 
Distant  clarion  of  God. — Dr.  James  Martineau. 


Rev.  Ulysses  Grant  Foote  was 
born   May   10th,   1870,   in   Gray- 
son County,  Kentucky.     He  is  a 
son  of  John  P.  Foote  and  Sarah 
O.    Foote,    both    of    whom    were 
Methodists.      He   was    converted 
in     Daviess    County,    Kentucky, 
under  the  ministry  of  Rev.  Geo. 
P.     McGhee,    in    August,    1896. 
He  had  joined  the  Church,  how- 
ever,   in    Oldham    County,    Ken- 
tucky,   in    1880.      He   was    seri- 
ously   convicted    while    working 
on  the  farm.     Hearing  of  a  re- 
vival  some   ten    miles   away,   he 
determined  to  go  and  find  peace. 
The    invitation    was    g:iven,     he 
went    forward    and     found     the 
Saviour,    and     all     his    burdens 
were  taken   away.     The   convic- 
tion  to  preach  has  been  a   life- 
long    one     with     him,     for     he 
preached    to    his    plajTiiates    in 
childhood.      He   was   licensed   to 
preach    in    April,    1887,    by    the 
Quarterly    Conference   of    Settle 
Memorial     Church,     Owensboro, 
Kentucky;  Rev.  Dennis  Spurrier 
was    pastor,    and    Rev.    H.    M. 
Ford,      Presiding     Elder;      this 
same  Quarterly  Conference  rec- 
ommended   him    to    the    Annual 
Conference     for     admission     on 
trial    in    1891,    and   he    was    re- 
ceived on   trial  into  the  Annual 
Conference  in   September,  1891; 
Rev.  James  M.  Lawson,  Presid- 
ing   Elder,    and    Bishop    A.    W. 
Wilson,  presiding.     He  was  ordained  Deacon  by  Bishop  Charles  B.  Galloway,  in  1893, 
at  Elkton,  Kentucky;  was  ordained  Elder  by  Bishop  A.  G.  Haygood  in  1895,  at  Madi- 
sonville,   Kentucky."    He   has   served   the   following   charges:     Clay   Street,   Henderson, 
Kentucky,    two    years;    Main    Street,    Owensboro,    Kentucky,    one    year;     Hawesville, 
Kentucky,  four  years;   Elkton.  Kentucky,  one  year;   Chestnut   Street,  Louisville,  three 
years;  transferred  to  the  Kentucky  Conference  to  supply  Hill   Street,  Lexington,  four 
years;    transferred    to    Southwest    Missouri    Conference,    and    his    present    location    is 
Jefferson    City,    Missouri.      He    has    received    about    eleven    hundred    persons    into    the 
Church.     Under  his  pastorates  the   following  churches  have  been  built:     Clay  Street, 
Henderson,   Kentucky;   Baskett,   Kentucky;    Park   Avenue,   Lexington;   and   parsonages 
bought  at  Hawesville  and  Elkton,  Kentucky.     He  attended  the  public  schools,  Bremen 
Academy,   and   Greenville  College   for   Young   Men.     He   was    married    to    Miss    Mary 
Emily   Randolph,   October   31st,    1894.     Four  children   have   been   born   to   them,  John 
Randolph    Foote,    Tandy    Quisenberry    Foote,    Mary    Cosby    Foote,    and    Sarah    Louise 
Foote.     The   writings   of   Shakespeare,   Hugo,   Tennyson.   Emerson   and   Henry    Drum- 
mond    have    all    been    helpful    to    him.      While    in    the    Louisville    Conference    he    was 
interested  in  the  educational  work  of  the  conference,  being  on  the  Educational  Board. 
He   gave  a   library   to   the    Lindsay   Wilson   Training   School   at    Columbia,    Kentucky, 
wrote    the    Epworth    Topics    for    the    Central    Methodist    for    several    years,    and    has 
written  more  Or  less  for  the  church   and  other  periodicals. 


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CENTENNIAL    VOLUME    OF    MISSOURI    METHODISM. 


THE  NEW   METHODIST   CHURCH   AT   JEFFERSON  CITY,   MISSOURI. 


The  new  Methodist 
Church  at  Jefferson  City 
is  a  structure  that  is  a 
monument  to  the  relipious 
devotion  of  the  Methodist 
congrregation,  its  pastor 
and  those  who  had  the 
consummation  of  this 
worthy  object  in  hand. 
Work,  self-denial,  co-op- 
eration and  splendid  man- 
apement  were  all  exer- 
cised in  accomplishing 
what  a  few  years  ago  was 
an  anticipation,  but  which 
is  now  a  realization.  The 
efforts  of  the  Methodist 
denomination  have  not 
only  secured  a  splendid 
edifice  in  which  to  wor- 
ship the  Giver  of  all 
things  for  His  bounty,  but 
have  given  to  the  city  of 
Jefferson  an  ornament  in 
the  way  of  a  public  struc- 
ture that  is  a  credit  even 
to  the  capital  city.  An 
unsightly  locality  has 
been  transformed  into  a 
pleasing  sight.  The  peo- 
ple who  are  responsible 
ifv  this  have  more  than 
made  two  blades  of  grass 
urow  where  only  cne  grew 
Ijefore.  Their  product  is 
at  the  same  time  artistic 
and  imposing — a  thing  of 
beauty,  the  existence  of 
which  will  be  a  joy  for- 
ever to  those  who  have 
striven  and  worked  to 
glorify  His  name.  Any 
leference  to  the  new 
church  would  be  incom- 
plete without  some  words 
of  commendation  for  those  who  so  unselfishly  devoted  their  time  and  their  means 
towards  erecting  it.  Rev.  A.  H.  Barnes,  the  pastor,  was  the  entrepreneur  and  the 
mentor  of  this  religious  enterprise.  It  is  a  tribute  "more  lasting  than  brass"  to  the 
devotion  he  has  always  shown  in  the  cause  to  which  he  is  devoting  his  life.  Both 
the  city  and  his  parishioners  owe  him  much  that  cannot  be  repaid  except  by  grateful 
remembrance  of  his  stay  here  as  a  citizen  and  a  worker  in  the  vineyard  of  his 
Master.  Besides  Rev.  Mr.  Barnes  there  are  others  whose  efforts  contributed  much. 
Ex-Governor  and  Mrs.  Stephens  donated,  liberally  of  their  means,  and  Mrs.  Stephens 
was  prominent  in  every  effort  of  the  New  Church  Workers.  General  and  Mrs.  H. 
Clay  Ewing  were  also  ardent  workers  for  the  new  structure.  The  combined  efforts 
of  the  New  Church  Workers  probably  accomplished  more  for  the  building  of  the  new 
church  than  any  other  agency.  Every  stone  in  the  edifice  is  a  memento  of  the 
unceasing,  unselfish  work  they  did.  There  were  eighty-five  noble  women  in  that 
organization,  and  there  were  no  figure  heads.  Every  one  was  what  the  name  of  the 
society  signified — a  church  worker.  The  building  committee  composed  of  Ex-Gov- 
ernor" Lon  V.  Stephens,  T.  M.  Bradbury,  A.  R.  John.son,  M.  R.  Sinks,  L.  D.  Gordon 
and  H.  Clay  Ewing.  managed  the  construction.  The  style  is  Gothic  with  Romanesque 
qualifications,  a  mo.st  effective  combination  and  a  credit  to  the  artistic  taste  of  the 
designer.     Bishop  Hendrix  preached  the  dedicatory  sermon. 


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EX-GOVERNOR   LON  V.   STEPHENS. 


By    Rev.    Arthur    Hull    Barnes. 


The  new  church  at  Jefferson  City  was  born  in  the  brain  of  Governor  Stephens. 
He  was  entertaining  Bishop  Candler"  in  the  Governor's  Mansion  at  Jefferson  City, 
and  before  the  Bishop  left,  Governor  Stephens  told  him  if  he  would  pive  them  a  man 
who  would  work  with  the  Governor  and  his  pood  wife,  that  a  new  church  could  be 
built  that  would  be  an  honor  to  State-wide  Methodism.  I  was  sent  to  the  charge,  and 
want  to  state  who  it  was  that  made  the  church  a  possibility.  The  State  of  Missouri 
had  for  a  Governor  a  man  whose  name  was  national,  and  the  Methodist  Church  a 
staunch  supporter  in  Governor  Lon  V.  Stephens.  From  the  first,  enthusiasm  was 
stirred  by  a  gift  from  Mr.  Stephens  for  $5,000.00.  After  struggling  along  for  four- 
teen months,  receiving  from  manv  others,  gifts  large  and  small,  and  of  these  mention 
ought  to  be  made  of  General  H.  "Clay  Ewing  and  Mrs.  Ewing,  the  Ladies'  Organiza- 
tion of  New  Church  Workers,  Mrs.  Stephens  and  the  Governor  sent  in  another  sub- 
scription of  $5,000.00,  putting  the  whole  enterprise  out  of  the  question  mark  class, 
and  announcing  to  the  world  a  great  success  for  Methodism  at  our  State  Capital. 
And  in  addition  to  this  outright  gift  of  $10,000.00,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Stephens  solicited 
another  $5,000.00  from  their  friends,  thus  bringing  to  the  enterprise  one-half  of  its 
cost,  $15,000.00.  We  were  thus  exceedingly  fortunate  as  a  church  in  having  a 
Methodist  Governor,  and  still  more  fortunate  in  having  one  who  was  vitally  interested 
in  the  church.  So  it  is  a  courtesy  due,  though  unsought,  for  honorable  mention  to  be 
made  in  an  historical  document"  such  as  this  volume  is,  to  perpetuate  the  wise 
foresight  and  consecrated  planning  and  noble  giving  of  Governor  Stephens  and  Mrs. 
Stephens,  which  made  possible  our  splendid  new  church  at  the  State  Capital.  It  is 
also  fitting  to  place  by  the  cut  of  the  new  church  the  pictures  of  these  noble  servants 
of   Christ. 


508  CENTENNIAL    VOLUME    OF    MISSOURI    METHODISM. 


REV.    LOUIS    HIDER    VANDIVER. 


Every  doc-trine  of  Christianity  passes  througrh  the  experience  of 
Christian  living:  and  becomes  real  through  its  power  to  help. 

— Bishop   Hendrix. 


Rev.  Louis  Hider  Vandiver,  son  of  Samuel  Vandiver  and  Caroline  Vandiver,  was 
born  ."^Ufrust  19th,  1830,  near  Mooresfield,  Hardy  County,  Virginia.  He  was  eon- 
vertod  when  eighteen  years  old  at  a  camp  meeting  held  about  four  miles  from  his 
home.  After  eight  or  ten  hours  of  deep  conviction,  of  mental  and  heart-felt  agony, 
he  was  most  gloriously  converted.  One  week  later  he  joined  the  church  under 
the  ministry  of  Rev.  A.  A.  Eskridge,  of  Baltimore  Conference.  For  six  years  he 
made  progress  in  the  divine  life,  but  later,  cares  retarded  his  religious  development, 
then  he  removed  to  Missouri  where  his  changed  surroundings  were  not  conducive  to 
religious  growth,  and  backsliding  followed.  In  February,  18.^7,  the  death  of  an 
infant  daughter  brought  him  back  to  duly  and  to  the  full  assurance  of  salvation.  He 
was  licensed  to  preach  in  1870,  by  the  Quarterly  Conference  of  Centralia  Circuit, 
Fayette  District;  Rev.  Thomas  DeI\ioss,  preacher  in  charge,  and  Rev.  W.  A.  Mayhew, 
Presiding  Kllder.  He  joined  the  Southwest  Missouri  Conference  in  1880,  having  been 
recommended  by  the  Jamestown  Circuit.  He  was  oi'dained  Deacon  by  Bishop  Dog- 
gett  at  Clinton,  Missouri,  September  29th,  1878;  ordained  Elder  by  Bishop  McTyeire, 
October  3rd,  1880.  He  served  the  following  charges:  Slater  Circuit;  Longwood  and 
High  Point;  Hume;  Westport  Circuit;  Blue  Springs;  Oak  Grove;  Sweet  Springs; 
Black  Water;  Waverly  Station;  Malta  Bend  and  Grand  Pass;  Versailles  Station.  He 
took  the  superannuated  relation  in  1900.  in  which  he  still  remains,  .^bout  fifteen 
hundred  persons  have  been  converted  and  added  to  the  church  under  his  ministry. 
The  church  at  Gilliam,  Saline  County,  and  the  one  at  Hume,  Bates  Countv,  were 
built  under  his  pastorate,  and  he  secured  subscriptions  for  two  others;  built  the  par- 
sonage at  .Jamestown  and  repaired  the  Waverly  parsonage.  He  received  his  educa- 
tion in  the  common  schools  of  Virginia  and  finished  in  the  Grammar  School  of 
Moorefield,  Virginia.  His  first  wife,  and  the  mother  of  his  children,  was  Miss  Mary  A. 
Vance,  to  whom  he  was  married  February  23rd,  1853.  On  December  26th,  1888,  he 
was  married  to  Mrs.  E.  C.  Glover.  The  names  of  his  children  are:  Willard  D.  Van- 
diver (Congressman),  J.  S.  Vandiver,  now  deceased,  and  Mrs.  C.  E.  Davis.  He  .says 
his  call  to  the  ministry  has  been  the  most  important  crisis  in  his  life.  He  thinks 
the  Christian  College  is  of  the  most  vita!  imnortance  to  the  existence  of  the  church 
and   the  perpetuity  of  the   nation's  highest  life. 


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REV.   TOBIAS    PETER    COBB. 


Out    of    perishable    material    He    would    build    an    imperishable 
Structure.  — Bishop  McTyeire. 


Rev.  Tobias  Peter  Cobb,  son  of  James  M.  Cobb  and  Polly  Cobb,  was  born  in 
Lafayette  County,  Missouri,  January  7th,  1846.  Both  parents  were  members  of 
the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  South.  He  was  converted  in  the  spiing  of  1859, 
at  Chapel  Hill,  Missouri,  at  a  union  meeting-  of  the  Cumberland  Presbyterians  and 
the  Southern  Methodists.  He  was  converted  while  the  congregation  was  kneeling  in 
prayer;  he  simply  felt  a  thrill  run  through  his  soul,  and  knew  that  God  had  done 
something  for  him  that  he  could  not  do  himself.  He  has  not  always  been  as  true, 
he  says,  as  he  should  be,  but  as  a  rule  he  has  kept  the  evil  spirit  out  of  his  life, 
and  the  way  grows  brighter  and  better  every  year.  He  was  licensed  to  preach  in  1870, 
by  the  Quarterly  Conference  of  Columbus  Circuit,  Kansas  City  District;  Rev.  S. 
Bryant,  Presiding  Elder,  and  Rev.  R.  Minchal,  preacher  in  charge;  the  same  Quarterly 
Conference  recommended  him  to  the  Annual  Conference  for  admission  on  trial  in 
1874;  Rev.  W.  B.  Godbey,  Presiding  Elder;  received  into  the  Annual  Conference  in 
1874;  Rev.  W.  B.  Godbey,  Presiding  Elder,  and  Bishop  Keener,  presiding;  ordained 
Deacon  by  Bishop  Keener  at  Lexington,  Missouri,  in  1874;  ordained  Elder  by 
Bishop  Doggett  at  Clinton,  Missouri,  in  1878.  Appointments  sei-ved:  Pink  Hill 
Circuit,  one  year;  Morrisville  Circuit,  one  year;  Kansas  City  Circuit,  two  years; 
Chapel  Hill  Circuit,  two  years;  Pink  Hill  Circuit,  one  year;  Clinton  Circuit,  two 
years;  Chapel  Hill  Circuit,  two  years;  Wellington,  one  year;  Odessa  Circuit,  two 
years;  Dover  Circuit,  two  years;  Sweet  Springs,  two  years;  Slater  Station,  two 
years;  Waverly  Station,  two  years;  Joplin  Station,  one  year;  Carterville  Station,  one 
year;  Oak  Grove  and  Pleasant  Prairie,  two  years;  Lebanon  District,  three  years; 
Garland  Avenue,  Kansas  City,  one  year;  Columbus  Cii-cuit,  one  year;  Campbell  Street, 
Kansas  City,  one  year;  Lone  Jack,  one  year;  Miami  and  Mt.  Carmel,  two  years;  now 
at  Pilot  Grove  and  Pleasant  Green  charge.  About  fifteen  hundred  persons  have  been 
received  into  the  chui'ch  under  his  ministry.  One  church  on  the  Chapel  Hill  Circuit, 
two  churches  on  the  Wellington  Circuit,  one  church  at  Odessa  and  one  at  Sweet 
Springs  were  built  under  his  pastorate.  He  received  his  education  at  the  common 
country  schools.  He  was  married  to  Miss  Frances  C.  Wagoner,  May  loth,  1866,  and 
their  children  are:  Alvin  T.,  Eva  A.,  Nora  Esther,  Josie,  Toba,  Mary  and  Walton 
Cobb.  He  considers  his  conversion  and  call  to  the  ministry  the  most  important  crisis 
in  his  life.  Some  of  the  books  that  have  been  most  helpful  to  him,  aside  from  the 
Bible,  have  been  "Pilgrim's  Progress,"  "Watson's  Institutes,"  "Ralston's  Elements  of 
Divinity,"  "Wesley's  Notes,"  and  the  history  of  good  men. 


510  CENTENNIAL    VOLUME    OF    MISSOURI    METHODISM. 


REV.    MILTOX    .\I)KISSON. 


The  Soul   exults   in  the  Hope  of  Immortality; 
The  Light  of  it  shines  all  alonp:  our  pathway. 

— Bishop  Mai  rill. 


Rev.  Milton  Adkisson,  son  of  Walker  Adkisson  and  .Ann  .Adkisson,  both  of  whom 
were  members  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  South,  w'as  bom  at  Napton,  Saline 
County,  Missouri,  April  29th,  183.5.  He  was  converted  at  Ridge  Prairie  Camp  Meet- 
ing in  August,  1852,  and  joined  the  church,  September  1st,  following,  under  the 
ministry  of  Rev.  W.  M.  Prottsman  and  Rev.  T.  M.  Finney.  His  conversion,  preceded 
by  two  days  of  deep  penitence  and  earnest  prayer,  was  clear,  distinct  and  satisfactory. 
Since  then  his  growth  in  grace  has  been  constant.  He  knows  more  of  God  now  than 
when  he  first  believed,  and  he  has  the  happy  con.sciousness  that  he  is  His  child.  He 
was  licensed  to  preach  June  1st,  ISS.'S,  by  the  Quarterly  Conference  of  .\rrow  Rock 
Circuit;  Rev.  Joseph  Dines,  pastor,  and  Rev.  J.  Mitchell,  Presiding  Elder.  He  was 
recommended  to  the  St.  Louis  Conference  for  admission  on  trial  by  the  Warsaw 
Circuit  that  same  year;  and  was  received  on  trial  at  Springfield,  Missouri,  in  Sep- 
tember, 18.5.5;  Bishop  John  Early,  presiding.  He  was  ordained  Deacon  in  Boon- 
ville,  September  27th,  18.57,  by  Bishop  Andrew,  and  ordained  Elder  in  Independence, 
September,  18,59,  by  Bishop  Paine.  He  served  the  following  charges:  Hermitage 
Circuit;  Cassville  Mission;  Geoi'getown  Circuit;  Versailles  Circuit;  Manchester  Circuit; 
Versailles  Station;  Manche.ster  Station;  Miami  and  Mt.  Carmel;  Dover  Circuit;  Lex- 
ington District;  Harrisonville  Circuit,  Pleasant  Hill  Circuit;  Lebanon  District;  Boon- 
ville  District;  Montrose  Circuit;  Malta  Bend  and  Grand  Pass.  His  name  was  placed 
on  the  roll  of  superanuates  in  189.5,  which  relation  he  still  sustains.  Under  his 
pastorate  a  parsonage  was  built  at  Versailles,  and  Self's  Chapel,  at  Salem  and  Har- 
risonville. He  has  been  married  three  times,  the  last  time  to  Miss  Sarah  F.  Saunders, 
April  15th,  1885,  and  the  names  of  his  children  are:  Andrew  Adkisson  (now  a  member 
of  the  Pacific  Conference),  Mrs.  Fannie  Huston,  Mrs.  Lizzie  K.  Smothers,  Miss  .Annie 
Adkisson  and  R.  Walker  Adkisson.  He  claims  that  "Wesley's  Sermons,"  "Wat.son's 
Institutes,"  "Ralston's  Elements  of  Divinity,"  "Cla'ke's  Commentaries"  and  "Fletcher's 
Appeal"  have  been  the  most  helpful  books  to  him.  It  is  his  belief  that  the  Christian 
College  is  one  of  the  most  important  and  hopeful  means  of  insuring  success  to  both 
church  and  state.  For  more  than  fifty  years  Brother  .Adkisson  has  been  an  humble, 
devout,  good  Chri.stian  man;  an  intelligent,  instructive,  helpful  preacher,  and  a  faith- 
ful, true,  loving  friend.  Hundreds  of  souls  have  been  converted  and  added  to  the 
church  through  his  ministry  and  thousands  have  been  edified  and  had  their  faith 
strengthened   thereby. 


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HON.    WILLARD    DUNCAN    VANDIVER,   A.    M. 


For  the  men  of  true  intellect,  as  I  assert  and  believe  always, 
Is  the  noble-hearted  Man  withal,  the  true,  just,  humane,  and 
Valiant  Man.  — Thomas  Carlyle. 


Hon.  Willard  Duncan  Vandiver  was  born  in  Hardy  County,  Virginia  (now  West 
Virginia),  March  30th,  1854.     He  came  to  Missouri  in   1857. 

He  is  the  son  of  Rev.  L.  H.  Vandiver,  who  has  been  for  nearly  thirty  years  past 
an  honored  member  of  the  Southwest  Missouri  Conference,  and  now  lives  at  Fayette, 
Missouri,  on  the  retired  list. 

His  mother,  Mary  A.  Vance  Vandiver,  a  member  of  the  Vance  family  in  Virginia, 
died  in  1885. 

Mr.  W.  D.  Vandiver  was  brought  up  on  the  farm,  and  educated  in  the  common 
schools  and  at  Central  College,  Fayette,  Mo.,  where  he  joined  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
Church,  South,  in  1872,  and  where  he  graduated  in   1877. 

He  was  Professor  of  Mathematics  in  Bellevue  Institute,  of  the  St.  Louis  Conference, 
at  Caledonia,  Mo.,  for  two  years,  and  then  President  for  nine  years.  He  was  the 
Professor  of  Physics  and  Chemistry  in  the  State  Normal  School  at  Cape  Girardeau, 
Mo.,  for  four  years,  and  was  then   President  of  that  Institution  for  four  years. 

He  then  served  eight  years  in  Congress,  being  elected  four  times  from  the 
Fourteenth  District  of  Missouri,  being  the  only  man  who  was  ever  elected  four  times 
from  this  District.  His  services  in  Congress  was  notable  chiefly  for  his  long  and 
continuous  fight  on  the  Armor  Plate  Trust  while  a  member  of  the  Naval  Committee, 
which  resulted  in  saving  several  millions  of  dollars  to  the  Government. 


512 


CENTENNIAL    VOLUME    OF    MISSOURI    METHODISM. 


SOUTHWEST  MISSOURI  CONFERENCE. 


1 806- CENTENNIAL  APPOINTMENTS     1906. 


NEVADA  DISTRICT. 


W.  A.   McCLANAHAN,  P.  E. 


Nevada-Centenary W.   T.   McCluie 

Nevada-Austin  and  West  Arch 

J.  G.   Haynes 

Sheldon    and    Marvin C.    L.    Stouffer 

Moundville   Circuit J.    R.   Hargis 

Richards  and  Stotesbury.  . .  E.  H.  Orear 
Hume  and    UnderwooJ.  .  .T.    H.   Clayton 

Sprague    Circuit I.    A.    Smith 

Rich   Hill Perry   Long 

Butler W.    D.   Amack 

Passaic     Circuit 

Suppplied   by   L.  A.   Blevans 

Archie  Circuit W.  B.  Bull 

Spruce   Circuit J.   W.   Riley 

Chilhowee    Circuit 


A.  S.  Swanson,  G.  L.  Cofman,  Supy. 

Huntintjdale   Circuit W.    F.   Brigps 

Windsor F.    E.    Gordon 

Windsor  Circuit. Supplied  by  J.  K.  Speer 

Calhoun  Circuit R.  J.   Kyle 

Clinton W.    C.    Bewley 

Montrose  Circuit B.   A.   .McKniKht 

Appleton    City    Circuit Supplied 

El   Dorado   Springs J.   R.   Strong 

Students  in  Central  College .  .T.  P.  Wood 

Y.  M.  C.  A.  Work J.  K.  Beery 

Conference    Missionary    Secretary.. 

W.  T.   McClure 

Conference   Missionary   Evangelist.  . 

W.    G.    Beasley 


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513 


REV.   PRESTON   PHILIPS. 


There  is  a  budding  morrow  in  midnight. 


-Keats. 


Rev.  Preston  Philips  was 
born  in  Boon  County,  Missouri, 
February  6th,  1829.  His  par- 
ents were  both  of  marked  in- 
telligence and  high  principle, 
and  faithful  adherents  of 
the  Cumberland  Presbyterian 
Church.  He  was  educated  in 
the  county  schools  and  at  the 
State  University.  After  leav- 
ing school  he  engaged  in  bus- 
iness in  Santa  Fe,  New  Mexico, 
for  about  two  years.  Return- 
ing to  IMissouri,  he  was  married 
to  Miss  Mary  T.  Boon,  whom 
he  had  left  to  finish  her  studies 
at  Howard  College.  Lea\nng 
his  wife  a  few  weeks  after  their 
marriage,  he  crossed  the  plains 
in  18-50,  and  was  for  some  time 
engaged  in  mining  and  pros- 
pecting near  Stockton,  Califor- 
nia. Not  liking  the  West,  he 
returned  to  Missouri  and  settled 
on  a  farm  near  Old  Brick 
Chapel,  now  Locust  Grove,  in 
Boon  County.  Here  he  was  con- 
verted at  a  Methodist  Camp 
Meeting.  He  joined  the  ilis- 
souri  Conference  of  the  Meth- 
odist Episcopal  Church,  South, 
at  Glasgow  in  18.57.  His  first 
appointment  was  Kirksville.  In 
1859  he  was  transferred  to  Tex- 
as. The  opening  of  the  war 
caused  him  to  resign  his  pas- 
torate at  San  Marcos,  to  be- 
come chaplain  of  the  32nd  Reg- 
ular Texas  Cavalry.  At  the  close  of  the  war  he  came  back  to  Missouri,  and  engaged 
in  business  in  Sedalia,  where  he  was  largely  instrumental  in  the  building  of  its 
first  Southern  ^Methodist  Church.  In  the  fall  of  187.3,  he  again  joined  the  itineracy 
and  served  various  works  in  Cooper,  Saline,  Lafayette,  Johnson  and  Pettis  Counties, 
with  one  quadrennium  on  the  old  Boonville  District.  Brother  Philips  was  a  man 
whose  sincere  piety  and  manly  probity,  none  who  knew  him  ever  doubted.  To  the 
church  and  his  family  he  left  the  most  precious  legacy  a  man  can  leave — an  ex- 
ample of  abiding  faith  in,  and  fidelity  to  God.  Two  of  his  sons  became  ministers 
in  the  Southwest  Missouri  Conference;  two  of  his  daughters  were  for  some  years 
engaged  in  mission  work  in  China;  the  older  as  teacher  in  the  schools  in  Suc'how; 
the  younger,  after  finishing  a  medical  course  in  Philadelphia,  built  the  first  woman's 
hospital  operated  by  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  South,  (located  in  Suchow), 
and  was  its  resident  physician  until  her  husband's  failing  health  recalled  her  to 
America.  Brother  Philips'  preaching  showed  more  than  the  average  grasp  of  the 
verities  of  religion  and  was  exceptional  in  its  fervor  and  earnestness.  He  was  a 
devoted  lover  of,  and  a  liberal  contributor  to  the  cause  of  missions.  He  loved  the 
brethren  of  the  ministry  and  died  July  29th.  1892.  in  their  ranks,  at  Independence, 
Missouri,  with   abiding  faith   in  the   Christ   whom   he   had   preached. 


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REV.  J.   W.   PERRY. 


0,  Son  of  God!   is  it  not  a  joy  to  die  for  Thee  I — Bislwp  Marvin. 


Rev.  J.  W.  Perry,  the  son 
of  Rev.  Richard  Perry,  a  local 
preacher  in  the  .Methodist  Epis- 
copal Church,  South,  and  Mary 
Perry,  was  born  in  Scott  Coun- 
ty, Virginia,  March  24th,  1834. 
While  he  was  yet  a  small  boy, 
his  parents  located  in  Shelby 
County,  Jlissouri,  where  he  grew 
to  manhood.  When  the  war 
broke  out  between  the  states,  J. 
W.  Perry  espoused  the  cause  of 
the  South  and  raised  a  company 
in  Northeast  Missouri,  and 
stai'ted  South  with  them,  and 
while  on  the  way  to  Price's 
army,  there  was  an  incident  took 
place  which  sent  conviction  to 
his  heart,  and  he  never  pot  rid 
of  it  until  he  was  converted.  He 
was  converted  while  in  the 
Southern  army,  and  when  he 
returned  to  his  home  in  Shelby 
County,  Missouri,  in  186."),  he 
took  an  active  part  in  all  the 
services  of  the  church,  and  in 
the  spring  of  1867,  at  Shelby- 
ville,  Missouri,  under  Rev.  B. 
H.  Spencer,  as  Presiding  Elder, 
and  Rev.  W.  W.  .McMurry, 
preacher  in  charge,  he  was  li- 
cen.sed  to  preach,  and  in  the  fall 
of  1868,  he  supplied  Lancaster, 
Missouri,  in  the  Macon  District. 
He  served  that  work  two  years, 
then  supplied  Milan  Circuit. 
He  joined  the  Missouri  Confer- 
ence at  Palmyra  in  1871,  and 
was  sent  to  Bethany  Circuit  and  served  that  work  two  years;  Jameson,  one  year; 
Jamesport,  two  years;  Polo,  two  years.  He  was  transferred  to  the  West  Texas  Con- 
ference, and  appointed  to  the  San  Marcos  Circuit  for  one  year.  He  then  located  and 
moved  to  Neosho,  Missouri,  but  helped  the  pastors  nearby  in  revival  meetings  and  built 
him  a  home.  The  next  fall  he  joined  the  Southwest  Missouri  Conference  and  trav- 
eled the  Pineville,  Sarcoxie  and  Newtonia  Circuits.  Th  fall  of  1888,  he  was  appointed 
to  WajTiesville  Circuit;  the  next  year  to  Richland.  Health  and  voice  failing  him, 
he  located  in  Oklahoma  where  he  engaged  in  business,  but  spent  his  Sundays  preach- 
ing. He  organized  several  classes  in  this  new  country,  held  quarterly  meetings  for 
the  Presiding  Elder,  when  it  was  necessary,  and  baptized  and  received  members  into 
the  church  for  the  young  preachers  who  were  not  ordained.  He  was  faithful  to  the 
church,  supported  it  with  his  labor  and  means  so  far  as  he  was  able  until  the  time 
of  his  death.  He  was  taken  sick  July  10th,  1894,  and  died  October  8th,  1894.  He 
was  buried  by  the  pastor,  Rev.  Mr.  Smith,  of  our  church,  at  Norman,  Oklahoma. 


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REV.  JOHN   YOUNG  BUSBY. 


In  the  pearl  of   His  sayings  Jesus  reveals  at  once  His  nearness 
To  the  Father  and  to  His  brethren. — Bishop  Hendrix. 


By    Rev.    W.    G.    Beasley. 


Rev.  John  Young  Busby  was 
born  in  Owen  County,  Indiana, 
May  29th,  1846.  His  parents 
were  Methodists  and  he  grew 
up  in  an  atmosphere  of  reli- 
gious fervor  and  devotion  such 
as  was  taught  and  practiced 
by  the  Methodists  of  that  time. 
It  is  not  surprising,  therefore, 
that  he  was  converted  when  he 
was  fourteen.  His  reference  to 
this  event  was  always  with  great 
pleasure.  He  received  a  call  to 
preach  at  the  same  time  he  was 
converted,  but  owing  to  his  tim- 
idity and  a  feeling  of  unfitness 
for  this  high  office  he  fought 
the  conviction  until  his  twenty- 
fifth  year.  Having  taught  schoof 
for  five  years  in  the  meantime, 
he  finally  yielded  to  God's  will 
and  remained  true  to  that  con- 
secration. He  joined  the  Illinois 
Conference  of  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  Church,  South,  in  1873 
and  was  ordained  Elder  by 
Bishop  Kavanaugh  September 
23,  1877.  His  first  appointment 
was  Martinsville,  Illinois,  his 
home  Circuit.  He  had  lived  the'e 
since  a  boy.  There  was  a  good 
Academy  at  that  place  and  it 
was  in  this  that  he  received  the 
most  of  his  education.  He  had 
the  care  of  his  father's  family 
from  the  age  of  fourteen  till  he 
was  married.  His  other  appoint- 
ments   in    Illinois    were    Eldai'a 

and  Detroit,  Mt.  Sterling  Circuit,  Canton  Station,  Tioga  Circuit,  Clay  City  Circuit; 
and  those  in  Missouri  were  Chilhowie  Circuit  (with  sixteen  appointments),  La  Monte 
and  Dresden,  Odessa  and  Marvin,  Malta  Bend  and  Grand  Pass,  Longwood  and  High 
Point,  Carterville  Station,  Rich  Hill  Station,  Bunceton  and  Pleasant  Green,  Blue 
Springs  and  Atherton,  Versailles  Circuit,  Calhoun  and  Hickory  Grove,  Sheldon  and 
Marvin.  He  never  served  a  work  in  which  he  did  not  have  conversions.  His  chief 
ambition  was  to  be  a  soul  winner.  He  was  happiest  when  pointing  a  soul  to  Ch".-ist. 
To  him  the  work  of  the  Methodist  ministry  was  the  most  sacred  and  glorious,  and  he 
gave  thirty-three  years  of  faithful  service  to  it  without  intermission  or  vacation. 

He  was  a  good  preacher,  practical,  earnest  and  Biblical.  His  convictions  were 
stiong;  his  opposition  to  evil  of  all  kinds  was  vigorous,  but  in  a  Christianlike  spirit. 
He  was  modest,  but  manly;  a  Christian  gentleman.  He  was  true  in  his  friendships; 
generous  in  his  feelings  toward  all;  free  from  envy;  hospitable;  he  kept  young;  had 
a  bright  sunny  spirit,  kept  so  by  unbroken  communion  with  God,  and  scattered  good 
cheer  everywhere  he  went.  His  tender  feeling  for  the  young,  and  especially  for  child 
life,   was   most  beautiful. 

His  first  marriage  was  to  Miss  Louisa  Barr  at  Marshall,  Illinois,  September  7th, 
1870.  The  child  of  this  marriage,  Mrs.  Leslie  Cummins,  is  an  active  worker  in  the 
church.  He  was  married  to  Miss  Mary  O.  New,  September  16th,  1877,  who  with  their 
three  daughters,  Mrs.  E.  M.  Palmer,  Mrs.  J.  J.  Stockard  and  Miss  Mildred,  have  the 
yrecious  memory  of  his  good  life  to  assist  them  in  carrying  forward  the  good  work 
to   which   he   devoted   his   life. 

His  health  had  been  feeble  for  some  time  and  he  oft  expressed  the  desire  that 
he  might  "die  in  the  haness."  This  desire  was  granted,  for  he  preached  twice  on 
Sunday,  January  21st,  1906,  and  on  the  following  "Tuesday  morning  was  stricken  with 
apoplexy,  and  as  the  evening  shades  gathered  his  noble  spirit  flew  away  to  God. 


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REV.   HOWARD   ALEXANDER   WOOD. 


Jesus  Christ,  preached  and  accepted  in  all  his  offices,  is  the 
foundation  which  all  wise  Master-builders  lay. — Bishop  Mc- 
Tyeire. 

Rev.  Howard  Alexander  Wood,  son  of  Harvey  K.  Wood  and  Fannie  W.  Wood, 
was  born  November  17th,  1872,  at  Lamonte,  Missouri.  Both  parents  were  members 
of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  South.  He  was  converted  in  March,  1887,  at 
Hume,  Missouri,  under  the  ministry  of  Rev.  L.  H.  Vandiver,  and  joined  the  churel) 
March  27th,  1887,  at  Hume,  Missouri.  He  was  converted  at  the  old  fashioned  mourn- 
er's bench.  The  influence  of  his  strict  and  devout  parents,  of  Circuit  preachers,  the 
Y.  M.  C.  A.,  and  the  morning  prayer  meeting-  at  Central  College  have  all  been  a  means 
toward  his  growth  in  grace,  and  to  a  more  perfect  love  of  God  and  man.  He  was 
licensed  to  preach  August  18th,  1894,  at  Underwood  Chapel,  on  the  Hume  District, 
Southwest  Missouri  Conference;  Rev.  M.  M.  Pugh,  Presiding  Elder,  and  Rev.  T.  C. 
Puckett,  pastor.  He  was  recommended  to  the  Annual  Confei-ence  for  admission  on 
trial  by  the  Denver  District  Conference  in  the  spring  of  1900;  received  into  the 
Annual  Conference  on  trial  in  August,  1900;  Rev.J.  H.  Ledbetter,  Presidnig  Elder, 
and  H.  C.  Morrison,  Bishop;  ordained  Deacon  by  Bishop  Alpheus  W.  Wilson,  at 
Pueblo,  Colorado,  August  31st,  1902;  ordained  Elder  by  Bishop  Eugene  R.  Hendrix, 
August  21st,  1904,  at  Colorado  Springs,  Colorado.  As  a  local  preacher  he  served 
as  supply  in  the  Columbia  Conference,  also  on  the  Papinsville  Circuit,  in  the  South- 
west Missouri  Conference.  His  first  regular  appointment  was  to  Morrison  Memoiial 
Church,  Denver,  where  he  served  four  years,  then  to  Walsenburg,  Colorado,  Denver 
Conference,  and  served  four  years  there.  About  one  hundred  and  seventy-fivj  per- 
sons have  united  with  the  church  under  his  ministry.  He  received  his  education 
in  the  Public  High  School  of  Hume,  Missouri,  being  the  first  male  graduate  of  that 
school;  at  the  State  Normal  at  Warrensburg,  Missouri,  and  at  Fayette.  Missouri.  He 
was  married  to  Miss  Libbie  Eve  Bacon,  April  28th,  1897,  and  their  children  are 
Geneva  Louella  Wood  and  George  Harvey  Wood ;  they  have  one  child  dead.  He  con- 
siders his  marriage  to  a  faithful  and  trustwo vthy  woman,  who  is  a  devout  Christian 
and  a  fine  church  musician,  as  being  the  most  important  event  in  his  life.  The  pub- 
lications of  our  own  church,  especially  the  works  of  Bishop  Hendrix,  have  been  books 
that  have  most  helped  him,  aside  from  the  Bible.  He  moved  with  his  parents  from 
Pettis  County,  to  Bates  County,  at  the  age  of  two  years,  and  has  been  a  resident  of 
this  county,  at  Hume,  Missouri,  for  twenty-two  years.  His  father  is  one  of  the  sub- 
stantial farmers  of  that  county,  and  he  himself  knew  no  other  occupation  until  he  began 
preparation   to   enter   the   ministry. 


MR.   HARVEY    KEMP   WOOD. 


Jesus  Christ  has  succeeded   in   making  of  every  human   soul   an 
Appendage  to  His  own. — \apoleo». 


Harvey  Kemp  Wood,  son  of  Alexander  Wood  and  Martha  Wood,  both  of  whom 
were  members  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  South,  was  born  in  C!ai-ke  County, 
Virginia,  August  4th,  1846.  He  was  converted  at  the  Higgins  School  House  under 
the  ministry  of  Isaac  Locke,  an  exhorter  and  lajanan,  and  joined  the  Black  Water 
Chapel  Church  in  Pettis  County,  Missouri.  His  conversion  was  very  bright  and  clear 
and  he  has  never  had  a  doubt  concerning  it.  He  feels  and  knows  that  he  has  grown 
in  grace  and  he  has  a  desire  to  do  good  and  live  an  humble  Christiari.  He  was  married 
to  Miss  Fannie  D.  Wheeler  November  20th,  1870,  and  they  have  the  following  child- 
ren: Forrest  K.  Wood,  Bettie  E.  Wood,  Nora  N.  Wood.  Mabel  V.  Wood,  Howard 
A.  Wood,  William  Ernest  Wood  and  Clarence  W.  Wood.  Brother  Wood  is  one  of  the 
pioneer  Methodists  in  Bates  County — the  first  to  entertain  preachers  and  Presiding 
Elders  and  to  plan  for  our  new  churches  and  parsonages.  By  hard  work  on  the 
farm  he  gave  each  of  his  eight  children  a  first-class  education  in  High  Schools  and 
Colleges.  He  is  held  in  very  high  esteem  by  all  who  know  him  in  this  section  of  the 
stale,  and  his  word  is  his  bond,  his  influence  as  an  ointment  poured  forth.  His  gener- 
osity is  known  to  all.  Of  limited  means  himself,  he  is  the  first  to  subscribe  to  any 
collection  at  church  for  missions,  the  preacher,  Presiding  Elder,  or  anything  good. 
He  never  swore  an  oath,  took  a  chew  of  tobacco  or  a  drink  of  whiskey  in  his  life. 
Of  late  years  he  has  suffered  the  severest  pain  known  in  his  eyes,  and  the  wonder 
of  all  who  see  him  is  his  patience  and  resignation.     He  is  a  great  and  good  man. 


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REV.  JOHN   MANDVILLE  WEEMS. 


Brotherhood  and  Friendliness,  the  nurse  of  mutual  p;ood. — Kea* 


Rev.  Jolm  .Mandville  Weems, 
son  of  Dr.  Geor{;o  A.  Weems 
and  Elizabeth  M.  Weems,  was 
born  September  10th,  18.36,  in 
Newton  County,  Mi.ssouri.  He 
was  converted  Aupust  l.'th, 
1878,  at  Harmony  camp  jriound 
under  the  immediate  ministry 
of  Reu.  J.  F.  Gracev,  of  the 
C.  P.  Church,  but  united  with 
the  ;\I-.'ihodist  Episcopal  Church, 
South,  AuKUst  1-lOth,  1878.  His 
repentance  was  deep  and  his 
conversion  was  clear  and  un- 
mistakable and  his  whole  life 
was  transformed.  His  Christian 
life  wa.s  a  joyous  ;ind  victorious 
one,  but  soon  there  was  created 
in  him  :i  liunncr  for  holiness. 
He  fell  under  influences  adverse 
to  the  doctrine  of  instantaneous 
sanctification  and  for  more  than 
twenty  years  the  battle  wa^ed  in 
his  heart  and  mind,  but  at  last 
his  heart  hunticr  for  purity  and 
holiness  conquered  his  doubts 
and  on  Februiry  2.3rd,  1901,  he 
fully  consecrated  his  life  to 
Jesus  and  the  blessed  comforter 
came  with  fulness  of  joy  and  his 
soul  was  made  perfect  in  love. 
He  was  licensed  to  preach  in 
September,  1879,  by  the  Quar- 
terly Conference  of  the  Neosho 
District  of  the  Southwest  Mis- 
souri Conference;  Rev.  Thomas 
J.  Strinpfield,  preacher  in 
charge,  and  Rev.  J.  15.  Land'eth, 
Presiding-  Elder.  He  was  recommended  to  the  .\nnual  Conference  by  the  same 
Quarterly  Conference  at  the  same  lime,  and  was  received  into  the  Annual  Confer- 
ence on  trial  in  October,  1879,  at  Kansas  City;  Rev.  J.  B.  Landreth,  Presiding  Elder, 
and  Bishop  Wiphtman,  pi'esidini;;  ordained  Deeacon  by  Bishop  George  F.  Pierce,  at 
Springfield,  Missouri,  October  ist,  1881;  ordained  Elder  by  Bishop  A.  W.  Wilson, 
at  Boonville,  Mis.souri,  September  SOth,  1883.  He  has  served  the  following;  charKes: 
Versailles  Circuit,  one  year;  Lebanon  Circuit,  two  years;  Little  Osaue  Circuit, 
three  years;  Harrisonville  Circuit,  two  years;  Lebanon  D-stiict,  one  year;  Las 
Cruces,  New  Mexico,  one  year;  Ventura  Station,  California,  three  years;  Butte 
City  Circuit,  California,  one  year;  Willows  Station,  one  year;  Butte  City,  one  year; 
San  Jose,  one  year;  Phoenix,  Arizona,  four  years;  .Arizona  District,  three  years; 
Pomona,  California,  two  years;  Haynesville,  Louisiana,  one  year;  ZwoU",  Louisiana, 
two  years.  About  thirteen  hundred  persons  have  been  received  into  the  church  under 
his  ministry.  The  following  churches  and  parsonaRcs  have  been  built  under  his 
pastorate:  Marvin  Chapel,  Las  Curces,  New  Mexico;  Ventura,  California'  parson- 
a.c:e  at  Princeton,  California;  parsonage  at  Phoenix,  .Arizona,  Chapel  at  Spracue, 
Missouri;  Chapel  at  Hume,  Missouri;  finished  and  furnished  Underwood  Chapel,  in 
Vernon  County,  Missouri.  His  education  was  received  at  Neosho  Seminary.  He  was 
married  August  22nd,  1880,  to  Miss  Ida  Gertrude  Hanna,  and  they  have  ihe  fol- 
lowing children:  Mandville,  .Akin,  Clyda  Elizabeth,  Allen  Elmo,  David  Oscar.  Leta 
^Iae  and  Laura  Lea  Weems.  The  two  most  important  events  in  his  life  have  been 
his  conversion  and  the  hour  God  graciously  cleansed  his  heart  from  sin  and  filled 
it  with  His  precious  perfect  love.  Some  of  the  books  which  havo  been  most  helpful 
to  him,  aside  from  the  Bible,  have  been  "Wesley's  Sermons,"  "Ralston's  Elements  of 
Divinity,"  "The  Bishops'  Cabinet,"  "Marvin's  Life  of  Caples,"  "Life  of  Marvin,"  "Mar- 
vin's Work  of  Christ,"  "Young's   Christ  of   History,"   and   "Wesley's    Plain    Account." 


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REV.    STONEWALL   JACKSON    BROWN,   A.    M. 


All   that   is   loveliest  and   most   exalting   in   spiritual    beauty  and 
Immortal  hope  comes  within  the  sphere  of  vision. — Bishop  Ma;vin. 


Rev.  Stonewall  Jackson  Brown  was 
born  April  8th,  1861,  amid  the  foothills 
of  the  Blue  Ridg-3,  on  the  thorouj>'hfare 
from  the  valljy  to  the  east,  alonij  which 
the  intrepid,  daring  soldier,  whose  name 
he  bears,  swept  with  his  veteran  foot 
cavalry  from  his  victories  in  the  valley 
to  his  greacor  victories  in  the  rear  of 
the  beseiging  armies  around  Richmond. 
The  chieftain's  name  was  fit  for  the 
little  fellow  who,  like  the  Confederate 
champion,  rose  from  obscurity  amid  the 
rugged  hills,  and,  like  him,  endowed  with 
courage  and  character,  has  achieved  suc- 
cess thus  far  in  life.  May  10th,  1880,  he 
entered  the  Miller  Manual  Labor  School, 
of  Albermarle  County,  Virginia,  as  a 
student  of  architecture.  Upon  his  with- 
drawal he  planned  and  built  several 
large  buildings  for  the  school.  At  the 
age  of  twenty  he  was  called  to  the  death 
bed  of  his  mother.  There,  as  she  was 
dying,  he  consecrated  himself  to  God. 
He  entered  Emory  and  Henry  College, 
and  from  the  start  he  was  officiant  in 
study  and  in  good  words  and  works.  In 
1884  he  was  licensed  to  preach,  and  with- 
out delay  he  put  his  soul  into  his  life 
work.  Smoothly  and  uniformly  affable, 
kind,  upright,  industrious,  straight  for- 
ward, capable,  faithful,  successful,  he 
has  won  and  held  the  esteem  and  love  of  all  wherever  he  has  labored.  Completing 
with  high  approval  the  full  college  course,  winning  several  honors,  he  graduated,  June 
8th,  1888,  with  the  degree  of  A.  B.  and  A.  M.  At  the  Session  of  the  Virginia  Con- 
ference, which  met  in  Portsmouth,  Virginia,  he  was,  by  Bishop  Granbery,  ordained 
and  appointed  to  Danville.  He  speaks  fluently  and  pleasantly,  and  in  a  manner  to 
attract  the  attention  of  his  audience.  In  1890  he  was  transferred  from  the  Vir- 
ginia Conference  to  the  Southwest  Missouri  Conference  and  appointed  as  junior 
preacher  of  the  Walnut  Street  Church,  Kansas  City;  Dr.  J.  J.  Tigert,  afterward 
Bishop,  being  senior.  He  was  pastor  of  Washington  Street  Church,  Kansas  City, 
1892  and  189.3.  In  June,  1892,  he  was  married  to  Miss  Rowena  Elsawan  Flynn, 
of  Danville,  Virginia.  He  then  served  Odessa  Station,  1904  and  1905.  From  there 
he  was  appointed  to  Gilliam  and  Cambridge,  where  he  served  that  charge  four  years; 
was  then  appointed  to  Harrisonville  Station,  remaining  but  one  year,  and  was  ap- 
pointed Presiding  Elder  of  the  Neosho  District,  where  he  labored  for  four  years  with 
great  eflnciency.  He  served  Windsor  Station,  1905;  was  transferred  to  "his  native 
Conference  and  appointed  to  Wright  Memorial  Church,  Portsmouth,  Virginia,  where 
he   is  still   stationed. 


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REV.  THOMAS  HORNE  CLAYTON. 


The  mind   with   moral   and   religious   truth,   both   understood   and 
Practiced. —  Wordsworth. 


Rev.  Thomas  Home  Clayton,  son  of  Thomas  H.  Clayton  and  Mary  H.  Clayton,  was 
born  in  Ci-awford  County,  Missouri,  October  24th,  1869.  He  was  reared  in  a  .Niethodist 
home,  both  parents  being  members  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  South.  He 
was  converted  in  Crawford  County,  Mis.souri,  January  5th,  1894,  under  the  ministry 
of  Rev.  .1.  F.  Comer,  and  joined  the  chui-ch  at  that  time.  He  was  alone  with  God 
when  he  consciously  repented  and  renounced  his  sins  and  was  consciously  saved. 
There  was  nothing  startling  about  his  conversion,  but  it  was  definite  and  clear.  He 
was  licensed  to  preach  by  the  Quarterly  Conference  of  the  Richwoods  Circuit,  St. 
Louis  Conference;  Rev.  John  F.  Comer  being  the  preacher  in  charge,  and  Rev.  A.  J. 
Green,  Presiding  Elder;  was  recommended  to  the  .A.nnual  Conference  for  admission 
on  trial.  May  28th,  189(5,  by  the  Washington  District  Conference,  and  was  received 
into  the  Annual  Conference  on  trial  in  1896;  Bishop  .-Mpheus  W.  Wil.son.  presiding, 
and  Rev.  A.  J.  Green,  Presiding  Elder;  was  ordained  Deacon  September  25th,  1898, 
at  DeSoto,  Mis.souri,  by  Bishop  Warren  A.  Candler;  was  ordained  Elder  by  Bishop 
John  C.  Granbery,  September  2.Srd,  1900.  at  St.  John's  Methodist  Episcopal  Church, 
South.  St.  Louis,  Missouri.  .Appointments  filled  are  as  follows:  St.  Louis  Confer- 
ence, Jake  Prairie,  1895-1897;  Plattin  Circuit.  1897-1898;  Cedar  Grove  Circuit,  1898- 
1900;  Birch  Tree,  1900-1904;  Southwest  Mis.souri  Conference,  Archie.  1904-1905; 
Hume.  About  three  hundred  persons  have  been  received  into  the  church  during  the 
years  of  his  ministry.  He  completed  the  church  at  Lick  Creek,  Crawford  County, 
Missouri,  built  one  at  New  Hope.  Dent  County,  Mis.souri.  and  the  Bethany  Chapel 
in  Shannon  County,  Missouri.  His  education  was  obtained  in  the  public  schools  of 
Missouri.  He  was  married  to  Miss  Myrtle  Lenore  Ellis,  September  20th.  1896,  and  his 
children  are:  Mary  Imogene  Clayton,  Florine  Ellis  Clayton,  and  Tommie  Evelyn 
Clayton.  His  earnest  effort  to  "flee  from  the  wrath  to  come  and  be  saved  from  his 
sins,"  culminating  in  his  conversion  and  his  entrance  into  the  Christian  ministry,  all 
inseparably  connected,  are  considered  to  be  the  important  crisis  in  his  life.  "Piltrrim's 
Progress,"  "Life  of  Francis  Asburv,"  "Pushing  to  the  Front"  and  "Epistles  of  Paul" 
are  some  of  the  books  that  have  helped  him  most  in  h'S  Christian  life.  He  considers 
the  Christian  College  as  indispensable  in  furnishing  men  and  women  for  leadership, 
and   with  an   intelligent   appreciation   of   the   church   and   her   mission. 


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REV.  JOHN  WESLEY  BOND. 


The  glory  of  Christianity  is  the  normal  man. — Bishop  Hendrix. 


Rev.  John  Wesley  Bond,  the 
eldest  son  of  Rev.  Joseph  Bond 
and  Martha  R.  Bond,  v/as  born 
in  Simpson  County,  Kentucky, 
March  2oth,  1834.  His  parents 
emigrated  to  Missouri  in  18.39, 
settling  in  Polk  County,  now 
Hickory  County,  Missouri.  He 
professed  religion  at  Bear  Creek 
camp  ground,  Heni'y  County, 
Missouri,  in  1852,  and  joined  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  Church, 
South.  He  was  licensed  to 
preach  at  Old  Wesley  Chapel, 
Benton  County,  Missouri,  in 
1855;  Rev.  D.  A.  Leeper,  Pre- 
siding Elder,  and  Rev.  J.  O. 
Woods,  preacher  in  charge.  He 
and  Rev.  Milton  Adkisson  were 
licensed  at  the  same  time  and 
place  and  joined  the  Conference 
at  Springfield,  Missouri,  in  the 
autumn  of  the  same  year.  Of 
the  entire  class  of  some  thiiteen 
members,  just  these  two  remain. 
His  first  appointment  v/as  jun- 
ior preacher  under  Rev.  J.  M. 
Proctor.  This  Circuit  had 
eighteen  appointments,  about  two 
hundred  miles  to  ride,  and  he 
received  sixty-five  dollars  as  his 
part  of  the  salary.  Rev.  J.  L. 
Hagler  professed  religion  that 
year  under  his  ministry.  Rev. 
J.  M.  Pi'octor  was  afflicted  with 
his  eyes  and  the  whole  work 
devolved  on  him.  His  health 
broke  down  and  he  was  junior 
preacher  ne.xt  year  to  Rev.  W.  W.  Mobley  on  the  Harrisonville  Circuit.  He  then 
traveled  Butler  Circuit,  Montevallo  and  Enon  Mission.  In  the  fall  of  1860  he  was 
assigned  to  Hermitage,  Missouri.  He  was  ordained  Deacon  by  Bishop  James  O. 
Andrew,  1857,  at  Boonville,  Missouri;  was  ordained  to  Elder's  "orders  at  Independ- 
ence. Missouri,  by  Bishop  Paine  in  1859.  The  war  come  up  he  went  to  Adams  County, 
Illinois.  He  was  married  January  10th,  1861,  to  Miss  Eva  J.  Ligon,  of  Barton  County, 
Missouri.  He  took  a  certificate  of  location  from  Bishop  Pierce  at  St.  Louis,  Missouri, 
1869,  and  was  engaged  in  farming  while  local,  and  preached  regularly  as  a  local 
preacher.  He  re-entered  Conference  at  Neosho,  and  traveled  regularly  for  eight  years, 
when  he  took  bronchial  trouble  and  was  obliged  to  rest.  He  then  traveled  three  "years 
in  Texas,  first  in  1872  and  1873,  Milam  Circuit;  a  few  years  later  a  station  in  East 
Corsicana,  while  supernumerary,  and  went  to  Texas  in  1903,  and  traveled  the  Santo 
Circuit  that  year;  Rev.  E.  J.  Boone,  Presiding  Elder.  His  first  wife  died  June  2nd, 
1888,  and  was  buried  at  Morrisville,  iVIissouri.  By  this  marriage  he  has  four  daughters, 
Mrs.  B.  F.  Williams,  of  Morrisville,  Missouri;  Mrs.  B.  F.  AIsup,  of  Millsap,  Texas; 
Mrs.  R.  L.  Hughes,  of  Montrose,  Missouri,  and  Mrs.  Robert  McKnight.  of  Wishart 
Missouri.  He  was  married  to  Miss  Fannie  A.  Gibbs,  of  Proctor,  Missouri,  May 
25th,  1890.  He  has  been  preaching  fifty-two  years;  traveled  regularly  for  twenty- 
three  years,  and  became  a  supernumerary  fifteen  years  ago.  He  had  a  partial  stroke 
of  paralysis  two  years  ago  and  is  unable  to  do  any  kind  of  work,  and  is  living  with 
his  family,   wife  and   six  children   at    Brock,   Texas,  where   he  has  a   little  home. 


CENTENNIAL    VOLUME    OF    MISSOURI    METHODISM. 


REV.   ERRELL   HOGAN   OREAR,  A.   B. 


God  has  a  definite  life-plan  for  every  human  person,  pirding 
Him,  visibly  or  invisibly,  for  some  exact  thinp,  which  it  will 
Be  the  true  significance  and  glory  of  his  life  to  have  accomplished. 

—Dr.  Bitslniell. 


Rev.  Errell  Hogan  Orear  was 
born  in  Marshall,  Missouri, 
March  7th,  1880.  His  parents. 
Dr.  L.  Orear  and  Virginia  Ruth 
Orear,  were  both  members  of 
the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church, 
South.  He  was  converted  in 
Marshall,  Missouri,  during  the 
year  1886  and  joined  the  church 
that  year  under  the  ministry  of 
Rev.  R.  S.  Hunter.  His  con- 
version was  brought  about  abso- 
lutely through  the  influence  of 
his  mother.  He  was  kneeling 
with  her  at  home  while  a  little 
boy  of  seven  years,  when  he  gave 
bis  heart  to  God.  Ho  was  nat- 
urally taught  to  think  of  God 
und  gradually  he  took  hold  of 
some  of  the  deep  spiritual  truths 
of  the  Gospel  and  applied  them 
to  his  own  heart  and  life.  Oh, 
the  richness  of  His  grace.  Some- 
times he  really  thirsts, — that 
most  intense  desire  which  noth- 
ing else  will  satisfy, — for  a  love 
more  perfect  for  God  and  man. 
He  was  licensed  to  preach  at 
!^hilhowee,  Missouri,  Clinton  Dis- 
trict Conference  May  lOth,  UHIO; 
Rev.  Josvph  King,  Presiding  El- 
der. He  was  recommended  to 
the  Annual  Conference  by  the 
Nevada  District  Confei'ence 
which  met  at  Sheldon,  Missouri, 
May,  1904.  He  was  received 
in  the  Annual  Conference  on 
trial,  1904;  Bishop  Hendrix.  pi'e- 
siding,  and  Rev.  F.  M.  Burton,  Presiding  Elder.  He  was  ordained  Deacon  by  Bishop 
Hendrix  at  Sedalia,  Missouri,  September,  1904.  He  has  served  the  following  ap- 
pointments: Appleton  City,  two  years;  Richards  and  Stotesbury  to  the  present  time, 
1907.  He  has  taken  into  the  church  up  to  this  time  two  hundred  and  fourteen  mem- 
bers. Schools  attended:  Butler  Aeademv,  Butlei',  Missouri,  from  which  he  graduated 
in  1899;  Central  College,  1899-1900;  Roanoke  College,  Salem.  Virginia,  graduated 
with  A.  B.  degree  in  1903.  Some  of  the  books  that  have  been  a  help  to  him,,  are, 
Bunyan's  Pilgrim's  Progress,  Life  of  Trust,  by  Geo.  Mueller;  Lives  of  Finney  and 
Peter  Cartwright,  which  he  loved  to  read  when  a  boy  and  which  did  him  more  good 
in  shaping  his  character  than  the  books  read  in  after  life.  He  believes  the  Christian 
College  and  the  Church  are  inseparable.  Certainly  if  the  nation  is  to  be  a  Christ- 
ian nation,  the  time  of  the  training  of  the  statesmen  who  are  to  make  her  what  she 
is,  ought  to  be  spent  under  Christian  influences,  such  as  are  found  in  Christian 
Colleges. 


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REV.    GILMORE    LEE    COFFMAN. 


Heaven  closest  in  this  Earth  we  walk  upon,  God  plainest  in  the 
Brother    whom    we    pass. — Arnold. 


Rev.  Gilmore  Lee  Coffman  is  the  son  of  Thomas  and  Mary  Coffman.  He  was 
born  m  Sahne  County,  Missouri,  November  l-5th,  1874,  of  Methodist  parents.  His 
training-  in  a  Christian  home  led  to  his  early  conversion  under  the  ministry  of  Rev. 
R.  S.  Hunter.  He  grew  up  in  the  church  and  therefore  did  not  experience  that  vivid 
awakening  that  is  often  felt  by  persons  converted  later  in  life;  but  having  been  kept 
in  touch  with  the  sacred  influences  of  the  sanctuary,  his  conversion  was  of  the  quiet 
type.  He  was  not  active,  however,  as  a  Christian  worker  until  he  was  about  seven- 
teen years  of  age,  at  which  time  he  came  under  the  influence  of  Rev.  J.  C.  Coss,  who 
helped  him  to  come  into  closer  relationship  with  the  Church  and  its  work. 

While  at  work  in  Kansas  City,  and  under  the  influence  of  the  preaching  of  Rev. 
C.  M.  Bishop,  D.  D.,  the  question  of  his  call  to  the  ministry  was  decided. 

Applying  to  the  District  Conference  of  Boonville  District,  he  was  granted  license 
to  preach.  May  26,  1899.  Rev.  W.  T.  McClure  was  his  Presiding  Elder  at  the  time, 
and   Rev.   E.  Y.   Ginn   was   his  pastor. 

He  was  recommended  to  the  Annual  Conference  for  admission  on  trial  by  Boon- 
ville District  Conference,  which  met  at  Pilot  Grove  in  the  spring  of  1901,  and  "received 
on  trial  into  the  Southwest  Missouri  Conference  in  the  fall  of  1901;  Bishop  Candler, 
presiding,  and  Rev.  W.  T.  McClure  being  his  Presiding  Elder. 

He  was  ordained  Deacon  at  Sedalia,  Missouri,  September  13,  1903,  by  Bishop  Gal- 
loway; and  ordained  Elder  at  Butler,  Missouri,  in  September,  1905,  by  Bishop  Hendrix. 

His  appointments  have  been:  Nelson  Circuit,  Dover  and  Providence,  and  Chil- 
howee  Circuit.  During  his  ministry  he  has  received  seventy-six  persons  into  the 
church  to  the  present  time. 

He  attended  the  Marshall  High  School,  the  Kansas  City  High  School  and  Mis- 
souri Valley  College,  where  he  did  work  as  far  as  the  Sophomore  year.  Ill  health 
forced  him  to   drop  out   of  the   Sophomore  class   in    December,    1903. 

He  was  married  to  Miss  Ida  May  Campbell  December  25,  1903,  to  which  union 
one  child  has  been  born,  Allan  Campbell  Coffman. 

Brother  Coffman  names  the  following  books  especially  helpful:  The  Golden  Cen- 
sor, The  Autocrat  of  the  Breakfast  Table,  Les  Miserables^  Ethics  of  the  Dust,  and  the 
works  of  Dr.  Hillis. 

His  idea  of  the  Christian  College  is  that  it  has  as  much  to  offer  as  tf>  intellectual 
advantages  as  the  state  school,  and  besides  this,  it  has  the  most  important  thing  to 
offer — that   of   Christian    influence. 

He  is  a  faithful  and  useful   preacher. 


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CENTENNIAL    VOLUME    OF    MISSOURI    METHODISM. 


REV.  JOHN  GILLI.\M  HAYNES. 


Love  is  the  life  of  God,  and  he  who  has  spiritual  life  liveth  not 
Unto  himself,  but  liveth  unto  Go  I. — Dr.   Win.  E.  Muiisey. 


Rev.  John  Gilliam  Haynes 
was  born  in  Crittenden  County, 
Kentucky,  on  a  farm  one  and 
one  half  miles  West  of  Marion, 
the  county  seat.  His  father,  M. 
B.  Haynes,  and  mother,  .\nna 
H.  Haynes,  were  both  members 
of  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
Church,  South.  He  was  con- 
verted in  Kentucky  in  1881, 
when  a  boy,  under  the  ministry 
cif  Rev.  J.  D.  Crenshaw,  and 
joined  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
Chuich,  South,  at  Mirion,  Ken- 
tucky. He  went  to  the  altar  of 
prayer  with  a  deep  sense  of 
)i:uilt  and  sin,  and  after  much 
prayer  he  felt  his  sins  forgiven, 
ind  that  he  had  passed  from 
ileath  unto  life.  He  has  always 
relied  upon  the  Bible  as  the 
Word  of  God,  and  as  such,  takes 
it  as  a  message  to  himself,  and 
under  this  influence  has  grown 
in  grace  and  in  the  knowledge  of 
the  things  of  God.  He  was  li- 
censed to  preach,  December  21st, 
1892,  by  the  Princeton  District 
Conference;  Rev.  S.  K.  Breed- 
ing, preacher  in  charge,  and 
Rev.  B.  F.  Orr,  Presiding  Elder. 
He  was  recommended  to  the 
Illinois  Annual  Conference  by 
the  Murphysboro  Quarterly  Con- 
ference, October  2nd,  1894,  and 
was  received  into  the  Annual 
Conference  on  trial,  October  .")th, 
1894;  Dr.  C.  C.  Mayhew,  Pre- 
siding Elder,  and  Bishop  E.  R.  Hendrix,  presiding.  He  was  ordained  Deacon  by 
Bishop  W.  W.  Duncan,  at  Owensboro,  Kentucky,  September  30th,  1894;  ordained 
Elder  by  Bishop  John  C.  Granbery,  at  Waverly,  Illinois,  September  11th,  1898.  Brother 
Havnes  has  filled  the  following  appointments  DuQuoin,  Illinois,  1894,  one  year; 
Murphy-sboro,  Illinois,  189.5-1897;  Mt.  Zion  Station,  1897-1900;  transferred  to  South- 
west Missouri  Conference  in  1900;  Niangua,  Missouri,  1900-1902;  Springfield,  Mis- 
souri, Dale  Street  Church,  1902-1906;  his  present  work  is  at  Arch  Street,  Nevada, 
Missouri.  About  four  hundred  and  seventy  persons  have  been  received  into  the 
Church  under  his  ministry.  Five  churches  have  been  modeled,  and  a  $1,200  parsonage 
built  at  Springfield,  Missouri,  under  his  pastorates.  His  education  was  obtained  at  the 
High  School  in  Marion,  Kentucky,  and  at  College  at  Madisonville,  Kentucky.  He  was 
married  to  Miss  Rosa  E.  Clark,  May  8th,  1892,  and  they  have  two  children,  Ruth  H. 
Haynes  and  Robert  C.  Haynes.  Brother  Haynes  is  one  of  the  efficient  members  of  the 
Southwest  Missouri  Conference,  and  is  doing  a  good  work  at  Nevada. 


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REV.   ISAAC    ARTHUR    SMITH,    B.S. 


A  Christian  truth  in  the  heart  brings  forth  Christian  acts  in 
The  life,  as  naturally  as  the  root  pushes  its  stalk  up  into  the 
Air  and  the  sun. — Dr.  Josiah  Strong. 


Rev.  Isaac  Arthur  Smith  was  born  at  Charity,  Missouri,  in  1881.  He  is  a  son  of 
W.  E.  Smith  and  Laura  Smith,  both  members  of  the  Baptist  Church.  He  was  con- 
verted in  1890,  and  joined  the  Baptist  church,  to  which  his  parents  belonged,  but 
joined  the  Methodist  Church  at  Morrisville,  Missouri,  in  1899.  He  was  only  a  child 
when  converted,  but  realized  that  he  needed  salvation  and  sought  it  with  all  his  heart 
and  found  peace  in  Christ.  God  has  graciously  led  him  into  a  more  perfect  knowledge 
of  Him,  a  stronger  love  for  Him  and  a  greater  desire  to  love  and  serve  Him.  He  is 
striving  to  be  made  perfect  in  love.  He  was  licensed  to  preach  in  May,  1903,  by  the 
Springfield  District  Conference;  Rev.  L.  L.  Johnson  was  his  pastor,  and  Rev.  W.  H. 
Winton,  Presiding  Elder.  He  was  recommended  to  the  Annual  Conference  for  admis- 
sion on  trial  by  the  same  District  Conference  in  May,  1904;  received  into  the  Southwest 
Missouri  Conference  on  trial  in  1904;  Rev.  W.  H.  Winton,  Presiding  Elder,  and  Bishop 
E.  R.  Hendrix,  presiding;  ordained  Deacon  by  Bishop  Joseph  S.  Key  at  Joplin,  Mis- 
souri, in  September,  1906.  Appointments  served,  Buffalo  Circuit,  1904-1905;  Sprague 
Circuit,  1905-1907,  where  he  is  now  serving  his  second  year.  Thirty-eight  persons  have 
been  received  into  the  Church  under  nis  ministry.  He  received  his  education  at  Mor- 
risville College,  taking  the  degree  of  B.S.  in  1903.  He  was  married  to  Miss  Myrtle 
Christian  June  17th,  1903,  and  they  have  two  children,  Mildred  Christian  Smith 
and   Edward  Allen   Smith. 


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CENTENNIAL    VOLUME    OF    MISSOURI    METHODISM. 


REV.   BYRON  A.   McKNIGHT. 


God  is  girding  every  man  for  a  place  and  a  calling,  in  which  he 
May  be  as  consciously  exalted  as  if  he  held  the  rule  of  a 
Kingdom. — Dr.  Busknell. 


Rev.  Byron  A.  McKnight,  youngest  son  of  Milton  .1.  McKnight  and  Caroline  Mc- 
Knight,  was  born  on  his  father's  farm  in  Osage  County,  Missouri,  October  18th,  1874. 
He  labored  on  the  farm  during  the  spring  and  summer  months  and  attended  the  public 
school  during  the  winters.  In  his  eighteenth  year  he  attended  the  Linn  High  School, 
and  the  following  autumn  began  teaching,  continuing  for  five  years,  giving  entire 
satisfaction  as  a  teacher.  In  July,  1898,  he  was  converted  at  Mint  Hill  Church,  and 
united  with  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  South,  at  Linn,  Missouri,  while  Rev.  W. 
H.  Suddath  was  pastor.  He  felt  the  call  of  God  to  the  work  of  the  ministry  and  at 
once  entered  Central  College,  Fayette,  Missouri,  remaining  there  until  June,  1900, 
having  been  licensed  to  preach  at  the  session  of  the  Boonville  District  Conference,  which 
convened  at  California,  Missouri,  in  May,  1899.  In  September,  1900,  he  was  married 
to  Miss  Viola  Lee  Suddath,  the  third  daughter  of  Rev.  W.  H.  Suddath,  and  was  sent 
by  Bi.shop  Granbery  to  assist  Rev.  M.  Larkin  on  the  Russellville  Circuit,  which 
position  he  held  for  two  years,  having  been  admitted  on  trial  into  the  Southwest  Mis- 
souri Conference  in  September,  1901.  He  next  served  the  Glenstead  Circuit,  two  years; 
Passaic  Circuit,  two  years;  and  in  the  autumn  of  1906  he  was  appointed  to  Montrose 
charge  as  successor  to  Rev.  A.  Patison.  He  has  been  successful  as  a  minister  and 
many  have  been  won  to  a  righteous  life  by  his  efforts  as  a  servant  of  God.  Brother 
McKnight  is  one  of  our  choice  men,  and  we  bid  him  God-speed  in  his  work. 


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OFFICERS     OF     THE     WOMAN'S     HOME     MISSION     SOCIETY,     SOUTHWEST 
MISSOURI    CONFERENCE,    METHODIST    EPISCOPAL    CHURCH,    SOUTH. 


President. — Mrs.   George  P.   Gross,  3909  Windsor  Avenue,  Kansas  City,  Missouri. 

First  Vice-President. — Mrs.   J.    F.   Bryan,   452    St.   Louis    Street,    Springfield,   Mo. 

Second  Vice-President. — Mrs.  Lee  Holland,  420  East  Walnut  Street,  Springfield, 
Missouri. 

Third    Vice-President. — Mrs.   Alfred    P.    Warren,    Lexington,    Missouri. 

Recording   Secretary. — Mrs.   Z.   M.   Williams,   3117   Paseo,   Kansas   City,   Missouri. 

Treasurer. — Mrs.   Jennie   E.    Brown,   812   West   Fourth    Street,    Sedalia,    Missouri. 

Conference  Secretary. — Mrs.  L.  P.  Norfleet,  2711  Mersington  Avenue,  Kansas 
City,  Missouri. 

Auditor. — Mrs.  C.  S.  Shivers,  315  Garfield  Avenue,  Kansas  City,  Missouri. 

Press  Superintendent. — Mrs.  G.  M.  Bowen,  10  North  Askew  Avenue,  Kansas 
City,   Missouri. 

DISTRICT   SECRETARIES: 

Kansas  City  District. — Mrs.  J.   S.  Stone,  Independence,  Missouri. 

Lexington  District. — Mrs.  J.  Bennett  Davis,  Blackburn,  Missouri,  Mo.  R.   F.  D. 

Jlarshall   District. — Mrs.    E.   R.    Pemberton,   Marshall,   Missouri. 

Nevada   District. — Mrs.   T.   H.  Clayton,   Hume,   Missouri. 

Carthage  District. — Miss  De  Etta  Whitwell,  702  Moffett  Avenue,  Joplin,  Missouri. 

Springfield  District.— Mrs.  Lula  R.  Appleby,  Willard,  Missouri,  R.  F.  D. 

Western  District. — Mrs.  G    V.  Burns,  33  Florence  Avenue,  Rosedale,  Kansas. 


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CENTENNIAL    VOLUME    OF    MISSOURI    METHODISM. 


SOUTHWEST  MISSOURI  CONFERENCE. 


1806-CENTENNIAL  APPOINTMENTS     1906. 


CARTHAGE    DISTRICT. 


W.  C.  Hill Presiding  Elder 


Carthage S.  G.   Keys 

Carterville O.   E.  Vivion 

Webb  City J.  H.  Cleaves 

Joplin F.  M.  Burton 

Neosho E.  E.   Swanson 

Seneca  and  Racine W.  M.  Smith 

Diamond A.  G.  Moore 

Duenweg    Ct Supply 

Newtonia  Ct J.  E.  Owen 

Pineville  Ct J.  E.  Harney 

Southwest  City  Ct Supplied 

Jasper  Ct Supplied 


Sarcoxie  Ct W.  D.  Kelley 

Pierce  City  Ct C.  C.  Berry 

Monett C.  N.  Scrivener 

Cassville  Ct To  be  sup.  by  P.  Sinclair 

Miller  Ct L.  B.  Edwards 

Lawrenceburg  Ct..  .Sup.  by  R.  B.  Cooper 

South  Greenfield  Ct Supplied 

Jerieo A.  J.  Gearheard 

.Jerico  Ct To  be  sup.  by  R.  E.  Carson 

.Montevallo M.    Larkin 

Lamar  Ct G.  H.  Green 

Powell  Ct Sup.  by  W.  A.  Patton 


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REV.  WILLIAM   CAMPBELL   HILL,  A.M. 


Our  sight  is  determined  by  our  spiritual  insight. 

— Bishop  Galloway. 


Rev.  William  Campbell  Hill  was  born  August  28th,  1867,  near  Mount  Vernon, 
Missouri,  and  was  converted  January  11th,  1885,  at  Shiloh  church,  in  the  Lawrenceburg 
Circuit,  Lawrence  County,  Missouri,  in  a  meeting  conducted  by  Rev.  James  McGehee 
and  Rev.  J.  A.  Matthews.  He  was  baptized  and  received  into  the  Church  by  the 
pastor.  Rev.  J.  A.  Matthews,  on  the  11th  day  of  February,  after  his  conversion.  He 
was  first  religiously  impressed  when  only  seven  years  old,  under  the  personal  in- 
struction of  "Uncle  Jimmie"  McGehee.  He  then  alone  and  undirected  sought  and 
found  the  Lord,  but  his  parents  not  being  Christians  at  that  time,  he  gradually  lost 
the  sense  of  God's  presence,  and  spent  some  years  with  practically  no  thought  of  God 
before  his  mind.  But  his  covenant  with  (}od  was  renewed,  and  from  that  time  to 
the  present,  his  purpose  to  serve  God  has  never  wavered.  His  religious  life  has  not 
been  marked  by  any  strange  or  novel  experience,  but  has  rather  been  a  steady 
growth  in  the  knowledge  of  Christ  and  the  things  that  are  divine.  He  was  licensed 
to  preach  on  the  19th  of  December,  1885,  by  the  Quarterly  Conference  of  Lawrence- 
burg Circuit,  Southwest  Missouri  Conference;  Rev.  J.  A.  Matthews  still  being  his 
pastor,  and  Rev.  J.  B.  Ellis,  Presiding  Elder.  For  five  years  thereafter  Brother  Hill 
was  a  student  in  Morrisville  College,  from  which  institution  he  received  successively 
the  degrees  of  A.B.  and  A.M.  By  the  Fourth  Quarterly  Conference  of  Morrisville 
Station,  for  the  year  1891,  he  was  recommended  for  admission  into  the  Annual  Con- 
ference, and  on  the  16th  day  of  September  of  that  same  year,  at  Sedalia,  Missouri, 
he  was  received  on  trial  into  the  Southwest  Missouri  Conference;  Bishop  R.  K.  Har- 
grove, presiding,  and  Rev.  J.  N.  Huggins  being  his  Presiding  Elder;  ordained  Deacon 
at  Marshall,  Missouri,  October  6th,  1889,  by  Bishop  Granbery;  and  ordained  Elder, 
September  22nd,  1895,  at  Webb  City,  Missouri,  by  Bishop  Duncan.  Brother  Hill's 
ministry  has  been  blessed  with  many  conversions,  and  he  has  never  left  a  charge 
without  having  accessions  on  profession  of  faith.  Our  Austin  Chapel  at  Nevada, 
and  the  substantial  and  commodious  parsonage  at  Joplin,  were  built  during  his  pas- 
torates at  those  places.  On  June  27th,  1894,  he  was  married  to  Miss  Frances  Palmore 
Brown.  Their  married  life  has  been  a  very  pleasant  and  happy  one.  The  following 
are  the  appointments  Brother  Hill  has  served:  Richland  and  Dixon;  Nevada  City, 
Missouri;  Washington  Street,  Kansas  City;  Warrensburg;  Neosho;  President  of  Scar- 
ritt  College,  Neosho,  Missouri;  Joplin,  Belton  and  Martin  City,  and  Presiding  Elder 
of  Carthage  District. 


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CENTENNIAL    VOLUME    OF    MISSOURI    METHODISM. 


RE\'.  .lA.AlKS  MAUISON   PROCTOR. 


Death  woumLs  to  cure;  we  fall,  we  rise,  we  reipn; 
SprinfT  from  our  fetters,  fasten  in  the  skies. —  Young. 


Rev.  James  Madison  Proctor  was  born  in  Jessamine  County,  Kentucky,  January 
8th,  182.3,  and  died  in  Buffalo,  Missouri,  September  18th,  1902'  Between"  the  above 
dates  was  lived  a  noble,  useful,  helpful  life  of  seventy-nine  years,  eipht  months  and 
ten  days.  While  in  his  eighteenth  year  he  was  converted  at  a  Methodist  camp  meeting 
revival  held  at  Mobley's  camp  pround  in  Graves  County,  Kentucky,  and  joined  the 
Church  under  the  ministry  of  Rev.  James  Young;.  In  1842,  in  Hickman  County.  Ken- 
tucky, Rev.  J.  S.  Williams  gave  him  license  to  exhort,  and  in  the  following  year,  in 
the  same  county,  the  Quarterly  Confei'ence,  under  the  piesidency  of  Rev.  Thomas 
Smith,  gave  him  license  to  preach.  Rev.  James  Young,  who  received  him  into  the 
Church,  being  his  pastor.  Some  time  after  this  he  came  to  Missouri  and  made  his 
home  in  Fai'mington,  serving  the  Church  as  a  local  pi'eacher  until  1846,  when  he 
joined  the  St.  Louis  Conference  at  its  first  session,  which  was  held  in  Boonville.  He 
was  ordained  Deacon  by  Bishop  Andrew  in  St.  Louis,  in  1848;  ordained  Elder  by 
Bishop  Bascom  at  Independence,  in  18.")0.  He  was  married  in  Cape  Girardeau  County, 
Missouri,  to  Miss  Sallie  Naomi  Statler,  October  9th,  1850.  To  them  were  born  two 
daughters  and  five  .sons.  Of  these  the  two  eldest,  Josephine  and  Jesse,  died  a  good 
many  years  ago.  The  other  five,  Emma,  Walter,  Robert,  Brown  and  William,  with 
their  mother,  arc  still  living.  He  served  the  following  chai'ges  one  year  each:  Black 
River,  Crooked  Creek,  New  Madrid,  Benton,  Versailles,  Carthage,  HilLsborough,  Monte- 
vallo,  Harmony  Grove,  Golden  City.  Cross  Timbers,  and  Cape  Oirardeau  District.  The 
following  two  years  each:  Richwoods,  Neosho,  Caledonia,  Deepwater,  Sarcoxie,  Buf- 
falo. The  following  three  years  each:  Perryville,  Jackson,  Osceola  and  Harrisonville. 
He  served  thirty-six  years  on  the  effective  list,  twenty  years  on  the  superannuated 
list,  and  in  the  local  ranks  three,  and  as  an  exhorter,  making  his  ministry  span  sixty 
years.  The  above  list  of  appointments  shows  that  sixteen  years  of  his  effective 
work  were  given  to  territory  now  in  the  bounds  of  the  St.  Louis  Conference  and 
twenty  in  the  Southwest  Missouri  Conference.  Like  Barnabas,  he  was  a  pioneer 
preacher.  He  was  not  only  "a  pathfinder,"  but  he  was  a  path-maker.  He  threaded 
his  way  thiough  canebreaks  and  lagoons  and  found  the  cabins  of  the  poor  in  the 
swamps,  and  in  their  sickness  ministered  to  them  the  consolation  of  the  Gospel.  His 
first  charge.  Black  River  Mission,  embraced  half  of  the  territory  now  in  the  Poplar 
Bluff  District.  He  was  a  good,  sensible,  instructive  preacher  and  had  superior  social 
qualities,  hence  he  excelled  as  a  pastor.  By  his  personal  magnetism  he  drew  people 
and  fastened  them  to  him  as  with  hooks  of  steel.  He  gave  himself  exclusively  to  his 
high  calling.  Was  a  man  of  one  work,  which  he  prosecuted  most  diligently.  He  did 
all  the  work  of  a  Methodist  preacher  and  did  it  well. 


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531 


REV.  JOHN   F.   ROBB. 


All     the     harpers     that    praise     God    in     eternity    will     gather 
Inspiration    in    their    worship    from    the    Cross — Bishop    Marvin. 


By   Rev.  R.  E.  Dickenson. 


Rev.  John  F.  Robb,  son  of 
John  and  Eliza  Robb,  was  born 
in  Pontotoc,  Mississippi,  April 
7th,  1838.  His  father  was  a 
large  slave  holder,  owning  a 
large  plantation  in  Mississippi. 
His  mother  was  a  noble  woman 
of  the  true  Southern  type.  The 
father  dying  in  1847,  and  the 
mother  in  1848,  the  son  then  went 
to  live  with  an  uncle  in  Indiana. 
Remaining  here  one  year,  he 
next  moved  to  Illinois.  He  was 
married  to  Mary  E.  Dove,  June 
17th,  18.58.  To  this  union  were 
born  ten  children,  five  of  whom 
died  in  infancy,  one  after  mar- 
riage, and  two  sons  and  two 
daughters,  together  with  the 
mother,  still  survive.  The  sur- 
viving children  are  Frank  M. 
Robb,  Mrs.  Josie  Chrisman, 
Chris.  L.  Robb  and  Mrs.  G.  P. 
Alton. 

In  18.59  Brother  Robb  joined 
the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church 
on  probation,  and  in  March, 
1860,  while  working  in  the  field, 
harrowing  in  oats,  he  was 
soundly  converted,  and  was  soon 
afterwards  received  into  full 
connection  in  the  Church.  He 
loined  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
Church,  South,  in  November, 
1870,  and  one  year  later  was 
licensed  to  preach,  and  joined 
the  Illinois  Conference,  Septem- 
ber, 1872.  His  appointments 
were  as  follows:  Xenia  Circuit,  one  year;  Rome,  two  years,  and  Presiding  Elder  of 
Salem  District,  three  years.  At  the  Conference  of  1881  he  was  located  at  his  ov^-n 
request  on  account  of  failing  health.  That  same  autumn  he  moved  to  Missouri,  and 
at  the  Conference  of  September,  1882,  was  readmitted  to  the  Southwest  Missouri 
Conference,  where  he  continued  an  honored  and  esteemed  member  till  his  death.  He 
served  the  following  appointments:  Clinton,  three  years;  Montrose  Circuit,  two  years; 
Sedalia  Circuit,  three  years;  Sprague  Circuit,  two  years;  Sheldon  Circuit,  one  year; 
Butler,  three  years;  Morrisville,  three  years,  and  Pierce  City,  four  years.  The  last 
four  months  he  was  on  the  superannuated  list,  and  then  after  an  earnest  consecrated 
life  he  laid  his  armor  down. 

Writing  to  a  friend  during  his  last  days,  he  said:  "If  I  don't  see  you  again 
give  greeting  to  the  Conference,  and  tell  the  brethren  they  'will  know  where  to  find 
me.'     Adieu!     I  will  meet  you  in  the  city." 

As  a  college  preacher  he  touched  scores  of  young  lives,  and  by  his  earnest  sermons 
was  instrumental   in   creating  and  inspiring  noble   resolves. 

On  the  afternoon  of  January  17th,  190.3,  he  said  farewell  and  went  home.  When 
asked  whom  he  would  see  first  on  the  other  side,  he  replied:  "First  I  will  see  Jesus, 
then  our  blessed  mother,  anH  next  our  children  who  have  gone  on  before."  His  body 
was  laid  to  rest  at  Pierce  City,  the  place  of  his  last   devoted  labors. 

The  many  converts,  and  the  hundreds  who  have  been  helped  bv  his  consecrated  min- 
istry,  will    revere    his   memory   and    proclaim    his    influence    and    helpfulness    blessed! 


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CENTENNIAL    VOLUME    OF    MISSOURI    METHODISM. 


REV.  WILLIAM  HARRISON  CRUM. 


Man  is  to  sow  the  seed  of  Divine  Truth,  and  reap  a  harvest  of 
Christian  Character. — Binhop  Atkins. 


Rev.  William  Harii.snn  Crum, 
third  son  of  P.  R.  and  Mary  .\. 
Crum,  wa.s  born  on  a  farm  near 
Thurman,  Fremont  County, 
Iowa,  January  25th,   187:^. 

When  he  was  two  years  old 
the  family  moved  to  Missouri 
and  settled  near  California,  but 
later  his  parents,  desiring  beuer 
educational  advantages  for  their 
family,  moved  to  another  farm 
near  Clai-ksburi;,  the  seat  of 
Clarksburg-  College.  Here  he 
grew  to  manhood. 

At  an  evening  service,  August 
10th,  1880,  while  praying  in  his 
pew,  after  a  long  period  of  con- 
viction, he  was  converted.  Two 
years  later  he  united  with  the 
Cumberland  Presbyterian 
church,  that  being  the  church 
to  which  his  parents  belonged 
since  young  manhood  and  wom- 
anhood. He  was  received  into 
the  Church  and  baptized  by  the 
pastor,  Rev.  James  W.  Robert- 
son. 

His  education  was  acquired 
at  Clarksburg  College,  under 
the  presidency  of  Prof.  L.  R. 
Wilflty.  He  was  studious  and 
patient  and  learned  very  fast. 
While  still  in  the  teens  he  en- 
tered the  profession  of  teacher 
in  the  schools  of  the  county,  and 
for  four  years  was  a  success  in 
this  work. 

Becoming  dissatisfied  with  the 
doctrines  and  polity  of  Presbyterianism,  he  became,  in  May,  1893,  a  member  of  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  South,  in  Jamestown,  Missouri,  then  a  part  of  Prairie 
Home  Circuit,  Boonville  District.  He  was  recommended  by  this  class  for  license  to 
preach,  and  at  Point  Church,  on  the  same  circuit  was,  by  the  Quarterly  Conference, 
given  license  to  preach;  Rev.  Clinton  Clenny,  Presiding  Elder,  and  Rev.  B.  H. 
Steele,  preacher  in  charge. 

At  the  session  of  Annual  Conference  held  at  Boonville,  Bishop  Atticus  G.  Hay- 
good   presiding,   he   was   received   on   trial,   September   22nd,   1893. 

His  first  charge  was  Urbana  Circuit,  consisting  of  seven  appointments.  Many 
revivals  marked  this  year's  work.  The  following  year  he  was  sent  to  Lebanon  Station, 
and  recorded  another  very  prosperous  year,  but  threatened  with  failing  health,  he 
requested  a  change.  For  several  appointments  he  moved  each  year.  This  was  accord- 
ing to  his  will  in  the  matter,  he  enjoying  the  change. 

He  was  ordained  Deacon  at  Webb  City,  Missouri,  September  22nd,  189.5,  by  Bishop 
William  W.  Duncan;  ordained  Elder  at  Slater,  Missouri,  by  Bishop  Oscar  P.  Fitz- 
gerald,   September   26th,    1897. 

March  4th,  1896,  he  was  married  to  Miss  Annie  E.  Gordon,  youngest  daughter  of 
Mr.  James  A.  and  Mrs.  Mary  A.  Gordon.  Two  children  bless  the  home — Helen  Ruth 
and   Mary  Katharine. 

His  last  work  in  the  Southwest  Missouri  Conference  was  Webb  City  Station, 
one  of  the  most  important  and  desirable  appointments  in  the  Conference.  His  work 
has  everywhere  been  marked  by  vigor  of  administration  and  helpful  ministry.  He  had 
little  tolerance  of  extreme  conservatism  and  always  insisted  upon  forward  movements. 
In  the  later  years  of  his  work  he  never  failed  to  bring  up  a  surplus  on  the  claims 
of  the  church. 

In  1906  he  was  transferred  to  the  Texas  Conference  and  stationed  at  Tabernacle 
Church,  Houston,  one  of  the  most  important  and  promising  churches  in  that  great 
state. 


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d33 


REV.  JOSIAH   EDGAR  OWEN. 


If  only  the  golden  pipes  are  kept  free  and  unclogged,  there  will 
Be  an  uninterrupted  flow  of  the  golden  oil  to  feed  the  flame  of  a 
Holy  nte.—Di:  F.  B.  Meyer. 


Rev.  Josiah  Edgar 
Owen  was  born  at  Shaw- 
nee, Kansas,  April  14th. 
1866,  but  was  taken  by 
his  parents  to  Caldwell 
County,  Missouri,  when  fc 
an  infant,  and  there  grew 
to  manhood.  He  is  a  son 
of  Sanford  Owen  and 
Elizabeth  Owen,  both 
members  of  the  Methodisti 
Episcopal  Church,  South. 
He  was  converted  and 
joined  the  church,  Decem- 
ber 25th,  1885,  under  thi- 
ministiw  of  Rev.  John  H. 
Hubbard,  in  the  old  church 
at  Black  Oak,  Caldwell 
County,  Missouri.  A  re- 
vival meeting  conducted 
b.v  Rev.  John  H.  Hubbard 
with  the  Northern  Meth- 
odists was  in  progress, 
and  Brother  Owen  was 
very  deeply  affected  by  a 
sermon  preached  on 
Christmas  da.v.  The  al- 
tar was  filled  with  peni- 
tents, and  when  an  old 
man  came  down  the  aisle 
and  spoke  to  him,  he  went 
forward  to  the  altar,  and 
was  converted.  During 
all  the  years  since  his  con- 
version he  has  been  stead- 
ily growing  in  grace  and 
in  the  knowledge  of  the 
truth,  and  at  this  time  it 
is  his  chief  desire  to  honor 
God  with  his  service.  He 
was  licensed  to  prji^h  in 
June,  1890,  by  the  Quarterly  Conference  of  Braymer  Circuit  at  McBee  Chapel;  Dr. 
W.  C.  Baird  was  the  preacher  in  charge,  and  Rev.  J.  F.  Shores  was  the  Presiding 
Elder.  He  was  recommended  to  the  Annual  Conference  for  admission  on  trial  by  the 
Quai-terly  Conference  of  Labette  Circuit,  Council  Grove  District,  Western  Conference, 
July  23rd,  1892.  He  was  received  on  trial  into  the  Western  Conference,  August  olst, 
1892,  at  Council  Grove,  Kansas;  Rev.  J.  W.  Faubian  was  Presiding  Elder,  and  Bishop 
E.  R.  Hendrix,  presiding.  He  was  ordained  Deacon  by  Bishop  Hendrix  at  Arkansas 
City,  Kansas,  August  24th,  1894;  ordained  Elder  by  Bishop  O.  P.  Fitzgerald,  August 
28th,  1897,  at  Council  Grove,  Kansas.  Brother  Owen  has  served  the  following  ap- 
pointments: Labette  Circuit,  1891-1892;  Wvandotte  Circuit,  1892-1893;  Wellington 
Circuit,  1893-1895;  Winfield  Circuit,  1895-1896;  Atlanta  Circuit.  1896-1897;  Elk  City 
Circuit,  1897-1899;  Augusta  Circuit,  1899-1901;  Bucyrus  and  Stillwell,  four  years; 
and  in  the  fall  of  1905,  he  was  transferred  to  Fairmount  Circuit,  where  he  remained 
one  year,  and  in  September,  1906,  the  Western  Conference  having  been  absorbed  by  the 
Southwest  Missouri  Conference,  he  was  sent  to  Newtonia  Circuit,  in  the  Southwest 
Missouri  Conference,  which  appointment  he  now  holds.  About  three  hundred  and 
fifty  persons  have  been  received  into  the  church  under  his  ministry.  The  church  at 
Bucyrus,  Kansas,  and  the  parsonage  at  Corbin,  Kansas,  were  built  under  his  pastorate. 
His  education  was  obtained  at  the  public  schools,  with  a  short  term  at  Central  College. 
He  was  married  to  Miss  Ida  Gertrude  Collins,  October  29th,  1893,  and  their  children 
are:  Russell  Hendrix  Owen,  Paul  Collins  Owen,  Robert  Lee  Owen,  Ruth  Owen,  Helen 
Louise  Owen,  John  Sanford  Owen  and  Mary  Elizabeth  Owen. 


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CENTENNIAL    VOLUME    OF    MISSOURI    METHODISM. 


OUR    JOPLIN    CHURCH. 


In  18.35,  Rev.  H.  G.  Joplin,  a  member  of  the  Missouri  Conference  of  the  Methodi.st 
Church,  settled  on  the  creek  which  now  bears  his  name  and  there  he  lived  for  twelve 
years.  During  these  years,  services  were  conductd  by  him  in  the  vicinity  of  what  is 
now  Joplin.  After  the  war  a  church  was  built  in  what  is  now  East  Joplin,  which  was 
used  for  several  years.  Later  the  building  was  partly  wrecked  by  a  storm,  and  shortly 
afterwards  was  sold  to  the  Baptists,  who  moved  it  to  the  country.  The  congregation 
next  secured  a  lot  on  West  Fourth  street,  where  the  .African  Methodist  Church  now 
stands,  and  erected  a  building  which  was  used  for  several  years.  At  this  time 
(1880-1882)  Joplin  and  Webb  City  were  .served  by  the  same  pastor.  In  1882,  the 
church  being  heavily  encumbered  with  debt,  was  sold,  and  services  were  only  held  at 
intervals  thereafter  until  September  21st,  1891,  when  Rev.  R.  F.  Campbell  was  as- 
signed to  Joplin.  Brother  Campbell  effected  a  re-organization  of  our  church,  and 
during  his  two  years'  pastorate  built  the  frame  building  at  Seventh  street  and 
Moffet  avenue.  The  sympathy  and  generosity  of  Mrs.  Clara  C.  Baker  very  materially 
assisted  in  the  re-establishment  of  the  society.  She  bought  and  gave  the  church  the 
present  site.  Brother  Campbell  was  succeeded  in  1893  by  Rev.  P.  T.  Cobb,  who  served 
the  church  one  year,  and  during  his  pastorate  there  was  a  net  gain  of  thirty-one  in 
membership.  He  was  succeeded  in  tu'n  by  Rev.  A.  N.  James,  Rev.  Perry  Long,  Rev 
W.  C.  Hill,  Rev.  W.  P.  Buckner  and  Biother  Bnckner  was  succeeded  in  lOOfi,  by  Rev. 
F.  M.  Burton,  who  began  his  pastorate  under  very  favorable  auspices,  and  has  already 
won  the  hearts  of  the  people.  The  church  is  being  thoroughly  organized  in  all  depart- 
ments, and  recently  there  have  been  a  number  of  additions.  The  congregations  are 
steadily  increasing.  The  influence  of  this  society  is  becoming  more  and  more  a  factor 
in  advancing  the  Master's  kingdom  in  this  city,  and  is  destined  to  take  rank  as  one 
of  the  leading  churches  of  the  Southwest  Missouri  Conference.  This  sketch  would  not 
be  complete  without  mentioning  those  staunch  Methodists,  Mr.  Lee  Taylor  and  wife, 
who  thi-ough  all  the  vicissitudes  of  the  church,  have  been  its  unfailing  friends;  begin- 
ning with  the  erection  of  the  first  church  in  East  town  to  the  present  time,  they  have 
been  constant  in  their  loyalty.  They  have  been  the  faithful  friends  of  the  pastors 
who  have  served  this  church.  They  are  the  only  persons  now  living  who  have  been 
associated  with  this  church  from  the  beginning,  and  none  have  been  more  interested 
and  devoted  than  they.  This  church  cannot  honor  itself  more  than  by  worthily  per- 
petuating their  names  and  memory. 


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REV.   CHARLES   FRANKLIN,   B.D. 


Jesus  alone  founded  his  empire  upon  love,  and  to  this  day  millions 
Would  die  for   Him. — Xapoleo}). 


Rev.  Charles  Franklin  was  bom  in  Dresden,  Pettis  County,  Missouri,  October  14th, 
1868.  His  father  and  mother,  Thomas  Calvin  Franklin  and  Sarah  Etta  Franklin,  were 
both  members  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  South.  He  was  converted  at  the 
age  of  sixteen,  under  the  ministry  of  Rev.  W.  T.  Eastwood,  at  Houstonia,  Missouri. 
He  was  converted  after  ten  days  of  deep  conviction.  His  conversion  took  place  at  his 
own  home  one  drear.v  Monday  evening.  He  had  prayed  to  be  converted  on  that  evening, 
but  expected  to  be  at  the  altar  of  the  church.  From  that  time  to  the  present  he  has 
never  wavered  in  his  loyalty  to  Him  who  is  The  Truth.  "The  Truth  shall  make  you 
free,"  is  his  text,  and  to  seek  and  find  it  is  the  passion  of  his  life.  The  truth  has  been 
constantly  unfolding-  to  his  mind,  and  the  things  of  God  are  becoming  clearer  with  each 
new  day.  He  was  licensed  to  preach  by  the  Quarterly  Conference  of  Herndon  Circuit. 
August"  17th,  1889;  Rev.  A.  L.  Houston,  pastor,  and  Rev.  T.  M.  Cobb,  Presiding  Elder. 
He  was  recommended  for  admission  into  the  Annua!  Conference  b.y  the  Le.xington 
District  Conference  in  the  spring  of  1895,  and  the  following  fall  he  was  received  into 
the  Southwest  Missouri  Conference  on  trial ;  at  this  same  Conference  he  was  ordained 
Deacon  by  Bishop  W.  W.  Duncan;  ordained  Elder  by  Bishop  Candler,  September  29th, 
1901,  at  Marshall,  Missouri.  His  appointments  have  been  as  follows:  Wellington 
Circuit,  three  years:  Vanderbilt  University,  three  years;  Troost  Avenue  Church,  Kansas 
City,  three  years;  Neosho,  two  years.  He  graduated  from  Central  College,  Fayette, 
Missouri,  in  1894,  taking  the  A.B.  degree,  and  the  next  year  he  received  the  degree 
of  Master  of  Arts.  In  the  spring  of  1901,  he  graduated  from  the  Biblical  Department 
of  Vanderbilt  University  with  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Divinity.  He  is  now  pre- 
paring to  do  post  graduate  work  at  Yale  next  year.  He  was  married  to  Miss  Irene 
Cloyd,  January  7th,  1896,  who  has  been  not  only  a  sharer  of  his  labors,  but  also  of 
his  studies,  reading  with  him  the  best  books  that  the  thought  of  the  world  is  pro- 
ducing. 


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Faith  is  tlie  trustful  commitment  of  one's  self  to  God. 

— Dr.  Gross  Alexander. 


Jesse  Franklin  Pike  was  born  in  Patrick  County,  Virginia,  January  14th,  1849. 
He  is  a  son  of  Joseph  Pike  and  Sallie  Pike,  who  were  members  of  the  Missionary 
Baptist  church.  He  was  converted  in  1862,  under  the  preaching  of  Rev.  John  G. 
Bailey,  of  the  Virginia  Conference,  and  was  received  into  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
Church,  South,  in  the  month  of  August,  1866,  by  the  Rev.  D.  F.  Hodges,  pastor.  From 
the  beginning  of  his  Christian  career,  his  growth  in  grace  has  been  shown  by  his 
fidelity  to  duty.  When  but  a  boy,  he  would  lead  family  worship  in  his  father's  home; 
he  attended  every  religious  meeting  in  the  neighborhood,  and  would  walk  four  miles  to 
Sunday  School,  and  was  constantly  a  student  of  the  Bible,  committing  hundreds  of 
verses  to  memory.  He  was  licensed  to  preach  by  the  Quarterly  Conference  of  the 
Columbia  Circuit,  Louisville  Conference,  November  2nd,  1872;  Rev.  W.  T.  Davenport, 
pastor,  and  Rev.  R.  C.  Alexander,  Presiding  Elder;  was  recommended  to  the  Annual 
Conference  for  admission  on  trial  by  this  same  Quarterly  Conference  in  1876.  In 
October  of  that  year  he  was  received  into  the  Louisville  Annual  Conference,  which  was 
presided  over  by  Bishop  Wightman;  ordained  Deacon  by  Bishop  George  F.  Pierce  in 
October,  1878,  at  Cadiz,  Kentucky;  ordained  Elder  in  October,  1880,  at  Glasgow,  Ken- 
tucky, by  Bishop  H.  H.  Kavanaugh.  In  the  Louisville  Conference,  he  served  on  the 
Cumberland  Circuit,  two  years.  Edmonton  Circuit,  one  year;  Mount  Holly  Mission, 
three  years;  and  Asbury  Chapel  in  Louisville,  one  year;  in  187.3,  he  was  transferred 
to  the  White  River  Conference,  where  he  served  at  West  Point,  El  Paso.  Jacksonville, 
and  Union  and  Revel's  Circuits;  in  1888,  he  was  transferred  to  the  Southwest  Missouri 
Conference,  in  which  he  has  since  remained,  and  has  served  as  follows:  Pink  Hill  Cir- 
cuit, one  year;  Everett  Circuit,  three  years;  Papinsville  Circuit,  one  year;  Eldorado 
Springs  Station,  two  years;  Richland  and  Dixon,  one  year;  Niangua  Circuit,  two  years; 
Mountain  Grove  Station,  two  years;  Nevada  Circuit,  two  years;  Appleton  City,  one 
year;  Jasper  Circuit,  one  year;  Seneca  and  Racine,  one  year;  in  189-^,  was  appointed 
to  Casville  Circuit.  A  parsonage  was  bought  during  his  pastorate  on  the  Mt.  Holly 
charge  in  the  Louisville  Conference;  two  churches  were  built  in  the  White  River  Con- 
ference; and  in  the  Southwest  Missouri  Conference,  he  has  been  very  successful  in 
church  building  enterprises  at  Papinsville  and  Archie,  and  he  built  parsonages  at 
Eldorado  Springs  and  at  Seneca.  Brother  Pike  is  one  of  our  most  faithful  men  and  we 
trust  that  he  will  be  spared  for  many  more  years  of  usefulness. 


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REV.  CHARLES  NICHOLAS  SCRIVENER. 


A  new  Love  enters,  God  enters,  and  Eternal  Life  begins. 

—Dr.  Biishnell. 


Rev.  Charles  Nicholas  Scrivener  was  born  near  Lincoln,  Benton  County,  Missouri. 
on  the  29th  day  of  October,  1865.  He  was  converted  and  joined  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
Church,  South,  under  the  ministry  of  Rev.  W.  K.  White,  at  Wheatland,  Missouri,  in 
ISSI.  He  was  licensed  to  preach  by  the  Quarterly  Conference  of  St.  Paul's  Church, 
Spring-field,  Missouri,  September  11th,  1888,  Rev.  L.  W.  Pearce,  Presiding  Elder,  and 
Rev.  J.  W.  Lowrence,  pastor  in  charge.  He  was  received  on  trial  into  the  Southwest 
Missouri  Conference  at  Sedalia  in  1891,  Bishop  Hargrove  presiding.  He  was  ordained 
Deacon  by  Bishop  Galloway  at  Independence  in  1892;  received  into  full  connection  by 
Bishop  Haygood  at  Boonville,  Missouri,  in  1893;  and  in  1895,  was  ordained  Elder  by 
Bishop  W.  W.  Duncan  at  Webb  City,  Missouri.  He  was  educated  at  Drury  College, 
Springfield,  Missouri,  and  at  Vanderbilt  University,  where  he  gained  distinction  as  a 
student  of  the  Greek  language.  He  was  married  to  Miss  Sue  Elizabeth  Guthrie  at  St. 
Paul's  Church,  Springfield,  on  the  morning  of  May  24th,  1894,  by  the  Rev.  R.  S. 
Hunter.  His  pastorates  have  been  as  follows,  and  in  the  order  named :  Ash  Grove, 
Marshfield,  Lamar,  Campbell  Street  Church,  Springfield,  Neosho,  Higginsville,  Carthage, 
and  Monett.  The  churches  at  Ash  Grove  and  Higginsville,  and  the  parsonage  at 
Neosho  were  built  during  his  pastorates  at  those  places,  and  the  church  at  Neosho 
was  dedicated  while  he  was  there.  Brother  Scrivener  is  one  of  the  active,  energetic 
men  of  the  Southwest  Missouri  Conference.  His  work  shows  that  he  has  been  no  idler 
in  the  Master's  vineyard.  A  mighty  Methodism  is  coming  to  the  front  in  Southwest 
Missouri,  and  Brother  Scrivener  is  thoroughly  identified  with  it. 


538  CENTENNIAL    VOLUME    OF    MISSOURI    METHODISM. 


REV.  ORION  EMORY  VIVION. 


The    Voice    of   the   Universe    cries   in    unison    with    the    Voice   of 
Revelation. — Bishop  Candler. 


Rev.  Orion  Emory  Vivion  was  born  the  10th  day  of  May,  1870,  in  Vernon  County, 
Missouri,  near  the  little  village  of  Brounaugh.  His  mother  is  a  daughter  of  the  Rev. 
John  Monroe,  of  sacred  memory,  and  she  is  a  woman  of  sterling,  Christian  character, 
who  has  reared  all  of  her  children  in  the  faith.  It  was  largely  through  her  induence 
that  Brother  Vivion  was  converted  at  Mound  Chapel  in  1881.  Rev.  J.  A.  Swift  was 
the  pastor  and  received  him  into  the  church.  At  the  age  of  seventeen  Brother  Vivion 
felt  the  call  to  go  into  the  ministry,  but  resisted  until  he  was  twenty-three  years  old. 
During  these  years  he  did  not  enjoy  his  religious  life,  until  at  last  he  surrendered 
to  God's  call  and  was  graciously  blessed.  He  received  his  education  at  Morrisville  Col- 
lege. He  was  licensed  to  preach  February  12th,  1894,  by  the  Morrisville  Quarterly 
Conference;  Rev.  J.  L.  Hagler,  preacher  in  charge;  was  recommended  for  admission 
into  the  Annual  Conference  by  the  Springfield  District  Conference  held  at  Greenfield, 
Missouri,  in  May,  1895;  Rev.  J.  W.  Ezell,  Presiding  Elder.  The  following  fall  he  was 
received  on  trial  into  the  Southwest  Missouri  Annual  Conference,  held  at  Webb  City, 
Missouri;  Bishop  Duncan,  presiding;  ordained  Deacon  by  Bishop  Fitzgerald  at  the 
Conference  held  at  Slater,  Missouri,  in  1897;  ordained  Elder  by  Bishop  Granbery  at 
Neosho,  Missouri,  in  1899.  He  has  hold  successful  pastorates  at  Southwest  City,  Sar- 
coxie,  Newtonia,  Spruce,  Lee's  Summit  and  Warrensburg,  and  is  now  possibly  in  the 
most  successful  work  of  his  life  at  Carterville  in  the  very  heart  of  the  great  mining 
district  of  Southwest  Missouri.  He  is  blessed  with  a  sti-ong,  vigorous  constitution,  an 
abundance  of  adipose  tissue,  a  trained  mind,  studious  habits,  and  an  inquiring  dis- 
position that  finds  out  things.  He  is  a  reader  of  good  books,  is  deeply  interested  in  all 
lines  of  church  and  philanthropic  work,  and  is  a  forceful  preacher,  holding  his  audiences 
by  the  power  of  his  thought.  On  August  30th,  1891,  he  was  married  to  Miss  Nancy 
Belle  Moore,  and  they  are  now  the  parents  of  three  fine  boys — Orus  Holmes  Vivion, 
Joseph  King  Vivion  and  James  Monroe  Vivion.  The  church  at  Reeds,  Missouri,  and 
the  parsonage  at  Sareoxie  were  bought,  and  the  church  at  Southwest  City,  and  par- 
sonage at  Lee's  Summit  were  built  during  Brother  Vivion's  pastorates  at  those 
places. 


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REV.  WILLIAM   R.  LITSINGER. 


They  wake  ti-ansfigui-ed,  at  their  Master's  calL 


— Dr.  Bushnell. 


Rev.  William  R.  Litsinger  was  born  near  Baltimore,  Maryland,  October  13th,  1815. 
He  was  converted  August  10th,  1835,  and  appointed  a  class  leader  in  1836.  He  became 
Sunday  School  Superintendent  in  1838,  and  was  licensed  to  exhort  in  1839.  The  same 
year  he  emigrated  to  Ohio,  where  he  was  licensed  to  preach  and  joined  the  Ohio  Con- 
ference in  1842.  He  was  ordained  Deacon  by  Bishop  Soule  in  1843,  and  made  an 
Elder  by  Bishop  Morris  in  1844.  He  located  in  1855.  The  same  year  he  came  to 
Missouri  and  located  in  Cole  County,  and  joined  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  South. 
In  the  winter  of  1859-1860,  he  moved  to  Versailles,  Missouri,  and  was  a  citizen  and 
preacher  in  that  place  during  the  civil  war.  That  period  brought  to  him  many  trying 
and  thrilling  experiences.  He  preached  whenever  opportunity  was  offered,  often  mak- 
ing the  opportunity,  and  was  fearless  in  his  support  of  the  Southern  cause,  and  often 
bringing  the  displeasure  of  the  authorities  upon  him.  He  was  arrested  and  prosecuted 
for  his  zealous  support  of  what  he  felt  to  be  right;  the  prosecution  only  intensified  his 
zeal.  In  1879-1880,  he  supplied  Belton  and  Wellington  Circuits  in  the  Southwest 
Missouri  Conference.  For  several  years  he  was  colporter  for  the  American  Bible 
Society,  and  did  a  gi'eat  work  in  carrying  the  Bible  into  the  neglected  homes  of  South- 
west Missouri.  He  was  a  constant  student  of  the  Bible,  and  a  good  pi'eacher;  he  loved 
to  preach.  He  was  a  Christian  gentleman.  After  passing  his  eighty-sixth  year  he  was 
quite  feeble  in  body  and  grew  anxious,  almost  impatient  to  go  "home."  November  2nd, 
1903,  the  Master  called  him  to  "come."  His  life  was  filled  with  labors  of  love,  and  his 
death  was  triumphant.    Those  who  knew  him  best  loved  him  most. 


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CENTENNIAL    VOLUME    OF    MISSOURI    METHODISM. 


REV.   GEORGE    H.   GREEN. 


The  supreme  test  of  life  is  the  way  in  wl.ich  each  difficulty  and 
Trial   is  met.  —Dr.  0.  E.  Brown. 


Rev.  George  H.  Green  was  born  in  Pop.  County,  Illinois,  .January  ICth,  18.56.  He 
is  a  son  of  .4nios  E.  Green  and  Ruth  L.  Green,  both  of  whom  were  members  of  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  South.  He  was  converted  at  Milford  under  the  ministry 
of  Dr.  W.  H.  Morehead,  December  23rd,  1884.  Under  thi'  strong  appeals  of  Dr.  More- 
head  and  the  influence  of  his  friends,  he  asked  help  from  the  church,  went  to  the  altar 
and  was  converted.  He  has  ever  found  hplp  at  the  mercy  seat,  has  believed  in  and 
sought  for  a  deeper  work  o*"  gi'ace  in  his  own  heart,  and  his  love  for  his  fellow  man 
has  thereby  'ncreased.  He  was  licensed  to  preach  by  the  Quarterly  Conference  of 
Kenoma  Circuit,  Febrizary  16th,  1889;  Rev.  Joseph  King,  Presiding  Elder,  and  Rev.  J. 
G.  L.  Mitchell,  pastor  in  charge;  the  same  quarterly  conference  recommended  him  to  the 
Annual  Conference  for  admission  on  trial,  .•\ugust  loth,  1890,  and  ho  was  received  on 
t'-ial  in  September.  1890;  Rev.  .Joseph  King,  Presiding  Elder,  and  Bishop  Key,  presiding. 
He  was  ordained  Deacon  by  Bishop  Eugene  R.  Ilendiix,  September  2.'?rd,  1896,  at  .Jef- 
ferson City,  Missouri;  ordained  Elder  by  BLshop  Galloway,  September  20th,  1896.  at 
Nevada,  Missouri.  He  has  served  the  following  appointments:  Rosco  Mission,  first 
year;  Plato  Circuit,  two  years;  Lebanon  Circuit,  one  year;  Glensted  Circuit,  one  year; 
Chilhowee  Circuit,  two  years;  Jerico  Circuit,  two  years;  South  Greenfield  Circuit,  three 
years;  Red  Oak  Circuit,  one  year;  Southwest  City  Circuit,  two  years;  Seneca  and 
Racine  is  his  present  charge.  During  these  sixteen  years  he  has  received  two  hundred 
and  thirty-five  persons  into  the  church.  The  following  churches  were  built  under  his 
pastorate:  The  -church  at  Chilowee;  one  at  .Jerico,  and  one  at  South  Greenfield;  and 
planned  the  church  on  the  Red  Oak  charge.  His  education  was  received  at  the  public 
schools.  He  was  married  to  Miss  Elma  Wood,  April  17th.  1892,  and  they  have  the 
following  children:  Nettie  Green,  Vera  Green,  Walter  Green,  Martin  Green  and 
Myrtle  Green.  While  Brother  Green  wa>  living  at  Jerico  his  church  was  destroyed  by 
a  cyclone.  Many  people  were  hurt,  and  when  he  wa=  taken  from  the  wreck,  his  friends 
pronounced  him  fatally  injured.  In  the  good  providence  of  God,  his  life  was  spared, 
and  he  rejoices  today  in  the  service  of  the  Master. 


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REV.  JAMES   FOLK  CALDWELL. 


Sublimity   of   character   must    come   from    sublimity   of   Purpose. 

— Bishop  Candler. 


Rev.  James  Polk  Caldwell 
was  born  April  24th,  1850,  in 
WashinR'ton  County,  Arkansas, 
and  moved  with  his  parents  to 
Parker  County,  Te.xas,  where 
they  remained  for  ten  years, 
and,  after  moving  several  times 
back  to  Arkansas  and  then  to 
Texas  again,  they  finally  moved 
to  Missouri  In  1890.  He  is  a 
son  of  the  Rev.  Francis  Marion 
Caldwell  and  Phebe  Caldwell. 
Both  parents  were  mcml.?rs  of 
the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church. 
South.  His  father  planted 
Methodism  in  Northwest  Texas, 
serving  a  large  Mission  in  that 
section  of  the  State  in  1858, 
surrounded  with  danger  from 
hostile  Indians.  Rev.  Jame^^ 
Polk  Caldwell  was  converted 
September  12th,  1867,  in  Gon- 
zales County,  Texas,  under  the 
ministry  of  Rev.  H.  A.  Graves, 
and  united  with  the  Methodist- 
Episcopal  Church,  South,  at  the 
same  time.  His  conviction  of 
sin  was  deep  and  pungent,  and 
the  change  wrought  was  clear, 
thorough  and  satisfactory;  the 
struggle  was  severe,  and  the 
victory  decisive;  divine  love 
filled  the  .soul,  and  peace  flowed 
like  a  river.  For  several 
months,  through  the  instruc- 
tions of  a  wise  father,  growth 
in  grace  was  perceptible,  and 
then  a  decline,  but  by  the  study 

of  the  Bible  for  spiritual  and  mental  quickening,  a  deeper  knowledge  of  God's  plan 
for  human  salvation  was  attained,  and  an  intense  desire  for  doing  good  was  secured. 
The  nearer  the  end  of  the  way,  the  stronger  grows  his  faith,  hope  and  love.  He 
was  licensed  to  preach  by  the  Quarterly  Conference  of  Hindsville  Circuit,  Arkansas 
Conference,  July  20th,  1872;  Rev.  W.  H.  Corley,  preacher  in  charge,  and  Rev.  Thomas 
Wainwright,  Presiding  Elder.  He  was  recommended  by  the  Quarterly  Conference  of 
Perryville  Circuit  for  admission  into  the  Arkansas  Conference,  in  August,  1875.  and 
was  received  into  the  Ai-kansas  Conference  on  trial  in  November,  1875;  Rev.  C.  H. 
G-egory,  Presiding  Elder,  and  Bishop  W.  M.  Wightman.  presiding.  He  was  ordained 
Deacon  by  Bishop  H.  H.  Kavanaugh.  October  21st,  1877,  at  Fayetteville,  Arkansas; 
ordained  Elder  by  Bishop  George  F.  Pierce,  October  2.3rd,  1881,  at  Dardanelle, 
Arkansas.  He  has  filled  the  following  appointments:  In  Arkansas  Conference,  White 
River  Circuit;  Illinois  Mission;  Cincinnati  Circuit;  Perr\-ville  Circuit;  Bluffton 
Circuit;  Mountain  Home  Circuit;  Ozark  Circuit;  Mountain  Burgh  Circuit;  Lead  Hill 
Circuit;  Kingston  Circuit;  Texas  Conference,  Rossee  Circuit;  Bolivar  Circuit.  .Arkan- 
sas Conference,  Big  Flat  Circuit;  Eureka  Springs  Station.  In  Southwest  Missouri 
Conference:  Humansville  Circuit;  Eldorado  Springs  Station;  Papinsville  Circuit, 
and  Chilhowee  Circuit.  Brother  Caldwell  was  superannuated  in  1895,  on  account  of 
ill  health,  and  has  continued  so  up  to  the  present  time.  There  have  been  many  con- 
versions and  accessions  to  the  church  under  his  ministry.  Under  his  pastorate  one 
church  on  the  White  River  Circuit  was  built,  and  many  others  finished,  furnished  and 
repaired.  He  received  his  education  at  the  common  schools  and  High  School.  He 
has  been  a  life-long  student  of  some  branches  of  science,  law,  theology  and  history. 
While  a  young  man,  he  took  a  course  in  law  under  an  eminent  practitioner  at  the  bar. 
He  was  "married  to  Miss  Barthenia  V.   McGhee.  July  9th,  1890. 


542  CENTENNIAL    VOLUME    OF    MISSOURI    METHODISM. 


REV.   SAMUEL  GRANT   KEYS. 


Culture    is    the    blossom    of   knowledge. 

— Cliarlerf    DiidU'ij    Warner. 


Rev.  Samuel  Grant  Keys,  son  of  Dr.  John  Keys  and  Mary  G.  Keys,  was  born 
September  16th,  1867,  in  Bristol,  Virp:inia.  His  parents  were  members  of  the  Pres- 
byterian church.  He  was  converted  in  1883,  under  the  ministry  of  Rev.  W.  W.  Hicks, 
and  joined  the  church  at  that  time.  From  earliest  childhood,  he  had  been  taught 
to  believe  and  trust  Christ  as  his  personal  Savior,  and  his  conversion  was  the 
natural  outcome  of  this  early  Christian  training  and  influence.  In  early  manhood  he 
fell  into  sin,  did  not  continue  steadfast  in  his  religion,  but  was  rescued  in  1894.  In 
1895  he  took  work  in  Oklahoma  in  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  and  was  then 
cut  off  from  all  association  with  other  ministers,  and  was  called  on  to  minister  to  a 
people,  many  of  whom  were  sick  in  body,  and  discouraged  in  spirit.  There  was  no 
one  but  his  Master  to  whom  he  could  turn  for  sympathy  and  help,  but  He  was  ever 
ready  to  hear  and  help  him,  and  he  was  permitted  to  drink  deep  from  the  fountain 
of  living  water.  He  was  licensed  to  preach  in  1895;  was  recommended  to  the  Annual 
Conference  by  the  Kansas  City  District  Conference  in  May,  1899;  received  into  the 
Annual  Conference  on  trial  in  September,  1899;  Rev.  C.  H.  Briggs,  D.  D.,  Presiding 
Elder,  and  Bishop  John  C.  Granbery,  presiding;  ordained  Deacon  by  Bishop  C.  C. 
McCabe;  ordained  Elder  by  Bishop  Galloway  in  1903,  at  Sedalia,  Missouri.  Appoint- 
ments served,  three  years  in  Oklahoma;  Lone  Jack  Circuit,  one  year;  Lee's  Summit, 
two  years;  Harrisonville,  four  years.  About  four  hundred  and  sixty  persons  have 
been  received  into  the  church  under  his  ministry.  The  church  at  Lee's  Summit  was 
rebuilt  under  his  pastorate.  His  education  was  obtained  at  Hamilton  Institute,  Vir- 
ginia, and  Knoxville  Business  College,  Knoxville,  Tennessee.  He  was  first  married 
to  Miss  Lutie  Vermillion,  November  3rd,  1895,  who  died  August  24th,  1900.  He 
afterwards  married  Miss  Nina  Ocker,  April  16th,  1903,  and  they  have  one  child,  T. 
Benson  Keys.  He  considers  the  most  important  crisis  in  his  life  was  when  he  was 
offered  a  flattering  proposition  to  leave  the  ministry  and  enter  a  splendid  business.  It 
was  a  temptation,  but  he  did  not  yield.  Some  of  the  books  which  have  greatly 
helped  him,  aside  from  the  Bible,  are  "Life  of  Christ,"  "Tongue  of  Fire,"  and  "Per- 
sonal Salvation.''  He  believes  the  Christian  College  stands  for  the  highest  expression 
of  Christian   manhood  and  citizenship. 


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REV.  ALEXANDER  B.  DAVIDSON. 


Oh,  that  our  paths  might  be  like  the  paths  of  God,  which,  when 
They  drop  fatness,  drop  upon  the  parched  pastures  of  the 
Wilderness.  —Dr.  F.  B.  Meyer. 


The  subject  of  this  skecch  was  born  on  a  farm  in  Hickory  County,  near  Wheat- 
land, Missouri,  February  13th,  1870.  He  was  of  Scotch-Irish  extraction.  He  was 
g'loriously  converted  to  Christ  after  seven  weeks  of  almost  continuous  seeking  and 
earnest  struggle,  not  in  any  public  place,  but  along  the  street,  in  his  own  room,  and 
at  his  regular  work.  This  took  place  while  he  was  studying  law  in  Crittenden, 
McDougal  &  Stiles  Law  offices,  in  Kansas  City,  Missouri.  From  early  childhood  he 
had  intended  to  be  a  lawyer,  but  about  a  year  after  conversion,  he  felt  that  he  must 
preach  the  Gospel,  and  from  that  day  to  tliis,  he  has  been  a  man  of  one  work  and  one 
calling.  He  was  baptized  and  received  into  Walnut  Street  Church,  at  Kansas  City, 
Missouri,  by  Rev.  S.  A.  Steel,  D.  D.,  December  2nd,  1888.  He  attended  Kansas  City 
High  School,  Central  College,  and  Garrett  Biblical  Institute.  He  joined  the  South- 
west Missouri  Conference  at  Independence,  Missouri,  and  was  appointed  by  Bishop 
Galloway  to  Garden  City  Circuit  in  September.  1892.  The  following  year,  at  the 
Boonvill'e  Conference,  he  was  ordained  Deacon  by  Bishop  Atticus  G.  Haygood,  and 
was  appointed  to  Lamar  Mission.  He  served  this  charge  two  years.  The  Lord 
blessed  his  labors  here  with  two  gracious  revivals,  and  many  additions  to  the  church. 
During  the  last  year  of  his  pastorate  here,  he  won  the  hand  of  one  of  Tennessee's 
fairest  daughters,  and  was  married  to  Miss  Jennie  F.  Woods,  at  Tullahoma,  Tennessee, 
July  1st,  1895.  His  next  appointment  was  Rich  Hill,  Missouri.  Here  his  only  child, 
Cornelia  Frances  Davidson,  was  born.  God  gave  him  a  sweeping  revival,  and  many 
additions  to  the  church  at  this  place.  At  Nevada,  Missouri,  he  was  ordained  Elder  by 
Bishop  Galloway,  and  was  appointed  to  Washington  Street  Church,  Kansas  City,  Mis- 
souri, where  he  repaired  the  church  at  a  cost  of  $2,500.00;  was  blessed  with  one 
gracious  revival,  and  nearly  a  hundred  additions  during  the  year.  His  next  appoint- 
ment was  Butler,  Missouri,  where  he  held  one  great  revival  and  built  an  elegant  two- 
story  parsonage.  His  next  two  appointments  were  Clinton  Station,  Malta  Bend  and 
Grand  Pass,  one  year  at  the  former  place,  and  two  years  at  the  latter.  At  the  fol- 
lowing Conference,  which  met  at  Jefferson  City,  he  was  transferred  to  West  Texas 
Conference  by  Bishop  Wilson.  Since  then  he  has  served  Flatonia  Station,  two  years; 
Prospect  Hill  Church,  San  Antonio,  Texas,  two  years;  at  present  he  is  stationed  at 
Basti'op,  Texas,  which  is  one  of  the  oldest  and  most  historic  churches  in  the  State. 


544  CENTENNIAL    VOLUME    OF    MISSOURI    METHODISM. 


REV.  DANIEL  THOMAS  WAINRIGHT. 


Between    Rea>on    on    the   one    hand,   and    Inipul.se    on    the   other, 
The   Will   sits   arbiter,   and   is   Supreme.  — Bishoi>  Marvin. 


Rev.  Daniel  Thomas  Wainright  was  born  in  Chenango  County,  New  York,  April 
27th,  1812.  In  1822,  his  parents  moved  to  Clermont  County,  Ohio,  where  he  grew  to 
manhood.  He  received  a  common  school  education.  He  was  converted  in  1830,  and 
in  1834,  he  was  licensed  to  preach  and  was  admitted  into  the  Ohio  Conference.  He 
traveled  the  West  Union,  White  Oak  and  French  Grant  Circuits  in  Ohio,  and  two 
year.s  in  the  Kanawha  Di.strict  in  West  Virginia.  At  the  Conference  in  September, 
1839,  he  located  and  moved  to  Lewis  County.  March  1st,  1839,  he  married  Mi.ss 
Amanda  F.  Agee  near  Charlestown,  West  Virginia.  In  1845,  he  joined  the  Missouri 
Conference,  and  was  appointed  to  the  Shelbyville  Circuit,  and  in  1846,  the  St. 
Francisville  Circuit.  On  account  of  failing  health,  he  located  again  in  1847,  and 
moved  to  a  farm  in  Lewis  County,  where  he  remained  until  1878,  when  he  moved  to 
Newtonia,  Newton  County,  Missouri,  where  he  remained  until  September,  189.5,  when 
he  died  in  great  peace  in  the  eighty-fourth  year  of  his  age.  He  was  a  man  of  strong 
Christian  character,  who  loved  the  church  and  was  always  true  to  her  institutions. 
He  traveled  several  years  as  a  supply  in  North  Missouri,  and  also  on  the  Newtonia 
Circuit  after  moving  to  Southwest  Missouri.  His  wife  died.  May  9th,  1879.  They 
were  the  parents  of  ten  children,  five  boys  and  five  girls,  eight  of  whom  are  living. 
One  of  his  sons  is  Rev.  Wm.  M.  Wainright,  and  another  is  Dr.  S.  H.  Wuinright, 
missionary  to  Japan. 


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REV.    MICHAEL    LARKIN. 


We     bless     Thee     for     all     noble     Thoughts,     lofty     Aspirations, 
Outgoings  of   soul   marked  by  unselfishness. 

— Dr.   Joseph   Parker. 


Rev.  Michael  Larkin,  son  of 
James  F.  Larkin  and  Mary  J. 
Larkin,  was  born  November 
14th,  1853,  near  Waverly,  La- 
fayette County,  Missouri.  His 
father  was  a  Roman  Catholic 
in  faith,  and  his  mother  was  a 
member  of  the  Methodist  Epis- 
copal Church,  South.  He  was 
lonverted  when  twenty-one 
years  of  age,  under  the  min- 
istry of  Rev.  B.  M.  Margeson, 
and  joined  the  church  at  Three 
Groves.  His  conversion  was  so 
clear  and  positive  that  he  has 
never  doubted  it  for  a  moment. 
His  growth  in  grace  was  the 
result  of  his  taking  up  the 
work  of  the  church  immediately, 
and  he  has  never  failed  to  take 
part  in  public  worship  when  it 
has  been  possible  for  him  to  do 
so.  He  was  licensed  to  preach 
in  November,  1885,  by  the 
Quarterly  Conference  of  the 
Dover  Circuit;  Rev.  T.  M.  Cobb, 
Presiding  Elder,  and  Rev.  T.  P. 
Cobb,  preacher  in  charge.  The 
Quarterly  Conference  of  the 
Pomeroy  Circuit,  Columbia 
Conference,  recommended  him 
to  the  Annual  Conference  in 
September,  1888;  received  into 
the  Annual  Conference  on  trial 
in  September,  1888;  Rev.  E.  G. 
Micheal,  Presiding  Elder,  and 
Bishop  Hargrove,  presiding;  or- 
dained  Deacon  by  Bishop   E.  R. 

Hendrix  at  Spokane  Falls,  Washington,  in  September,  1889;  ordained  Elder  by 
Bishop  Fi.tzgerald  at  Pendleton,  Oregon,  in  September,  1891.  He  went  to  the  North- 
west in  1887,  and  served  one  year  as  a  supply  on  the  Pomeroy  Circuit;  joined  the 
Columbia  Conference  in  1888,  and  served  same  place  in  1888-1889;  Mountain  Home 
Circuit,  1890;  Boise  Valley  Circuit,  1891-1892;  Lagrand  Station,  1893;  Boise  Valley. 
1894;  Eagle  Valley,  1895;  Ironside  Circuit,  1896;  transferred  to  the  Southwest  Mis- 
souri Conference  in  1897,  and  served  the  Lebanon  Circuit  in  1898;  Elmwood  and 
Bethel  Circuit,  1899;  Russellville  Circuit,  1900-1901;  Jamestown  Circuit,  1902;  Deep- 
water  Circuit,  1903;  Red  Oak  Circuit,  1904;  Pineville  Circuit,  1905;  Montevallo  Circuit, 
1906,  which  is  his  present  work.  Some  five  or  si.x  hundred  persons  have  been  received 
into  the  church  under  his  ministry.  Four  churches  were  begun  and  two  completed 
under  his  pastorate.  His  education  was  received  in  the  common  schools  and  Central 
College  at  Fayette,  Missouri.  He  was  married  September  16th,  1902.  to  Miss  Jessie 
A.  Hunter,  and  their  children  are  James  Marvin  Larkin,  Thomas  Morrison  Larkin, 
who  died  August  31st,  1906,  and  Wesley  Hunter  Larkin.  Some  of  the  books  which 
have  helped  him  most,  aside  from  the  Bible,  have  been  Wesley's  Sermons  and  Methodist 
literature. 


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CENTENNIAL    VOLUME    OF    MISSOURI    METHODISM. 


REV.  ALBERT  CALATIN  MOORE. 


He  who   has  God   for  his  stren^h,  will  have  Him   for  his  song. 

—Dr.   Clarke. 


Rev.  Albert  Galatin  Moore, 
son  of  James  Moore  and  Ann  P. 
Moore,  was  born  in  Cooper 
County,  Missouri,  November 
24th,  '1847.  His  father  was  a 
Presbyterian,  and  his  mother  a 
Methodist.  He  was  converted 
February  ir)th.  1871,  at  Oak 
Grove,  Missouri,  under  the  min- 
istry of  Rev.  William  Rader. 
and  joined  the  church  at  that 
time.  His  conviction  was  detp 
and  pnnjrent,  and  his  conversion 
a  very  happy  one.  His  srrowth 
in  grace  was  very  marked  from 
the  beginning,  and  very  .soon 
ifter  his  conversion  he  con- 
lucted  the  prayer  meetings  and 
the  class  meetings.  He  was 
'icensed  to  preach  in  .June,  1872, 
by  the  Little  Osage  Quarterly 
Conference;  Rev.  L.  P.  Sicclofr, 
Treacher  in  charge,  and  Rev. 
H.  W.  Webster,  Presiding  El- 
der; recommended  to  the  An- 
nual Conference  for  admission 
on  tiial  by  the  Ash  G'ove  Quar- 
terly Conference,  Sentember 
3rd,  1887;  received  into  the 
.Annual  Conference  on  trial  Oc- 
tober 2nd,  1887;  Rev.  L.  W. 
Pearce,  Presiding  Elder,  and 
Bishop  E.  R.  Hendrix,  presid- 
ing; ordained  Deacon  by  Bishop 
Pierce  October  1st,  1881,  at 
Springfield,  Missouri;  ordained 
Elder  by  Bishop  Granbery  in 
188-").  at  Lexington,  Missouri. 
Appointments  served,  Ozark  Circuit,  1887-1891;  Jerico  Circuit,  1891-1893;  Chilhowie 
Circuit,  1893-1894;  Windsor,  1894-1895;  Papin.sville,  189.5-1896;  Deerfield  Circuit,  1896- 
1897;  Montevallo  Circuit,  1897-1898;  Lamar  Circuit,  1899;  Red  Oak,  1900;  Granby, 
1902;  Lawrenceburg,  1903;  Nelson,  1904;  Russellville,  1905-1906;  Diamond,  1907, 
present  charge.  Two  churches.  Pierce  Chapel  and  Granby  Church,  and  two  parson- 
ages, one  at  Ozark,  and  the  other  at  Russellville,  have  been  built  under  his  pastorate. 
He  obtained  his  education  at  the  public  .schools.  He  was  married  to  Miss  Jessie  M. 
Roulsong,  February  26th,  1897.  He  had  two  children  by  a  former  marriage,  and 
their  names  are  Mrs.  Grace  Bird  and  Mrs.  Minnie  Jennison.  His  first  wife  was  Miss 
Catherine  Hoover.  The  most  important  crisis  in  his  life  was  to  surrender  all  to  the 
service  and  ministry  of  Christ.  Wesley's  and  Watson's  works  have  been  some  of 
the  books,  aside  from  the  Bible,  that  have  greatly  helped  him. 


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REV.    JAMES    EGBERT    HARNEY. 


Life,   in    intelligent    intercourse   with   the   Creator,   and   realizing 
The  destiny  to   which   He   invites  us,  is  a   p:lorious  thing. 

— Bishop   Marvin. 

Rev.   James    Egbert    Harney    was    born    in    1844,    in    Woodburn,    Warren    County^ 
Kentucky.     He   =s  a   son   of  James   Egbert   Harney,   Sr.,  and   Mirah   F.   Harney.     His 
father  was  an   Old   School   Presbj-terian,  and  his  mother  was  a  member  of  the   Meth- 
odist-Episcopal   Church,    South.      He    was    converted    in    1866,    near    Bowling    Green, 
Kentucky,   under   the   ministi-y  of  Rev.  William   Price,  and  joined   the  church   at  that 
time.     He  had  been  convicted  of  sin  when  a  boy,  but  did  not  make  a  complete  sur- 
render to   God  until  he  was  twenty-two  years  of  age.     He  is   still   growing   in   grace, 
and  in  the  knowledge  of  the  things  of  God;   his  mind  is  stayed  on   God,  therefore  he 
has   perfect   peace.      He   was   licensed   to   preach   by   the   Quarterly  Conference   of   the 
Bowling  Green  Circuit,  of  the  Louisville  Conference,  September  8th,  1877;  Rev.  George 
R.  Browder,  Presiding  Elder.     He  was  recommended  to  the  .Annual  Conference  by  the 
Quarterly  Conference  of  the  Plato  Circuit,  of  the   Southwest  Missouri   Conference,   in 
1890,  and  was   received   into  the   .Annual   Conference  on   trial   in   1890;    Rev.   John   D. 
Woods,    Presiding    Elder,    and    Bishop    Joseph    S.    Key,    presiding.      He    was    ordained 
Deacon   by  Bishop   Linus  Parker,   in   October,   1884,   at  Jefferson   City,   Missouri:    was 
ordained    Elder   by   Bishop    Eugene    R.    Hendrix,    September    23rd,    1894,   at   Jefferson 
City,    Missouri.      He    has    filled    the    following    appointments:       Calhoun,    one    year; 
Lowry   City,    two    years;    Deenwater    Circuit,   one   year;    Glensted    Circuit,    one   "year; 
Plato   Circuit,   three  years:   Vienna,   three   years;   Lebanon    Circuit,   one   year;    Monte- 
vallo   Circuit,   two   years:   Red   Oak  Circuit,   three   years;    Lawrenceburg" Circuit,    two 
years;    Southwest    City   Circuit,   one   year;    Granby    Circuit,   one   year;    Cassville    Cir- 
cuit,  two   years;    Pineville,   one   year.      Several    churches    and    parsonages    were   built 
under   his   pastorates.     He   received   his   education   at    the   public   schools,    but  he   has 
studied  nearly  all  of  the  higher  branches  of  a  Colleee.  such  as  Latin,  Greek,  Philosophy, 
Astronomy.   Geometry,  etc.     He  was  married   to   Miss   Cla>-a   Green,  in   1894      He  has 
one  daughter,  Mrs.  Effie  M.  Holmes,  the  daughter  of  his  first  wife,  Sallie  J.  Goff,  to 
whom   he   was  married   February   15th,   1871. 


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SOUTHWEST  MISSOURI  CONFERENCE 


1806    CENTENNIAL  APPOINTMENTS- 1906. 


SPRINGFIELD  DISTRICT,  W.  P.  BUCKNER,  P.  E. 


Springfield-St.   Paul C.   H.   Briggs 

Springfield-Campbell  Street.  .J.  C.  Given 
Springfield-Dale    Street.  .J.    T.    Swanson 

Elwood  Circuit R.  W.  Shemwell 

Williard  and  Ebenezer R.  N.  Allen 

Morrisville J.   L.   SuUens 

Morrisville  Circuit Jacob   Shook 

Fair  Grove  Circuit J.  W.  Ogdon 

Ash  Grove  and  Bois  D'Arc.L.  L.  Pinnell 

Ozark   Circuit C.   B.   Day 

Aldrieh  Circuit.Supplied  by  H.  M.  White 
Mountain  Grove  and  Norwood.J.  B.  Ellis 

Marshfield W.   H.   Hargrove 

Buffalo    Circuit 

Supplied  by  F.  W.  Fesperman 

Niangua J.   J.    Keller 

Lebanon.  ...  Supplied  by  J.   H.   Pritchelt 


Stoutland Supplied  by  T.  W.  Barlow 

Dixon    and    Waynesville   Circuit.... 

W.    O.    Troutman 

Richland    Circuit 

Supplied  by  G.  W.  Parker 

Lowry  City   Circuit J.   J.    Hill 

Roscoe  Circuit W.   K.  White 

Cross  Timbers  Circuit 

Supplied  by  H.  P.  Tuck— Sallee 

Bolivar  and  Walnut  Grove 

Supplied  by  C.  H.  Cleaves 

Assistant  Editor  St.  Louis  Christian 

Advocate C.  C.  Woods 

Assistant  Editor  Nashville  Christian 

Advocate S.    M.   Godbey 

President   Morrisville  College 

A.  H.  Godbey,  Prof.  W.  T.  Hale 


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REV.   WILLIAM    PASCHAL    BUCKNER. 


In  the  glowing  and  broadening  perspective  of  the  glories  that  lie 
Before  us,  we  give  but  little  heed  to  the  steps  of  the  way,  and  do 
Not   pause   to   count   the   milestones  of  our   progress. 

— Bishop   Wilson._ 


Of  the  many  men  who  have 
come  into  the  membership  of 
the  Southwest  Missouri  Con- 
ference in  recent  years,  there 
is  none  with  a  more  remark- 
able or  more  successful  career 
than  Rev.  W.  P.  Buckner.  He 
is  the  son  of  George  W. 
Buckner  and  Martha  L.  Buck- 
ner, both  of  whom  were  mem- 
bers of  the  Methodist-Episcopal 
Church,  South.  He  was  born  m 
Polk  County,  Missouri,  on  the 
1.5th  day  of  September,  1866, 
and  was  converted  in  the  spring 
of  1878,  while  cutting  sprouts  in 
the  field  on  his  father's  farm. 
His  conversion  was  due  laigely 
to  the  influence  of  his  mother. 
At  prayer  meeting  in  the  old  log 
school  house  one  night,  they 
sang,  "There  is  a  Fountain 
Filled  with  Blood."  The  next 
day  in  the  field  he  heard  that 
song,  it  came  floating  to  him  on 
the  air.  He  knelt  dowm,  prayed 
and  was  blessed.  That  was  his 
conversion.  He  united  with  the 
church  at  Phoenix,  Arizona,  in 
the  year  1890.  He  was  licensed 
to  preach  in  1892,  by  the  Quar- 
terly Conference  of  the  Mor- 
risville  Station;  Rev.  J.  J.  Reed, 
pastor,  and  Rev.  J.  N.  Huggins, 
Presiding  Elder;  was  recom- 
mended for  admission  into  the 
Annual  Conference  by  the  Ash 
Grove  Quarterly  Conference  in 
September,  189.3;  received  into  the  Southwest  Missouri  Conference,  held  at  Boonville, 
in  September,  1893,  which  Conference  was  presided  over  by  Bishop  Atticus  G.  Hay- 
good;  ordained  Deacon  by  Bishop  Duncan  at  Webb  City,  Missouri,  in  189-5;  ordained 
Elder  by  Bishop  O.  P.  Fitzgerald  at  Slater,  Missouri,  September  26th,  1897.  His  first 
appointment  was  Ash  Grove  and  Phoenix;  the  next  year  he  was  sent  to  Elwood 
Circuit;  then  to  Fairgrove  Circuit,  where  he  built  a  neat  parsonage,  a  nice  village 
church,  and  had  many  conversions  and  received  a  large  number  of  persons  into  the 
church;  his  next  appointment  was  Campbell  Street  Church,  Springfield,  where  he 
sei-ved  three  years;  then  to  Joplin,  where  he  closed  out  his  four  years'  pastorate.  His 
school  life  consisted  of  a  few  terms  at  the  district  schools  near  his  boyhood  home, 
and  two  years  in  Morrisville  College.  On  September  16th,  1894,  he  was  united 
in  marriage  to  Miss  Dora  Lee  Vivion,  and  they  have  two  beautiful  children.  Martha 
KathrjTi,  and  William  Paschal,  Jr.  Brother  Buckner  is  heroically  loyal  to  Methodism 
and  all  her  interests,  doctrines,  polity,  educational  system,  literature,  and  all  that 
makes  up  the  great  church  to  which  we  belong.  He  is  now  presiding  Elder  of  Spring- 
field  District. 


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HICKORY    GROVE    CHURCH. 


By   Rev.    W.   S.   Woodakd. 

Hickory  Grove  Church  is  located  on  Little  Sac  River,  in  Polk  County,  Missouri, 
near  the  line  separating:  it  from  Green  County.  The  class,  first  called  Woodard's 
Class,  was  organized  in  the  house  of  Pitt  Woodard,  March  27th,  1837,  by  Rev.  Harris 
G.  Joplin.  The  charter  members  were:  Pitt  Woodard,  Elizabeth  Woodard,  T.  S. 
Woodard  and  S.  E.  Woodard,  Jacob  Vann,  Margaret  Vann  and  P.  W.  Vann,  Martha 
McKnight,  and  Jacob  Woodard,  Agnes  Woodard,  Jennie  and  Cloe.  All  the  family  and 
slaves  of  Pitt  Woodard  and  Elizabeth  Woodard,  all  came  from  Woodard's  Camp 
Ground,  near  Nashville,  Tennessee,  where  most  of  them  were  converted.  In  July 
following,  the  class  was  doubled  by  the  addition  of  William  Winton,  Polly  Winton, 
J.  D.  Winton,  G.  M.  Winton  and  Clementine  Winton,  Rev.  Elijah  Perkins  and  Betsy 
Perkins,  Rev.  Anthony  Bewley,  Mary  Bewley,  and  .\sbury  Bewley  and  Jack  and 
Maria  Hill.  .All  the  family  of  W.  Winton  and  P.  Winton  were  from  Rapan  County, 
Tennessee.  Pitt  Woodard,  V'ann  and  Clementine  Winton  (now  Cook),  are  yet  living. 
The  religious  services  were  held  in  the  houses  of  P.  Woodard  and  W.  Winton.  The 
first  meeting  house  was  erected  in  1839,  but  only  used  in  summer  for  eight  years. 
It  was  a  hewed  log  house,  floored  and  seated  with  sawed  lumber,  made  by  hand.  The 
house  seen  in  the  picture,  a  frame  building,  was  built  in  1869,  and  dedicated  by  Rev. 
W.  M.  Prottsman.  The  Sunday  School  was  organized  in  May,  1837,  of  which  Jacob 
Vann  was  Superintendent,  in  a  vacated  settler's  cabin,  with  no  door  nor  floor,  save  the 
earth.  .\n  opening  had  been  left  for  a  chimney,  through  which  we  entered.  Fiv°. 
whose  names  were  enrolled  the  first  day,  are  yet  living.  Their  names  are:  P.  W. 
Vann,  Dicy  Vann.  now  in  California;  E.  J.  Hopkins,  of  Ft.  Smith,  .Arkansas;  W.  S. 
Woodard,  of  Snyder,  Oklahoma,  and  Monroe  >IcKnight.  of  Wishart,  Missouri.  Our 
aees  aggregate  four  hundred  and  ten  years.  J.  Vann  and  P.  W.  Vann,  T.  S.  Woodard, 
W.  Winton,  J.  D.  Winton  and  G.  M.  Winton,  Ira  Broils  and  John  Cook  were  some  of 
the  early  oflficers  of  this  church.  It  has  produced  the  following  preachers:  J.  D. 
Winton,  G.  M.  Winton,  J.  B.  Winton.  W.  H.  Winton.  G.  B.  Winton  and  William 
Winton;  W.  S.  Woodard.  W.  E.  WooHard  and  J.  S.  Woodard:  P.  W.  Vann.  J.  ''. 
Vann,  W.  H.  Vann  and  R.  L.  Vann;  R.  P.  Faulkner,  D.  A.  McKnight,  M.  L.  McClure,  W. 
C.  Montgomery  and  W.  W.  .Alexander.  Of  t^e  eighteen,  twelve  have  been,  some  are  yet. 
itinerant  preachers.  The  blood  of  Pitt  Woodard  and  Wil'iam  Winton  his  flowed 
through  the  veins  of  fifteen  of  them.  The  blood  relations  of  these  two  families  who 
have  been  and  are  preachers,  number  about  seventy-five.  V'ireinia  is  distinguished  as 
being  the  mother  of  Presidents.  Hickory  Grove  Church  is  distinguisheH  as  the 
mother  of  preachers.     No  other  church   in    Missouri   has  sent   forth   so  many  as   she. 


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REV.   GEO.   .MITCHELL    WINTON. 


The  crowned   Conqueror  of  Death   gives  his   people   a   Crown  of 
Life.  — Bishop  Marvin. 


Rev.  George  Mitchell  Winton 
was  born  in  Roane  County, 
Tennessee,  December  25th,  1821, 
and  died  at  Morrisville  ( Polk 
County),  Missouri,  September  4, 
1892.  '  His  was  a  Methodist 
ancestry,  the  house  of  his  grand- 
father. Rev.  John  Winton,  a 
local  preacher,  having  furnished 
a  home  and  a  preaching  place 
for  Bishop  Asbury  in  his  toil- 
some pioneer  journeys  to  the 
wilds  of  Tennessee.  The  Win- 
tons  and  their  kinsfolk  and  con- 
nections, the  Mitchells,  the  Cun- 
nynghams,  the  Sullins  and 
others,  have  sent  a  goodlv  num- 
ber of  recruits  into  the  ranks 
of  Asbury's  "mounted  infantry.'' 
Converted  at  the  age  of  ton 
under  the  ministry  of  one  of 
Holston's  great  preachers.  Rev. 
W.  T.  Senter,  this  future  itiner- 
ant, at  once  joined  the  Meth- 
odist Church.  His  father  emi- 
grated a  little  later  (1837),  to 
the  newly  opened  Indian  lands 
of  Southwest  Missouri.  There 
the  boy  grew  up  under  pioneer 
conditions,  without  schooling,  a 
keen  woodsman,  an  expert  rifle 
shot,  a  bun'lie  of  muscles,  strong 
and  lithe,  but  much  sh:iken  by 
that  plajoie  of  early  settlers, 
milaria.  Somewhat  slowly  and 
ao-ainst  his  judgment  he  was 
brought  to  feel  that  he  must 
preach.  At  the  age  of  twenty- 
five  he  obtained  license.  It  was  given  him  on  the  recommendation  of  the  class  at 
Hickory  Grove,  Polk  County,  Missouri,  in  a  little  log  church  which  he  had  helped 
with  his  own  hands  to  build,  August  1,  1846.  For  four  years  he  traveled  as  supply 
on  charges  adjacent  to  the  little  home  he  had  built  near  his  father's.  In  1852,  he  at 
lenelh  and  with  hesitation,  joined  the  St.  Louis  Conference  and  was  ordained  deacon. 
Four  years  later  he  was  ordained  elder.  Twenty  years  he  was  in  the  St.  Louis  Con- 
ference, and  represented  it  in  General  Conference  of  1866.  his  work  interrupted  for  a 
time  by  the  War,  during  which,  though  a  non-combatant,  he  came  near  losing  his 
life  more  than  once;  twelve  years  in  the  Southwest  Missouri  Conference,  also  repre- 
senting it  in  the  General  Conference  of  1874,  and  six  years  in  the  Pacific.  He 
served  districts  and  circuits  chiefly,  and.  for  the  most  part,  in  that  rough,  new 
section  of  the  State,  where  he  had  begun  his  ministry.  He  was  pastor  at  Ukiah, 
California,  four  years  and  at  Wheatland  and  Mountain  View,  one  year  each.  He 
had  gone  to  California  in  1884,  because  his  health  was  showing  signs  of  decay.  It 
greatly  improved  there.  He  was  again  robust  and  active.  The  picture  shown  was 
made  during  his  pastorate  at  Ukiah.  In  August,  1890,  however,  while  in  appirently 
good  health,  he  was  p-ostrated  by  a  stroke  of  para'ysis,  from  which  he  died  two  years 
later.  He  was  a  clear  and  forceful  thinker,  and,  in  preaching  and  singing,  had  an 
iiTM'sually  sweet  and  eflFective  voice.  He  was  a  calm,  unemotional  man,  yet  preached 
with  great  power  in  revivals.  He  was  an  eminently  sensible  counselor  concerning 
pnctical  matters,  and  made  a  good  presiding  Elder.  Three  of  his  =ons  entered  the 
minist-y.  and  two  of  them.  Rev.  W.  H.  Winton  an-l  Rev.  George  R.  Winton.  D.D., 
survive  him.  He  is  buried  in  the  little  church  y^rd  of  Hickorv  Grov\  Mo.,  where 
his  work  began. 


552  CENTENNIAL    VOLUME    OF    MISSOURI    METHODISM. 


REV.  JAMES  BRAXTON  WINTON. 


By    Rev.    W.    H.    Winton. 


And  Love  live.s  on  and  hath  a  power  to  bless 
When   they  who  loved   are  hidden   in   the  grave. 

— James  Russell  Lotvell. 


Rev.  James  Braxton  Winton,  olde.st  son  of  Rev.  G.  M.  Winton,  and  named  in 
part  for  his  father's  first  senior  preacher,  Rev.  Braxton  MeCord  Roberts,  was  born 
in  Green  County,  Missoui'i,  Auf^ust  20,  1847.  He  studied  a  year  or  two  at  Central 
College,  Mo.  His  work  there  having  been  interrupted  by  sickness,  was  cut  short, 
and  his  education  was  never  completed.  He  largely  made  up  for  this  lack,  by  wide 
and  varied  reading.  He  also  studied  law  for  a  time.  Like  his  father,  he  was  late 
entering  the  ministry.  He  was  licensed  to  preach  in  1875,  and  in  the  fall  of  the 
same  year,  joined  the  Southwest  Missouri  Conference  at  Neosho.  He  was  ordained 
Deacon  in  1877,  and  Elder  in  1879.  Soon  after  this  he  was  married  to  Miss  Jessie 
Williams,  of  Boonville,  Mo.  He  remained  in  this  Conference  till  1883,  in  which  year 
he  was  transferred  to  the  Pacific  Conference,  and  moved  with  his  young  wife  and 
one  baby,  to  the  State  of  California,  where  his  wife  and  five  children  still  live.  In 
Missouri  he  served  Walker  Circuit,  Papinsville,  Joplin,  Lebanon,  and  some  other 
woi-ks.  He  also  spent  a  year  teaching  at  Mu.skogee,  I.  T.  In  California  he  was 
stationed  successively  at  Lakeport,  Healdsburg,  Plainsburg  and  Rockville.  He  was 
a  man  of  medium  size,  dark  hair,  dark  eyes  and  refined  features.  He  was  never  of 
robust  constitution,  and  fell  a  victim  to  the  influenza  epidemic  of  1890,  and,  after 
repeated  attacks,  died  May  8,  1892,  just  a  few  months  before  his  father,  having  not 
quite  completed  his  forty-fifth  year.  He  was  a  quiet,  undemonstrative  man,  somewhat 
hindered  in  his  studies  and  social  contact  by  defective  vision.  He  preached  with 
deliberation,  but  always  earnestly,  expounding  the  truth  clearly  and  enforcing  it 
with  vigor.  He  was  of  amiable  temper,  and  absolutely  without  fear,  either  physical 
or  moral.  His  sun  set  at  noon,  but  he  was  ready.  He  was  buried  at  Merced,  Cali- 
fornia. 


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REV.  JOHN   CRAWFORD   GIVEN. 


The  Society  of  the  sons  of  God  is  a  family  of  brothers,   where 
Each   loves  the   Father   supremely,  and  his  brethren  as  himself. 

— Dr.    Fairbairn. 


Rev.  John  Crawford  Given 
was  born,  March  21st,  184.5,  at 
Cleek's  Mill,  Virginia.  He  is 
the  son  of  Henry  Given  and 
Margaret  J.  Given,  who  were 
members  of  the  Presbyterian 
Church.  He  was  converted  at 
Green  Hill  Church,  Highland 
County,  Virginia,  under  the 
ministry  of  Rev.  Leonidas  Butt, 
Rev.  John  W.  Cowles  and  Rev. 
William  J.  Rieles.  His  was  just 
a  plain,  simple  conversion  of 
soul,  body  and  spirit  by  the 
Holy  Ghost  in  answer  to  prayer. 
After  his  conversion,  he  at  once 
began  to  pray  in  public,  to  hold 
family  prayers,  both  morning 
and  evening,  to  hold  prayer 
meetings,  organize  Sunday 
Schools,  and  visit  the  sick  and 
pray  with  them.  All  these 
things  were  the  means  of  a 
growth  in  grace  in  his  Christian 
life,  and  of  a  greater  love  of 
God  and  his  fellowmen.  He  was 
licensed  to  preach  in  August, 
1876,  by  the  Quarterly  Confer- 
ence of  Versailles  Circuit;  Rev. 
Charles  C.  Woods,  D.D.,  Presid- 
ing Elder,  and  Rev.  William  D. 
Steward,  pastor;  at  the  same 
time  and  by  the  same  Quarterly 
Conference  he  was  i-ecommended 
to  the  Annual  Conference  for 
admission  on  trial,  and  he  was 
received  into  the  Annual  Con- 
ference    in     October,     1876,     at 

Miami,  Saline  County,  Mis.souri;  Rev.  Charles  C.  Woods,  D.D.,  Presiding  Elder,  and 
Bishop  H.  N.  McTyeire,  presiding.  He  was  ordained  Deacon  by  Bishop  D.  S.  Dog- 
gett,  in  September,  1878,  at  Clinton,  Missouri;  ordained  Elder  by  Bishop  John  C. 
Keener,  at  Marshall,  Missouri,  in  September,  1880.  Brother  Given  filled  the  follow- 
ing appointments:  California  Circuit,  three  years;  Pilot  Grove  Circuit,  four  years; 
Westport  and  Helton,  two  years;  Belton  and  Pleasant  Hill,  one  year;  Helton  and 
Westport,  one  year;  Belton  and  Harrisonville,  four  years;  Clinton,  four  years;  Jef- 
ferson City,  three  years;  Lexington,  four  years;  Slater,  three  years;  Campbell  Street 
Church,  Springfield,  Missouri,  his  last  appointment.  Brother  Given  was  commissioned 
by  Governor  Stephens  as  Chaplain,  Sixth  Regiment  of  Missouri  Volunteers,  United 
States  Infantry,  and  was  appointed  by  Bishop  Candler  to  that  position.  About  two 
thousand  persons  have  been  converted  and  united  with  the  church  under  his  min- 
istry. Two  churches  and  a  parsonage  have  been  built  under  his  pastorate.  He 
received  his  education  in  the  common  country  schools  near  his  home,  and  at  Todd's 
Institute,  Illinois.  He  was  twice  married;  his  first  wife  being  Miss  Mary  A.  Rieles, 
to  whom  he  was  married,  August  19th,  1866,  and  who  died  at  Harrisonville,  Mis- 
souri, March  17th,  1890.  His  second  wife  was  Miss  Sevilla  C.  Carkner,  to  whom  he 
Tvas  married,  April  6th.  1892.  He  was  the  father  of  two  children  living,  Mrs.  Anna 
Kate  Johnson  and  lone  Given.  One  boy  died  in  infancy,  James  Henry  Given.  He 
considers  his  conversion,  his  call  to  the  ministry,  which  call  he  resisted  for  ten  years, 
and  his  yielding  to  the  call  to  preach  in  August,  1876,  as  the  most  important  crisis  in 
liis  life.  Brother  Given  ceased  from  labor  and  entered  into  rest,  April  27th,  1907.  "He 
IS  buried   at  Harrisonville,   Mo. 


554  CENTENNIAL    VOLUME    OF    MISSOURI    METHODISM. 


MR.  CROCKETT  McDONALD. 


We   shall   be   gathered   upon    the   high    mountains    of   Israel, 
We  shall  be  within  the  reach  of  showers  of  blessings. 

— Dr.  Joseph   Parker. 


Mr.  Crockett  McDonald  was  born  in  Wyoming,  Virginia,  .\fter  the  death  of 
his  father,  his  mother  moved  to  Livingston  County,  Missouri.  He  finished  his  educa- 
tion at  Central  College,  Fayette,  Missouri.  When  the  war  broke  out,  he  joined  the 
Confederate  army,  and  was  with  General  Price  when  he  took  Lexington,  and  after- 
ward three  or  four  thousand  troops;  also  in  the  battles  of  Pea  Ridge,  Wilson  Creek, 
and  many  others,  where  he  fought  bravely.  He  was  converted  and  joined  the  Meth- 
odist Church  at  Fayette,  Missouri,  and  always  lived  a  consistent  Christian  life.  He 
was  married  at  Princeton,  Virginia,  in  1863,  to  Miss  E.  V.  Hall,  daughter  of  David 
Hall  and  Nancy  E.  Hall.  After  the  war  he  moved  with  his  wife,  son,  John  H.  McDon- 
ald, and  adopted  son,  J.  H.  Ritter,  to  Lafayette  County,  Missouri,  where  his  second 
son,  R.  C.  McDonald,  was  born.  In  1872,  they  moved  to  Kansas,  where  their  daughter, 
Virginia  McDonald,  was  born,  and  where,  on  the  10th  of  February,  1874,  he  died  of 
pneumonia.  He  subscribed  for  the  St.  Louis  Christian  Advocate  in  1863,  when  he  was 
first  married,  and  continued  to  take  it  as  long  as  he  lived.  Since  his  death,  his 
wife  has  continued  to  take  it,  and  expects  to  do  so  as  long  as  she  lives.  Their  youngest 
son,  R.  C.  McDonald,  died  of  pneumonia  soon  after  he  graduated  from  Morrisville 
College,  where  he  was  converted  and  joined  the  Methodist-Episcopal  Church,   South. 


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REV.  JUNIUS   TECUMSEA   SWANSON. 

Wedding    the     Christian     virtues     of     humility     and     tenderness 
To   the  natural   graces  of  courtesy  and   strength. 

— Cano>i    Farrar. 


Rev.  Junius  Tecumsea  Swan- 
son  is  the  son  of  Alexander  S. 
and  Harriett  Woody  Swanson, 
both  North  Carolinians.  He 
was  bom  in  Bradley  County, 
Tennessee,  March  9,  1867.  His 
parents  were   Methodists. 

He  was  received  into  the 
church  at  Stony  Point  on  the 
Chamois  Circuit  in  Osage  Coun- 
ty, Missouri,  by  Rev.  T.  P.  Hill, 
in  the  spring  of  1887.  He  was 
taught  the  things  pertaining  to 
godliness  from  his  infancy,  and 
cannot  remember  the  time  when 
he  did  not  trust  and  reverence 
God. 

He  never  had  that  vivid  ex- 
psrience  f:om  which  many  peo- 
ple reckon  their  spiritual  life. 
He  prayed  for  light  and  guid- 
ance, and  received  them,  but 
there  was  no  sudden  breaking 
up    of   a   hard    heart. 

Concerning  his  experience  as 
a  Christian,  he  says:  "Since 
the  good  day,  now  nearly  twen- 
ty years  ago,  when  I  took  the 
solemn  vows  of  the  church,  I 
have  not  seen  an  hou--  that  I 
could  not  say  'My  heart  is 
fixed;'  I  have  never  wavered  in 
mv  purpose.  I  am  still  praying 
for  a  more  tranquil  state  of 
gi-ace,  and  shall  continue. 
There  is  no  end  to  the  goodness 
of  God,  but  how  feeble  is  the 
f  =  ith    of  man." 

He  was  licensed  to  preach  May  24,  1890,  bv  the  Quarterly  Conference  of  Chamois 
Circuit;  Rev.  T.  P.  Hill,  being  Pastor,  and  Rev.  J.  M.  Clark,  Presiding  Elder. 

He  was  recommended  to  the  Annual  Conference  for  admission  on  trial  by  the 
Quarterly  Conference  of  Chamois  Circuit,  1892,  and  received  on  trial  by  the  South- 
west Missouri  Conference  which  met  at  Independence  in  Septembr,  1892.  Bishop 
Galloway,  presided,  and  Rev.  J.  M.   Clark   was  h'S  Presid'ng  El^'er. 

He  was  ordained  Deacon  in  Jefferson  City  in  September,  1*<94,  by  Bishop  Hen- 
drix,  and  Elder  in   Nevada,  by  Bishop  Galloway  in   September,   1896. 

He  has  served  the  following  charges:  Humansville  Circuit;  Ash  Grove  Circuit; 
Seneca  Station,  and  Fair  Grove  Circuit.  Then  in  the  interests  of  health  he  transfered 
to  the  West  Texas  Conference,  and  served  Brady  Station  one  year,  transfering  back 
to  his  home  Conference  in  the  fall  of  1905,  and  was  appointed  to  Eldorado  Springs 
Station. 

He  has  received  into  the  church,  on  profession  of  faith,  165,  and  by  letter.  144, 
making  a  total  of  309   persons   received   during  his  ministry. 

While  serving  Humansville  Circuit,  a  church  was  erected  at  Prairie  Valley,  and, 
while  at  Fair  Grove,  one  was  built  at  Pleasant  View;  also  a  parsonage  was  built 
unde'-  his  ministry  at   Brady,  Texas. 

He  received  his  trainin?  at  Linn  High  School,  Morrisville  College,  and  Young 
Harris   College,  of  Youne  Harris,   Geore-ia.     He  did  not  take  a   degree. 

He  was  mnrried  to  Miss  Lida  Crithfield.  granddaughter  of  Rev.  Daniel  Pennv.  of 
the  Missouri  Conference,  December  .SI.  1895.  Thev  have  two  children,  Reuel  Crith- 
field  Swanson.  and  Junia   Elizabeth   Swanson. 

Brother   Swanson   entered  into  rest   March   19th,    1907,  at   Corpus  Christi,   Texas. 


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REV.    SAMUEL   HEADLEE. 


Life    is   ever    Lord    of    Death, 
.\nd   Love   can   never   lose   its  own. 

—  Whittier. 


Rev.  Samuel  Headlee,  son  of 
Joel  Headlee,  was  born  in  Tenn- 
essee, but  came  to  Missouri  when 
about  ten  years  of  age.  He  was 
converted  at  Ebenezer  Church. 
He  was  licensed  to  preach  in 
1847,  and  that  same  year  was 
married  to  Miss  Cynthia  Hoover. 
He  was  a  pupil  in  the  Southwest 
.Missouri  Hifrh  School  from  1849 
to  1852.  As  a  pieacher,  he  was 
neither  profound  nor  brilliant, 
yet  he  was  instructive  and  prac- 
tical. Socially,  he  was  pleasant 
and  companionable.  There  was 
a  vein  of  dry  wit  that  he  had  in 
common  with  all  the  Headless, 
that  K<*ve  a  spicy  turn  to  his  con- 
versation. As  a  Christian,  he 
was  sincere,  devout,  uniform, 
faithful  and  true.  As  a  Meth- 
odist, he  was  pronounced  and 
loyal  to  his  vows  and  obliga- 
tions. As  a  citizen,  he  was  obe- 
dient to  all  laws  that  did  not 
contiavene  his  duties  and  obli- 
gations to  his  Lord  and  Master. 
Such  a  man  and  preacher  could 
not  be  without  influence,  and 
that  influence  could  not  be  other- 
wise than  helpful  to  society.  He 
had  strong  convictions  and  the 
courage  born  of  his  convictions 
to  do  what  he  deemed  to  be 
right.  He  was  made  of  the 
stuff'  of  which  martyrs  are  made. 
The  propriety  of  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  Church,  South,  join- 
ing in  a  body  the  church,  North,  was  discussed  in  Southwest  Missouri  in  1865,  and 
strong,  able,  influential  men  advised  that  course.  Mr.  Headlee  set  himself  against 
the  measure.  He  made  speeches,  rallied  the  people,  and  begged  them  to  wait  further 
development.  At  the  Conference  held  in  St.  Louis  in  1865,  he  was  appointed  Pre- 
siding Elder  of  the  Springfield  District.  Mr.  Headlee  went  to  his  district  and  cau- 
tiously, but  firmly,  entered  upon  the  work  of  reorganization.  The  church  was  reani- 
mated and  hope  began  to  revive.  He  had  made  an  appointment  to  hold  a  Quarterly 
Meeting  for  Marsfield  Circuit  at  Pleasant  View  Church,  in  Webster  County,  July 
28th,  1866.  The  next  morning  a  mob  of  twenty  armed  men  gathered  early  at  the 
church.  At  the  appointed  hour  Mr.  Headlee  arrived.  He  had  been  informed  of 
threats  made  against  his  life,  and  finding  it  would  be  impossible  to  wor.ship  peacably 
in  the  church,  he  proposed  to  go  to  a  grove,  nearly  a  mile  distant,  if  they  would  be 
allowed  to  do  so.  When  he  and  his  congregation  had  gotten  about  half  a  mile  from 
the  church,  four  of  the  mob  galloped  up  behind  them  and  one  of  them  rode  up  to  Mr. 
Headlee's  side  and  shot  him  three  times.  They  carried  him  to  the  home  of  his  si.ster, 
where  he  died  at  ten  o'clock  that  night,  and  went  up  on  high  to  wear  a  martyr's  crown. 


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REV.   LUNSFORD   LANE    PINNELL. 


And  seeks  for  good;  and  finds  the  good  he  seeks. —  Wordsworth. 


Rev.  Lundsford  Lane  Pinnell 
was  born  February  3rd,  1848,  al 
Lane's  Prairie,  Maries  County, 
Missouri.  His  father,  William 
L.  Pinnell,  was  a  member  of 
the  Presbyterian  Church,  and 
his  mother,  Mary  Pinnell,  was  a 
member  of  the  Methodist  Epis- 
copal Church,  South.  He  was 
converted  in  1869,  near  the  place 
of  his  birth,  under  the  ministry 
of  Rev.  George  Brown  of 
the  Cumberland  Presbyterian 
Church,  and  united  with  that 
church  and  was  a  Deacon  in  it 
for  ten  ypars.  His  conversion 
came  after  ten  days'  seeking  at 
the  altar  at  each  service,  and 
was  very  clear  and  satisfactory. 
He  felt  called  to  the  ministry 
at  the  time  of  his  conversion, 
but  resisted,  and  finally  lost  the 
witness  of  the  Spirit.  He  was 
afterwards  reinstated  in  God's 
favor,  and  decided  to  enter  the 
ministry.  He  united  with  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  Churcli, 
South,  at  Bowles'  Chapel,  Maries 
County,  in  1885.  He  was  licensed 
to  preach  by  the  Quarterly  Con- 
ference of  that  same  church  in 
1886;  was  recommended  for  ad- 
mission on  trial  into  the  Annual 
Conference  by  the  same  Quar- 
terly Conference  and  in  the  same 
year;  received  on  trial  into  the 
St.  Lou's  Annual  Co/iference  in 
September,   1886;    Bishop  H.   N. 

McTyeire,  presiding;  was  ordained  Deacon  by  Bishop  Hendrix  in  188',1,  at  Bonne 
Terre,  Missouri;  ordained  Elder  by  Bishop  Galloway  at  Kirkwood,  Missouri,  in  1894. 
His  appointments  in  the  St.  Louis  Conference  were  as  follows:  Houston  Circuit, 
Texas  County;  Sullivan,  Franklin  County;  Pine  and  Glen  Allen,  and  Bii'ch  Tree, 
in  Shannon  County;  Willow  Springs  Station,  Belle  View,  Iron  County,  Farm- 
ington  Station;  Lutesville  Circuit,  Bollinger  County;  Bloomfield  Station,  Stod- 
dard County,  and  Morley  Circuit,  Scott  County.  In  the  Southwest  Missouri  Con- 
ference, Brother  Pinnell  has  served  the  following  charges:  Bates  City,  Buckner,  Rich 
Hill  and  Newtonia  charges.  He  built  a  parsonage  during  his  pastorate  at  Birch  Tree, 
two  churches  while  on  the  Lutesville  work,  and  one  church  while  at  Pine  and  Glen 
Allen.  Brother  Pinnell  is  a  graduate  of  the  public  schools  of  his  native  county,  and  for 
a  time  was  engaged  in  the  practice  of  law.  On  March  1st,  1885.  he  was  "united  in 
marriage  to  Miss  Vina  Skaggs,  and  around  them  is  now  gathered  a  family  of  eight 
children.  Though  educated  in  the  public  schools.  Brother  Pinnell  is  a  strong  believer 
in  the  church  school,  and  is  ever  ready  to  speak  strongly  for  it.  In  his  reading,  he 
goes  only  to  the  best  books,  and  mostly'  to  the  old  standards  like  Baxter  and  Dick. ' 


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REV.  ALLEN   HOWARD   GODBEY,  A.  M.,  PH.D. 


The  warm  loves  and  fears  that  swept  over  us  as  clouds,  must 
Lose  their  finite  character  and  blend  with  God,  to  attain  their 
Own    perfection. — Emerson. 


Rev.  Allen  Howard  Godbey  was  born  November  21st,  1864,  on  the  border  of 
Cooper  and  Pettis  Counties,  Missouri.  He  is  a  son  of  William  C.  Godbey  and  Caro- 
line M.  Godbey,  both  members  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  South.  He  was 
converted  in  1875,  at  Independence,  Missouri,  under  the  ministry  of  Rev.  C.  H.  Briggs, 
D.  D.  He  was  licensed  to  preach  at  Centenary  Church,  Kansas  City,  Missouri,  in 
1891;  Rev.  G.  C.  Rankin,  preacher  in  charge,  and  Rev.  J.  E.  Godbey,  D.  D.,  Presiding 
Elder.  He  was  recommended  to  the  Annual  Conference  by  the  St.  Charls  District 
Conference  at  Troy,  Missouri,  in  189.t;  received  into  the  Southwest  Missouri  Con- 
ference at  Webb  City,  Missouri,  in  1895;  Bishop  W.  W.  Duncan,  presiding;  ordained 
Deacon  by  Bishop  W.  W.  Duncan  at  Webb  City,  Missouri,  in  1895;  ordained  Elder 
by  Bishop  Granbery,  in  1899,  at  Neosho,  Missouri.  He  has  served  the  following 
charges:  Russellville  Circuit,  189.5-1898;  Corder  and  Blackburn,  1898-1899;  Prin- 
cipal of  Central  Academy,  1899-1902;  Fellow  University  of  Chicago,  1902-1905;  Teacher 
in  Morrisville  College,  1905-1906;  President  Morrisville  College,  1906,  where  h3  is 
now  located.  He  obtained  his  education  at  Morrisville  College,  where  he  graduated 
with  lh3  degree  of  A.  M.  in  1883,  and  from  the  University  of  Chicago  with  the  degree 
of  Ph.D.  in  1905.  He  was  married  to  Miss  Emma  L.  Moreland  June  16th,  1892,  and 
they  have  one  child,  Elizabeth  Beulah  Godbey. 


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REV.  JONES  L.   HAGLER. 


Religion  is  the  Foundation  of  solidity  of  Character.— Z>r.  Joseph 
Parker. 


Jones  L.  Hagler  is  the  son  of 
John  Hagler  and  Edith  T.  Hag- 
ler, and  was  born  May  26th, 
1839,  in  Wilks  County,  North 
Carolina.  His  parents  had  been 
members  of  the  Methodist 
Chuich  for  about  sixty-seven 
years.  When  he  was  twelve 
years  old  his  family  moved  to 
Missouri,  and  settled  near  Red 
Oak,  Lawrence  County.  He  was 
converted  on  the  17th  day  of 
August,  1857,  at  Red  Oak,  under 
the  ministry  of  Rev.  J.  W.  Bond 
and  soon  after  joined  the  church. 
His  conversion  was  very  satis- 
factiory  and  he  has  never 
doubted  it,  but  knows  more  of 
God  now  than  when  he  first  be- 
lieved. He  was  licensed  to 
preach  by  the  Quarterly  Confer- 
ence of  Carthage  Circuit  in 
1858;  Rev.  T.  T.  Ashbey,  Pre- 
siding Elder,  and  Rev.  N.  B. 
Peterson,  preacher  in  charge. 
He  was  recommeded  to  the  St. 
Louis  Conference  for  admission 
on  trial  in  1859;  Rev.  W.  S. 
Woodard,  pastor;  was  received 
into  the  St.  Louis  Conference  on 
trial  at  Independence,  Missouri; 
Rev.  Robert  Paine,  Bishop,  and 
was  appointed  to  Wolf  Island 
Circuit.  He  was  discontinued  at 
his  own  renuest  in  1860,  and 
entered  St.  Charles  College  as  a 
pupil,  but  his  college  term  was 
brief,  being  terminated  in  1861 
by  the  war.  He  was  ordained  Deacon  in  1870,  by  Bishop  E.  M.  Marvin-  was  re- 
admitted into  the  Southwest  Missouri  Conference  in  1871,  at  its  first  session,  and  he 
^  still  a  member;  was  ordained  Elder  in  1875,  at  Neosho,  by  Bishop  J  C  Keener 
He  has  served  the  following  charges:  Pineville  Circuit,  three  years;  Greenfield 
three  years;  Springfield,  three  years;  Ash  Grove,  four  years;  Bofivar,  four  vears- 
Morrisville  Station,  one  year;  Greenfield  Circuit,  two  years;  Marshfield  Station,  two 
years;  MornsviUe,  two  years;  Sprague  Circuit,  two  vears;  Hume,  four  years;  Mound- 
ville,  three  years,  and  Buckner,  two  years.  This  brought  him  to  1906,  when  he  super- 
annuated. He  has  received  twenty-eight  hundred  persons  into  the  church  during  his 
?}"' wu  ^^K  I  ^"'".  ''"',  <^i'"r''lies  and  three  parsonages.  He  was  married  to  Miss 
Elizabeth  McAndrew.  April  20th,  1862,  and  five  children  have  been  bom  unto  them 
three  sons  and  two  daughters,  two  of  whom,  a  son  and  a  daughter,  are  now  dead* 
.rt;l  •  \  r'J'''''"?i"  *v  *^'l^  himself  wholly  to  the  ministry  as  the  most  important 
hv  Dr  Tnrff  ^  ^  ^  "tu'^^'t,  ^''"  f^'"^='"j  benefited  by  reading  "Personal  Salvation," 
by   Dr.   Tillett,   and   "The   Personality  of  the   Holy   Spirit,"   by   Bishop   Hendrix 


560  CENTENNIAL    VOLUME    OF    MISSOURI    METHODISM. 


CENTENNIAL  CONDENSED  MINUTES  OF  THE  SOUTH- 
WEST MISSOURI  CONFERENCE. 


1.  Who  are  admitted  on  trial?     Isaac  Edpar  Wood,   August   B.   Swanson,  John 
W.  Riley,  Alvin  J.  Gearheard,  Will   T.  Hale,  Wesley  M.  Smith,  L.  B.  Cotterman,  and 

C.  B.  Cotterman. 

2.  Who   remain   on   trial?     John   T.   Pritchett,   Thomas   A.    Huffine,    Herman    D. 
Huffine,  Herbert  J.  Rand,  Ira  Karr,  J.  K.   Beery,  W.  O.  Troutman. 

3.  Who    are    discontinued?      None. 

4.  Who  are  admitted   into   full   connection?     Creed  B.   Day,  James   B.   Swinney, 
Isaac   A.   Smith,   Errell   H.   Orear,   Wilbur  D.  Amack. 

5.  Who    are    re-admitted?      None. 

6.  Who  are  received  by  transfer  from  other  Conferences?     R.  W.  Shemwell,  W 

D.  Amack,  J.  A.  Wailes,  J.  E.  McDonald,   S.  W.  Emory. 

7.  Who  are  the  deacons  of  one  year?     James   Clyde   Saylor,   Samuel   Brooks. 

8.  What   traveling   preachers   are    elected    Deacons?      Ci-eed    B.    Day,    James    B. 
Swinney,  Isaac  A.   Smith,  Errell  H.  Orear,  W.  O.  Troutman,  Wilbur  D.  Amack. 

9.  What   traveling  preachers  are  ordained   Deacons?     Creed   B.   Day,  James   B. 
Swinney,  Isaac  A.   Smith. 

10.  What  local  preachers  are  elected  Deacons?  Walter  Prophett,  Harry  P. 
Jones,  H.  D.  Huffine,  T.  A.  Huffine,  W.  M.  Smith,  C.  B.  Cotterman,  L.  B.  Cotterman. 

11.  What  local  preachers  are  ordained  Deacons?  H.  D.  Huffine,  T.  A.  Huffine, 
W.   M.   Smith,  C.   B.   Cotterman,   L.   B.   Cotterman,   Walter   Prophett. 

12.  What  traveling  preachers  are  elected  Elders?  Charles  F.  Pryor,  William 
H.  Hargrove,   Granville   C.   Loch,   Byron   A.   McKnight. 

13.  What  traveling  preachers  are  ordained  Elders?  Charles  F.  Pryor,  William 
H.   Hargrove,   Granville   C.  Loch,   Byron  A.   McKnight. 

14.  What  local  preachers  are  elected  Elders?     C.  W.  Litchfield. 

15.  What  local  preachers  are  ordained  Elders?     C.  W.  Litchfield. 

16.  Who  are  located  this  year?     S.  O.  Borland,  A.   B.  Appleby,  A.   R.  Williams. 

17.  Who  are  supernumerary?     Samuel   Lopp,  C.   W.  Scarritt,  G.  L.  Coffman. 

18.  Who  are  .superannuated?  Milton  Adkis.son,  J.  W.  Bond,  W.  T.  Gill,  J.  D. 
Landreth,  J.  F.  Pike,  W.  D.  Stewart,  W.  S.  Woodard,  J.  Tillery,  W.  L.  McGuire,  J. 
A.  Mathews,  M.  Bahrenburg,  J.  P.  Caldwell,  J.  L.  Hagler,  J.  G.  L.  Mitchell,  J.  C. 
Shackelford,  L.  H.  Vandiver,  J.  T.  Loyall,  W.  B.  Morgan,  W.  G.  Pike,  A.  L.  Houston, 
J.  L.  D.  Blevans,  W.  T.  Eastwood,  Joseph  King,  W.  M.  McAllister,  Joab  Spencer,  W. 
N.  Watts,  H.  D.  Hogan,  C.  W.  Thorpe,  J.  C.  Coss,  Samuel  Brooks. 

19.  What  preachers  have  died  during  the  year?     John  Y.  Busby,  J.  T.  Barnaby. 

20.  Are  all  the  preachers  blameless  in  their  life  and  official  administration? 
The  characters  of  all  the  preachers  were  duly  passed. 

21.  What  is  the  number  of  local  preachers  and  members  in  the  several  circuits, 
stations   and  missions  of  the   Conference?     Local   preachers,  95;   members,  34,977. 

22.  How  many  infants  have  been  baptized  during  the  year?  Three  hundred 
and  one. 

23.  How  many  adults  have  been  baptized  during  the  year?  One  thousand,  four 
hundred  and   eighty-eight. 

24.  What  is  the  number  of  Epworth  Leagues?     One  hundred  and  sixty-two. 

25.  What  is  the  number  of  Epworth  League  members?  Four  thousand,  nine 
hundred  and  seventy-seven. 


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26.  What  is  the  number  of  Sunday  Schools?  Three  hundred  and  fourteen  and 
a  half. 

27.  What  is  the  number  of  Sunday  School  officers  and  teachers?  Two  thousand, 
seven  hundred  and   seven. 

28.  What  is  the  number  of  Sunday  School  scholars  enrolled  during  the  year? 
Twenty-five   thousand,   three   hundred   and   fifty-four. 

29.  What  amount  was  assessed  by  the  last  conference  for  the  superannuated 
preachers  and  the  widows  and  orphans  of  preachers?     Five   per  cent  of  salaries. 

30.  What  has  been  collected  on  the  foregoing  account,  and  how  has  it  been 
applied?     Five  thousand,  five   hundred   and  fifty-eight  dollars  and  ninety-six  cents. 

31.  What  has  been  contributed  for  Missions?  Foreign,  $7,617.91;  domestic, 
$5,853.05. 

32.  What  has  been  contributed  for  Church  Extension?  Two  thousand,  six  hun- 
dred and  eight  dollars  and  sixty-five  cents. 

33.  What  has  been  contributed  for  the  American  Bible  Society?  Three  hundred 
and  ninety-eight  dollars  and  eighty-four  cents. 

34.  What  has  been  contributed  fos  the  support  of  Presiding  Elders  and  Preachers 
in  Charge?     Presiding  Elders,  $11,198.70;   Preachers  in   Charge,  $85,698.40. 

35.  What  has  been  contributed  for  the  support  of  Bishops?  One  thousand,  two 
hundred  and  sixty-two  dollars  and  sixty-five  cents. 

36.  What  is  the  number  of  societies  and  houses  of  worship  owned  by  them? 
Societies,   397;   houses   of   worship,   365  5-6. 

37.  What  is  the  value  of  houses  of  worship,  and  what  is  the  amount  of  indebt- 
edness  thereon?     Value,   $998,077;    indebtedness,   $33,716.25. 

38.  What  is  the  number  of  pastoral  charges  and  of  parsonages  owned  by  them? 
Charges,   149;    parsonages,   126. 

39.  What  is  the  value  of  parsonages  and  what  is  the  indebtedness  thereon? 
Value,  $169,285;  indebtedness,  $10,026.88. 

40.  What  is  the  number  of  districts  and  of  district  parsonages?  Districts,  7; 
parsonages,   none. 

41.  What  is  the  value  of  district  parsonages  and  what  is  the  amount  of  indebt- 
edness thereon?     Value,  ;   indebtedness,   $ . 

42.  What  number  of  churches  have  been  damaged  or  destroyed  during  the 
year  by  fire  or  storm,  and  what  is  the  amount  of  damage?  Number  damaged,  8; 
amount  of  damages,   $3,297.50. 

43.  What  are  the  insurance  statistics?  Insurance  carried,  $446,075;  losses, 
$3,297.50;    premiums,   $2,176..58;    collections,   $283.50. 

44.  What  are  the   educational   statistics?     See   report   Board   of  Education. 

45.  Where  shall  the  next  session  of  the  Conference  be  held?     Independence,  Mo. 

46.  Where  are  the  preachers  stationed  this  year? 


5t>2  CENTENNIAL    VOLUME    OF    MISSOURI    METHODISM. 


CENTENNIAL    REPORT    OF    THE    BOARD    OF    EDUCATION— SOUTHWEST 

MISSOURI   CONFERENCE. 


SCARRITT    BIBLE    AND    TRAINING    SCHOOL. 


Your  Board  desires  to  call  attention  to  this  great  institution  of  our  Methodism, 
believing;  that  our  State  has  never  taken  advantage  of  the  wonderful  privileges  here 
afforded  as  it  should.  While  there  is  a  general  conception  of  the  purpose  and  work 
of  the  Training  School  in  preparing  missionaries  for  their  fields  of  labor,  specific  at- 
tention needs  to  be  given  to  the  thought  that  here  efficient  workers  for  our  local 
churches  may  be  ti'ained.  The  great  and  recognized  need  of  trained  workers  in  every 
church  and  community  should  prompt  us  to  fill  the  Training  School  with  our  young 
ladies  that  they  may  be  fitted  for  present  and   future  responsibilities. 

The  fourteenth  session  of  the  Training  School  was  the  best,  from  every  point  of 
view,  in  the  history  of  the  institution.  Sixty-five  pupils  were  enrolled,  representing 
fourteen  states  and  seven  denominations.  Georgia  sent  the  largest  representation — • 
14  students.  Missouri  was  represented  by  eleven  students.  Two  of  these  are  For- 
eign Missionary  candidates,  who  will  graduate  next  May.  Both  are  living  within 
the  bounds  of  the  Southwest  Missouri  Conference;  Miss  Alma  Jones,  Webb  City, 
Mo.,  and  Miss  Emma  Steger,  Mountain  Grove,  Mo.  We  urge  the  claims  of  this  great 
Institution  upon  the  churches  of  this  Conference  and  ask  for  the  loyal  support  it 
merits.  We  should  appreciate  the  fact  that  the  Training  School  is  located  within 
the  bounds  of  our  Conference  and  derive  increased  blessings  from  the  trained  and 
consecrated  women  sent  forth  to  serve  not  only  as  home  and  Foreign  missionaries 
and  deaconesses,  but  as  Bible  teachers   and   Christian   workers   in   our   local   churches. 


CENTRAL  COLLEGE  FOR  WOMEN. 

This  Institution,  for  the  higher  education  of  the  young  women  of  Missouri,  sus- 
tains the  same  relation  to  our  Conference  and  people  as  Central  College  at  Fayette, 
Missouri.  Centrally  located,  with  a  campus  of  nearly  fifty  acres,  with  a  plant  mod- 
ern and  up-to-date,  worth  $120,000,  with  a  strong  faculty,  this  school  is  capable  of 
doing  high  grade  work  in  every  particular.  The  past  year  was  eminently  successful 
and  the  present  year  bids  fafr  to  be  the  best  in  its  history.  $40,000  have  been  ex- 
pended for  improvements. 

We  endorse  the  plan  of  the  Board  of  Curators  to  increase  the  number  of  its  mem- 
bers so  as  to  have  an  equal  representation  from  each  of  the  three  Missouri  Confer- 
ences. We  recommend  the  election  of  the  following  Curators:  W.  B.  Palmore,  L.  D. 
Murrell,  J.   F.   Groves,  H.   B.   McDaniel,   C.   W.   Moore,   E.    M.   Taubman. 

We  commend  the  administration  of  Rev.  A.  F.  Smith,  the  President,  and  re- 
joice in  his  zeal,  wisdom  and  fitness  for  this  great  work.  We  pledge  him  our  hearty 
and  loyal  support. 


MORRISVILLE    COLLEGE. 

We  are  greatly  pleased  with  the  report  of  this  school  for  the  past  year.  With 
Dr.  A.  H.  Godbey  at  the  head  of  possibly  the  strongest  faculty  in  the  history  of  the 
institution  and  the  rapid  development  of  the  great  Southwest,  we  logically  expect 
larger  success  and  greater  prosperity  for  the  College.  Last  year  the  enrollment 
reached  tht  26.5  mark.  The  heroic  efforts  of  President  Godbey  have  resulted  in  the 
extinction  of  the  debt  of  nearly  $5,000;  by  cash  subscriptions  and  other  provisions 
all  indebtedness  has  been  provided  for.  This  is  not  only  a  source  of  gratification, 
but  is  productive  of  inspiring  hopefulness  for  the  future.  The  present  school  year 
opens  with  an  enrollment  of  172  students.  We  extend  President  Godbey  a  cordial 
welcome  to  all  our  charges  in  his  work  for  the  school.  In  view  of  the  present  needs 
for  equipment,  we  recommend  an  assessment  of  $1,000.00  for  Morrisville  for  the 
coming  year. 

We  recommend  the  election  of  the  following  as  Curators — for  three  years :  W. 
P.   Buckner,   Bert  S.  Lee,  J.  S.  Robertson,   M.  C.  Early,  J.  C.  Given. 


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CENTENNIAL    VOLUME    OF    MISSOURI    METHODISM. 


SOUTHWEST  MISSOURI  CONFERENCE. 


WHITE   CHURCH. 


1 806-CENTENNIAL  APPOINTMENTS- 1 906. 


WESTERN   DISTRICT— J.  E.   ALEXANDER,  PRESIDING  ELDER. 


Kansas   City,   Kansas A.   N.  James 

Rosedale    and    Belview 

Supplied   by   C.   W.   Litchfield 

Wyandotte    Circuit J.    W.    Payne 

Oskaloosa    Circuit To  be  supplied 

Julian    Circuit To  be  supplied 

Fairmount  Circuit G.   C.   Loch 

Helton    Circuit H.   J.    Miller 

Kickapoo  and  Potter... A.  C.  Clendening 
Effingham    Circuit 

To  be  supplied  by  C.  C.  Howard 


Atchison J.    A.    Jared 

Council  Grove. Supplied  by  F.  M.  Hayes 

Kelso  Circuit W.  A.  Brewer 

Augusta B.    F.   Coburn 

Arkansas    City    Circuit.  .  .To  be  supplied 
Elk  City  Circuit.  Supplied  by  W.  E.  Tull 

Bucyrus   and    Stillwell T.   C.   Puckett 

Hillsdale  Circuit G.  M.  Blain 

Corbin   Circuit.  .  Supplied   by  R.  F  Lyon 
Bronson    Circuit Ira    Karr 


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MR.  CHARLES  BARNETT. 


Blessed  are  they  which  do  hunger  and  thirst  after  righteousness. 

— Jesus. 


By  W.  S.  Harrison. 

Charles  Barnett  was  born  in 
Oglethorpe  County,  Georgia, 
November  28th,  1800.  He  was 
a  son  of  Joel  Barnett,  who, 
entering  the  Revolutionary  Army 
at  the  age  of  fourteen,  came  out 
a  captain  at  the  age  of  twenty- 
one.  Captain  Barnett  married 
Miss  Mildred  Meriwether,  a 
lady  of  most  excellent  personal 
qualities.  The  subject  of  the 
sketch  was  educated  in  Frank- 
lin College,  Athens,  Georgia, 
during  the  presidency  of  Dr. 
Wadell.  One  of  his  associates 
in  this  school  was  the  son  of 
the  president,  afterwards  Dr. 
John  Wadell,  for  a  time  Chan- 
cellor of  the  University  of  ^liss- 
issippi.  Another  was  Dr.  John 
Gray,  President  of  LaGrange 
College,  Tennessee.  While  at 
this  school  he  was  happily  con- 
verted and  joined  the  Presby- 
terian Church,  but  later  whei' 
he  studied  theologj'  in  eirr.ost 
for  himself,  he  could  in  no  wise 
receive  the  doctrines  of  Calvin, 
and  at  once  became  an  ardent 
member  of  the  Methodist 
Church.  In  early  life  he  was 
married  to  Miss  Eliza  Williams 
Gresham.  The  union  was  a 
happy  one.  Both  families  were 
originally  from  Virginia  with 
tastes  and  pursuits  vei-y  simi- 
lar. About  the  year  1835,  Mr. 
Barnett     settled     in     the     rich 

pi'airie  belt  in  Noxubee  County,  Mississippi.  Here  he  lived  for  nearly  a  haif  cen- 
tury. By  temperate  habits,  frugal  expenditures  and  commendable  attention  to  busi- 
ness, he  accumulated  quite  a  fortune.  More  than  a  hundred  slaves  were  freed  and 
his  property  otherwise  largely  swept  away  by  the  great  war.  Mr.  Barnett  was  a 
reader  of  the  St.  Louis  Christian  Advocate,  and  a  great  admirer  of  Dr.  W.  B.  Pal- 
more.  Mr.  Barnett  was  one  of  the  noblest  men  I  have  ever  known.  The  current 
of  his  religious  life  was  deep  and  constant.  A  man  of  prayer,  he  took  time  to 
pray,  time  to  commune  with  God,  time  to  be  religious.  His  character  was  developed 
and  finished  by  his  relation  to  God.  He  was  a  true  man;  true  to  himself;  true  to 
God;  true  to  his  fellows.  His  character  was  modeled  by  the  teachings  of  the  New 
Testament;  the  Golden  Rule  being  the  chief  guiding  star.  In  financial  matters,  he 
was  scrupulously  exact;  honest  in  that  higher  sense,  going  beyond  the  mere  letter 
of  obligation  to  the  Golden  Rule  of  equity.  Mr.  Barnett  was  liberal  with  his  means. 
The  circuit  was  barely  able  to  subsist.  In  the  hard  years  following  the  war,  when 
he  was  poor,  he  continued  to  pay  one  hundred  dollars  a  year,  and  sometimes  rather 
than  have  the  charge  fall  .=;hort,  he  paid  as  high  as  one  hundred  and  seventv-five 
dollars  annually  for  the  support  of  the  ministry.  The  last  ten  years  of  his  life  he 
lived  with  us  in  Starkville,  Mississippi,  in  the  care  of  his  daughter.  Mrs.  Harrison. 
He  died   October   2.5th,   1890,   one   month   short   of  ninety  years  of  age. 


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CENTENNIAL    VOLUME    OF    MISSOURI    METHODISM. 


REV.  GEORGE   M.   BL..\INE. 


This  is  the  Reward  of  the  faithful  servant  of  Christ;   the  grace 
He    has    diligently    used    is    increased,   and    his    opportunities 
Continually   multiply. — Dr.  Marcus  Dods. 


Rev.  George  M.  Blaine,  son  of  J.  H.  Blaine  and  Amanda  E.  Blaine,  both  mem- 
bers 0^  the  Missionary  Baptist  Church,  was  born  June  12th,  1875.  He  was  converted 
in  October,  1895,  under  the  ministry  of  Rev.  A.  B.  Appleby,  and  joined  the  church 
at  that  time  at  Calhoun,  Mo.  He  was  converted  under  an  old  elm  tree  about  half  way 
between  Calhoun..  Missouri,  and  Windsor,  Missouri.  He  was  licensed  to  preach  June 
2nd,  1898,  at  Springfield,  Mis.souri,  by  the  Springfield  District  Conference;  Rev.  J.  F. 
Robb,  preacher  in  charge,  and  Rev.  J.  B.  Ellis,  Presiding  Elder;  recommended  by  the 
Annual  Conference  for  admission  on  trial  by  the  Atchison  District  Conference  in  April, 
1901;  received  into  the  Annual  Conference  on  trial  in  1901;  Rev.  T.  C.  Downs,  Pre- 
siding Elder,  and  Bishop  W.  A.  Candler,  presiding;  ordained  Deacon  by  Bishop 
E.  R.  Hendrix,  September  7th,  1902,  at  Arkansas  City,  Kansas;  ordained  Elder  by 
Bishop  E.  R.  Hendrix,  August  27th,  1905,  at  Kansas  City,  Kansas,  He  supplied 
Altona  Circuit  in  Missouri  one  year,  then  joined  the  Western  Conference  and  served 
Kelso,  Kansas,  three  years;  now  at  Hilhdale,  Kansas,  where  he  is  serving  his  third 
year.  Ninety-seven  persons  have  united  with  the  church  under  his  ministry.  His 
education  was  received  at  Morrisville  College.  He  was  married  to  Miss  Mary  L. 
Horner,  October  17th,  1900,  and  they  have  one  boy,  Charles  Rudolph  Blaine.  The 
most  important  crisis  in  his  life  was  to  surrender  to  the  call  to  the  ministry. 


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REV.    THOMAS    CARLISLE    PUCKETT. 


By  faith  a  future  supersedes  a  present  pleasure. — Dr.  Frederick 
W.  Robertson. 


Rev.  Thomas  Carlisle  Puckett  was  born  in 
Chester,  South  Carolina,  April  27th,  1858. 
He  is  a  son  of  Rev.  Niles  Puckett  and  Nancy 
E.  Puckett.  They  were  both  Methodists.  His 
father  was  for  forty-one  years  a  minister, 
twenty  years  being  a  member  of  the  South 
Carolina  Conference.  He  was  converted  in 
Trickem,  Georgia,  under  his  father's  ministry, 
in  1870,  and  joined  the  church  soon  after. 
His  father  was  holding  revival  services  at  the 
time  for  the  special  interest  of  his  school. 
He  went  to  the  altar  and  remained  until 
God  heard  and  answered  prayei'.  He  was 
taught  from  earliest  recollection  to  read  the 
Bible  and  to  pray.  By  so  continuing  he  has 
grown  in  grace  and  in  the  knowledge  of  our 
Lord.  He  was  licensed  to  preach  in  Atlanta, 
Georgia,  by  the  Paynes  Chapel  charge,  Rev. 
J.  M.  Bowden,  preacher  in  charge,  and  Rev. 
H.  H.  Parks,  Presiding  Elder;  was  recom- 
mended by  the  same  Quarterly  Conference 
to  the  Annual  Conference,  October  7th,  1889; 
and  was  received  into  the  Annual  Conference 
in  November,  1889;  Rev.  J.  M.  Bowden, 
preacher  in  charge,  and  Rev.  H.  H.  Parks, 
Presiding  Elder.  He  was  ordained  Deacon  by 
Bishop  Hendrix,  October  7th,  1888;  ordained 
Elder  by  Bishop  Joseph  S.  Key,  September 
28th,  1890,  at  Clinton,  Missouri.  He  has 
served  the  following  charges:  Pleasant  Hill, 
1887-1888;  Maynesville,  1888-1889;  South 
Greenfield,    1889-1890;    Montevallo,    1890-1891; 

Sheldon,  1891-1893;  Hume,  1893-1896;  Versailles,  1896-1897;  Sweet  Sprmgs.  1897- 
1899;  Bates  City,  1899-1900;  Lamont  and  Dresden,  1900-1902;  Butler,  1902-1904;  Coun- 
cil Grove,  1904-1906;  Bucyrus  and  Stilwell,  1906-1907.  He  is  now  building  a  parsonage 
at  Bucyrus,  Kansas.  He  was  graduated  from  Trickem  Academy,  in  Georgia,  under 
his  father's  presidency.  He  was  twice  married,  his  first  wife  being  Miss  Cynthy  S. 
Kingham,  to  whom  he  was  married  in  1879.  His  second  wife  was  Miss  Luella  F. 
Dameron,  to  whom  he  was  married  in  June,  1887.  The  names  of  his  children  are 
Niles  Puckett,  Roy  G.  Puckett,  T.  G.  Puckett,  Leta  Puckett,  Lillian  S.  Puckett,  Mary 
C.  Puckett  and  Walker  C.  Puckett.  He  says  that  possibly  the  surrender  of  a  good 
lucrative  position  for  the  meager  support  of  the  ministry  has  been  the  most  impor- 
tant crisis  in  his  life.  Wesley's  Sermons,  Ralston's  Elements  of  Divinity  and  Pil- 
grim's Progress  are  among  the  books  which  have  helped  him  in  his  Christian  life. 
He  was  reared  by  as  good  parents  as  any  boy  ever  had.  He  was  proud  of  his  father 
and  mother,  and  for  such  a  home  he  will  always  rejoice. 


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CENTENNIAL    VOLUME    OF    MISSOURI    METHODISM. 


REV.  ALONZO   CUTHBERT    CLENDENING. 


The  Life    of  the  Church  is  Love;  the  Love  of  God  and  the  souls 
Of  men. — Bislicp  Marvin. 


Rev.  Alonzo  Cuthbert  Clen- 
deninK,  son  of  James  L.  Clen- 
deninpr  and  Nanty  A.  Clenden- 
ing,  was  born  in  Dorchester 
County,  Maryland,  April  14th. 
1857.  Both  parents  were  mem- 
bers of  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
Church.  When  he  was  very 
youHK  his  parents  moved  to  Car- 
oline County,  Maryland,  and 
from  there  to  Clinton  County, 
Illinois.  He  was  converted  at 
Pippin's  church  in  Caroline 
County,  Maryland,  in  1867,  and 
joined  the  church  at  the  same 
time.  He  was  only  a  chilJ,  and 
having  been  brought  up  in  a 
Christian  home,  it  was  not  hard 
for  him  to  jxwe  his  heart  to  God 
and  love  and  serve  Him.  He  is 
strivinji;  each  year  to  be  a  bet- 
ter man  and  each  day  prays 
for  more  of  God's  love  and  for 
a  pure  and  holy  life  that  he  may 
be  more  efficient  in  the  work 
of  the  Master.  He  was  licensed 
to  preach  in  September,  1887, 
by  the  Quarterly  Conference  of 
Pana  District.  Illinois:  Rev. 
,Iohn  F.  Hensley,  preacher  in 
charKe,  and  Rev.  Thomas  R. 
Ward,  Presiding-  Elder.  He  was 
recommended  to  the  Annual  Con- 
ference by  the  Quarterly  Con- 
ference of  Salem  District,  Illi- 
nois; Rev.  C.  C.  Mayhew,  Pre- 
siding Elder.  He  was  received 
into  the  Annual  Conference  in 
1888,  at  Rushville,  Schuyler  County,  Illinois;  Rev.  C.  C.  Mayhew,  Presiding  Elder, 
and  Bishop  H.  N.  McTyeire,  presiding;  ordained  Deacon  by  Bishop  W.  W.  Duncan 
at  Murphysboro,  Illinois,  September  21st,  1890;  oi-dained  Elder  by  Bishop  John  C. 
Keenei',  October  20th,  1892,  at  Pana,  Illinois.  He  ha^  served  the  following  charges: 
Rinard  Circuit,  Hayworth  and  Mansfield,  Pana  Station,  Ramsey  Circuit,  Sherman  Cir- 
cuit, Geneva  Circuit,  Odin  Ciicuit,  Salem  Circuit,  Altamont  Circuit,  Dix  Circuit,, 
Mt.  Sterling  Circuit,  Orville  Circuit,  Colonia  Circuit,  Bronson  Circuit,  Hillsdale  Cir- 
cuit, Elk  City  Circuit,  Kickapoo  Circuit.  Three  hundred  and  three  persons  have  united 
with  the  church  under  his  ministry.  He  received  his  education  at  the  High  School  in 
Carlyle,  Illinois;  lola,  Kansas;  Paola,  Kansas,  and  Ft.  Scott,  Kansas.  He  was  mar- 
ried to  Miss  Henrietta  M.  Stitt,  September  21st,  1893,  and  they  have  had  four  children, 
two  of  whom  are  now  dead,  and  the  two  living  are  Anna  May  Clendening  and  Cuth- 
bert Clendining.  Some  of  the  books  which  have  been  most  helpful  to  him  have  been 
"The  Life  of  Christ,"  "The  Saints  Rest,"  "Watson's  Institutes,"  "Smith's  Elements  of 
Divinity,"   "Wesley's   Sermons"  and  others. 


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REV.  JOHN  OAKES  FORESMAN. 


Great   are   the    riches    of    Thy    House,   and   wondrous   the   lights 
Which  play  upon  our  life  as  we  wait  upon  Thee  in  the  sanctuary. 

— Dr.  Joseph   Parker. 


Rev.  John  Oakes  Foresman  was  born  in  183.5,  and  at  five  years  of  age  moved  with 
his  parents  from  Pennsylvania  to  Ohio.  He  was  educated  in  the  common  schools 
and  finished  his  education  at  the  Western  Reserve  Seminary  at  Farmington,  Ohio. 
He  was  converted  at  Girard,  Ohio,  in  his  seventeenth  year  and  was  appointed  class- 
leader,  but  resisted  the  call  to  the  ministry.  During  a  severe  illness  while  in  the 
West,  the  call  to  the  ministry  came  to  him  with  renewed  energy,  and  he  promised 
the  Lord  that  if  his  life  was  spared  he  would  give  it  to  the  ministry;  he  recovered, 
but  went  to  selling  goods  to  the  Kickapoo  Indians.  While  eating  dinner  at  the  home 
of  N.  T.  Shales,  a  minister  from  Missouri  by  the  name  of  Rev.  Talbot,  a  man  he 
had  never  seen  before,  looked  him  in  the  face  and  said,  "Young  man,  have  you  not 
run  away  from  the  Gospel?"  In  a  few  days  Rev.  Thomas  Wallace  held  his  Quar- 
terly Conference  composed  of  Delaware  Indians,  and  he  was  licensed  to  preach  by 
that  Conference;  he  was  recommended  for  admission  to  the  Kansas  Mission  Confer- 
ence which  met  at  Shawnee,  Bishop  Early  presiding;  he  was  appointed  to  Grass- 
hopper Circuit  under  Rev.  E.  S.  Arrington;  at  his  second  appointment  at  Grants- 
ville,  a  revival  broke  out  that  practically  reached  the  entire  neighborhood.  In  1859 
he  was  appointed  to  Big  Blue  Circuit;  he  found  three  appointments,  but  before  the 
year  ended  he  had  twenty-eight  and  the  Circuit  was  estimated  to  be  three  hundred 
miles  in  circumference.  In  1860  he  and  Rev.  William  Bradfer  were  sent  as  mission- 
aries to  the  Rocky  Mountains  and  he  was  appointed  to  Central  City,  which  had  a 
population  of  twenty-five  hundred  without  a  woman  or  child  in  the  place.  He 
preached  the  first  sermon  and  organized  the  first  church  in  the  place.  He  crossed  the 
plains  in  his  buggy,  being,  so  far  as  known,  the  first  man  that  ever  crossed  these 
plains  alone.  In  1869  he  was  transferred  to  California  and  appointed  to  Stockton; 
in  1865  he  was  appointed  to  Mariposa;  in  1869  was  chaplain  on  a  line  of  steamers 
running  from  San  Francisco  to  New  York  by  way  of  Nicaraugua.  He  returned  to 
Kansas  and  filled  the  following  appointments:  Leavenworth.  Mexico.  Missouri.  Kan- 
sas City  and  Council  Grove;  while  at  Council  Grove  he  united  with  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  Church,  and  served  Council  Grove,  Auburn,  Topeka,  Valley  Falls,  Burlin- 
game,  Horton,  Council  Grove  and  Womego,  when  he  located  and  again  united  with 
the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  South.  He  is  now  serving  in  Council  Grove,  where 
he  has   for  the   tenth  time   been   appointed   as  pastor. 


570 


CENTENNIAL    VOLUME    OF    MISSOURI    METHODISM. 


REV.   JAMES    ALEXANDER   JARED. 


Prove   to    me   only   the    least   command   of    God    is   God's    indeed, 
And   what   injunction   shall    I   need   to   pay   obedience? 

—         Robert    Browning. 

Rev.  Jamp.s  Alexander  Jaied 
was  boi-n  May  12th,  1864,  in 
Hamilton  County,  Illinois.  He 
is  the  son  of  Moses  A.  Jared 
and  Maranda  J.  .Jared,  both  of 
whom  were  members  of  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  Church, 
South.  When  he  was  about  two 
years  old  he  removed  with  his 
parents  to  Putnam  County, 
Tennessee,  where  he  grew  to 
manhood.  He  was  converted  in 
Old  Pleasant  Grove  church,  in 
Putnam  County,  Tennessee,  Sep- 
tember 8th,  1897,  and  was  re- 
ceived into  the  church  durin;; 
the  same  meeting:  under  the  min- 
istry of  Rev.  N.  B.  S.  Owens. 
He  had  been  under  conviction 
\nd  at  the  altar  for  prayer,  but 
was  at  work  in  the  field  when  he 
■esolved  to  g-et  religion  that 
night,  if  possible,  so  with  that 
L-nd  in  view  he  went  to  church 
and  to  the  altar  and  was  soon 
3aved.  For  the  first  few  years 
of  his  religious  life,  his  growth 
n  grace  was  retarded  on  account 
of  his  not  entering  actively  into 
church  work.  While  attending 
an  annual  conference  in  Butler 
County,  Kansas,  he  re-conse- 
crated himself  to  God  and  began 
lo  do  active  work  for  the  Master. 
Since  then  he  has  gradually 
grown  in  grace  and  in  the 
knowledge  and  love  of  God.  He 
was  licensed  to  preach  March 
27th,  1886,  by  the  Quarterly  Conference  of  Morrisville  Station,  Southwest  Missouri 
Conference;  Rev.  W.  H.  Winton,  preacher  in  charge,  and  Rev.  J.  B.  Ellis,  Presiding 
Elder.  He  was  recommended  to  the  Annual  Conference  by  the  Quarterly  Conf<^i'- 
ence  of  Willard  Circuit  in  August,  1887,  and  was  received  into  the  .\nnual  Confer- 
ence on  trial  in  the  fall  of  1887;  Rev.  L.  W.  Pearce,  Presiding  Elder,  and  Bishop 
E.  R.  Hendrix,  presiding.  He  was  ordained  Deacon  by  Bishop  John  C.  Granbery. 
October  6th,  1889,  at  Marshall,  Mis.souri;  ordained  Elder  by  Bishop  R.  K.  Hargrove, 
September  20th,  1891,  at  Sedalia,  Missouri.  Brother  JareJ  has  served  the  following 
charges  Junior  preacher  on  Bois  D'Arc  Circuit,  one  year;  Mt.  Vernon  Circuit, 
one  year;  Southwest  City  Circuit,  one  year;  Monett  and  Sarcoxie,  three  years;  Nel- 
son and  Saline  City,  two  years;  Lamonte  Station,  one  year;  Pierce  City,  two  years; 
Monett,  one  year;  Houstonia  and  Herndon,  two  years;  Buckner  Circuit,  one  year; 
Lincoln  Circuit,  two  years;  Garden  City,  one  year;  Ash  Grove,  one  year;  he  is  now 
serving  his  first  year  at  Atchison.  Kansas.  About  one  thousand  persons  have  been 
convei-ted  and  received  into  the  church  under  his  ministry.  His  education  was  ob- 
tained at  the  public  schools  both  in  Tennessee  and  Kansas,  and  at  Morrisville  College. 
He  was  married  to  Miss  Lillian  E.  Wilcox,  December  27th,  1894,  and  they  have 
three  boys,  Marvin  W.  Jared,  Daniel  Wade  Jared  and  Porter  A.  Jared.  He  says 
the  time  when  he  resolved  to  become  an  active  worker  for  the  Lord  and  enter  tho 
ministry  has  been  possibly  the  most  important  crisis  in  his  life.  Brother  Jared  has 
been  quite  successful  in  his  work  and  the  Lord  has  given  him  many  souls  as  the 
result  of  his  efforts.  He  feels  a  strong  inclination  for  the  evangelistic  work,  and, 
Ijke   his   Lord,   has  a   desire  to   go  about   doing   good. 


SOUTHWEST     MISSOURI     CONFERENCE— WESTERN     DISTRICT.        571 


INDIAN   WOMEN. 


572 


CENTENNIAL    VOLUME    OF    MISSOURI    METHODISM. 


INDEX. 


Page. 
A. 

Abernathy,  Rev.  J.  R 84 

Adams,    Rev.   E.    T 448 

Adkisson,  Rev.   M 51 ) 

Advocate,         St.         Loui.s 

Christian 18 

Aker,   Rev.  C.   M 72 

Alexander,    Rev.    Samuel.  167 
Alexander,  Rev.  W.  M...311 

Allen,    Rev.    Joseph 44 

.\llen.  Rev.  Joseph   S....   45 

.A.llison,   Rev.  T.   A 351 

Anderson,  Rev.  Dr.  John. 322 
.Anderson,     Rev.     Dr.     T. 

H.    B 244 

Atkinson,    D.    G 87 

."Attendance    Map,   Central 

College 22 

Atterberrv,    Rev.   S.   W...126 
Austin,  Chas.  A.,  M.   D..269 

Austin,  Rev.  R.  A 268 

Avis,    Mrs.    E 371 

B. 

Bacon,    G.    W 481 

Bairdstown  Church 294 

Baker,  Rev.  W.  M 160 

Baldridg-e,  Rev.  A.  S.  J.. 439 

Barnes,  Rev.  A.  H 478 

Barnett,  Chas 565 

Basler,  Rev.   R.   P 386 

Bathgate,  J.   B 198 

Baxter,  Rev.  B.  R 241 

Bavlev,  Rev.  A.  V 130 

Beil,    Rev.    W.    F 113 

Bell,    J.    W 123 

Berryman,     Rev.     Jerome 

C 427 

Biffle,   Rev.   S.   C 460 

Bishop,  Rev.  C.  M Ill 

Blaine,  Rev.  G.  W 566 

Blakey,  Rev.  J.   Y 141 

Blevans,  Rev.  J.  L.  D 502 

Boards   of  Education 213 

Board  of  Education,  Re- 
port of,  South-West  Mo. 
Conf 562 


Bond,  Rev.  Richard 
Bond,  Prof.  R.  T.. 
Bond,  Rev.  H.  Pope 
Bond,  Rev.  J.  W.  . 
Bone,  Rev.  D.  F.  . 
Bone,  Rev.  J.  M.  . 
Boon,  Rev.  J.  M .  .  . 
Booth,  General  Wm 
Borchers,  Rev.  W. 
Boyd,  Rev.  J.   N..  . 

Bovdston,  B.  F 

BoVle,   Mrs.   E.   G.. 
Bradley,  Rev.   Dr.  H 
Brewer,  Rev.  H.  W. 
Broadhurst,    Rev.    C 


74,  75 
..  35 
..313 
.  .  521 
..142 
..191 
.  .  50 
.  .  3.56 
..231 
.  .  285 
..195 
.  .  402 
S..358 
...100 


N.. 
.300,  301 
Brosius,  W.  L.,  M.  D 245 


Page. 
Brown,    Rev.    Horace. ..  .104 

Brown,  Rev.  Dr.  O.  E 323 

Brown,   Rev.   Dr.    S.  J.  ..519 

Browning,    Robert    318 

Browning,   Rev.   A.  C...    70 
Browning,   Rev.    Wesley.. 360 

Bvuce,  Rev.   G.   W 48 

Bruner,  Rev.  Calhoun.  ..  .493 

Buckner,  Rev.  H.  W 312 

Buckner,   Rev.  W.   P 549 

Budd,  Rev.  J.  W 179 

BuUington,  Rev.  J.  R 439 

Burgin,  Rev.  S.  H 104 

Burton,    Rer.   Clarence.  .  .430 

Busby,  Rev.  J.  Y 515 

Bush,  W.  D 77 

Bynum,  Rev.  B.  W 424 

C. 

Caldwell,  Rev.  J.  P 541 

Caldwell  Rev.  W.  S 196 

Campbell,  Rev.  C.  B 78 

Campus  Views 24 

Caples,  Rev.  Wm.  Goff...l07 

Ciipp,  Rev.  E.  M 281 

Carlisle,   Rev.    Willis 34 

Carlisle,    and    preachers.  .    68 

Carlyle  Rev.  Elmore 282 

Carrollton  Church 264 

Carrollton  Parsonage.  .  ..265 

Carson,  Rev.  A.  E 412 

Caruthersville  Church.  .   .450 
Centennial  Appointments: 

MISSOURI    CONFERENCE. 

St.  Charles  District 38 

Mexico  District 69 

Fayette   District 104 

Plattsburg  District.  .   ..154 

St.   Jo.seph    District 214 

Gallatin   District 242 

Chillicothe  District.  .  ..2.58 

Macon   District 298 

Hannibal  District 318 

ST.  LOUIS  Conference. 

St.  Louis  District 356 

De  Soto  District 404 

Farmington  District.  .  .418 
Poplar  Bluff  District.  .428 
Charleston  District.  .  .446 
West  Plains  District.  .  .458 

south-west  MISSOURI  Con- 
ference. 
Kansas  City  District.  .  .466 
Lexington   District.     ...488 

Marshall   District 504 

Nevada  District 512 

Carthage  District 528 

Springfield  District.  .  ..548 

Western  District 564 

Centenary  Church 403 

Centenary  Chapel 29 

Central      College      Presi- 


Page. 

dents 19,  20 

Central   College  Views....    23 
Chapman,  Rev.  Dr.  M.  B.227 

Chappell,  Rev.  C.  J 349 

Chillicothe  Church 260 

Clark,  Rev.  C.  N 458 

Clark,  R.  J 197 

Clayton,  Rev.  T.   H 520 

Clendenning,  Rev.  A.  C..568 

Cobb,   Rev.   H.   1 187 

Cobb,  Rev.  T.   P .498 

Coffman,    Rev.    and    Mrs. 

G.  L 523 

Coker,  Rev.  A.  S 432 

Coker,  Mrs.  A.   S.... 433 

Cclburn,  Rev.  Dr.  R.  F.  .  .454 
Colburn,     Mrs.    P.    Tack- 

ett 455 

Colburn,  Rev.  S.  S 498 

College  of  Bishops 4 

Collett,  Rev.  C.  W 94 

Columbia  Church 110 

Comer,  Rev.  W.  H 497 

Condensed     Minutes     Mo. 

Conference 182,   183 

Condensed      Minutes,      St. 

Louis    Conference.. 444,  44u 
Condensed  Minutes,  South- 

We.st  Mo.  Conf 560,561 

Corxference    Groups.  .  .  . 

Missouri    Conference...   37 

St.  Louis  Conference.  .  .355 

South-West     Mo.     Con- 
ference  465 


Cooper,  Rev.  R.  H 299 

Cooper,  Mrs.  W.  L 129 

Cope,  Rev.  S.  W 262 

Copeland,    E.    Alice 464 

Copeland,  Rev.  Theo 377 

Coppage,  Rev.  J.  O 449 

Corprew,  Prof.  O.  H.  P.  .    27 

Court,  Rev.  Wm 376 

Cowgill    Church    and    par- 
sonage  188 

Cox,  A.  B.,  M.  D 238,239 

Cresap,  Rev.   S.  P 220 

Crooks,  Rev.  E.  B 120 

Crooks,  Mrs.  M.  E 120 

Crowe.  Rev.   M.   F 257 

Crum,  Rev.  W.  H 5.32 

Culbertson,  Rev.  A.  B 124 

Culver,  Judge  Wm.  L.  .  .  .161 
Cunningham,  Rev.  J.  W.  .378 


Cupples'  Hall. 

Cupples,  Sam'l 

Curry,  Rev.  C.  P 

D. 
Davenport,  Rev.  C.  M 
Davenport,  Rev.  H.  L 
Davidson,  Rev.  A.  B 

Davis,  A.  F 

Davis,  Rev.  D.  R.  .  . 
Davis,  Rev.  H.  L.  .  . 
Davis,  Rev.  J.  C.  C. 


31 
...361 
...175 

...76 
...287 
...543 
...109 
...411 
. . . 243 
...225 


CENTENNIAL    VOLUME    OF    MISSOURi    METHODISM. 


573 


INDEX. 


Pare. 

Davis,  Rev.  L.   H 243 

Davis,  Rev.  W.  A 121 

Dedictation  Poem 3 

DeMoss  Rev.  Thos .333 

Dennis,  Rev.  C.  L 437 

Denton,  Rev.  E.  K 453 

Denton,  Rev.  J.  C 440 

DeVinnev,  Rev.  C.  E 383 

Devlin,  Rev.  Jos.  T 158 

))icl:enson.  Rev.  R.  E 165 

DiRffs,  Rev.  J.  C 479 

Dillman,  Rev.   S.  R 353 

Dines,  Rev.  Tyson 276 

Dinkle,  E.  T 102 

District    Parsonage,    Fay- 
ette  152 

Divelbiss,  Rev.  J.  R 279 

DoAery,  Rev.  W.  E 263 

Dowless,  Rev.  D.  E 436 

Draper,  Rev.  H.  E 132 

Dugjjins,  Rev.  0.  H 429 

Duncan,  Rev.  C.  B 156 

Duncan,  Bishop  W.  W.  .  .563 
Dunkley,        Mrs.        Mary 
Porter 500 

E. 

Eads,  Rev.  M.  L 266 

Eads.  Capt    W.  M 267 

Eddleman,  Rev.  J.  R 380 

Emmons,    S.    P 73 

Epworth    League    Confer- 
ence, Norboi'ne 258 

Evans,  Rev.  C.  D 410 

Excelsior  Springs  Church .  176 

F. 

Farry,  Rev.  T.  B 317 

Finney.  Rev.  T.  M 366 

Foote,  Rev.  U.  G 505 

Foresman,  Rev.  J.  0 569 

Fowler,  Rev.  S.  K 305 

Francis   St.  Church.  .220,  221 

Franklin,  Rev.  Chas 535 

Frazier,  Rev.  J.  S 335 

Fredricktown  Church.  .  ..422 
Fry,  Rev.  C.  L 452 

G. 

Genowav,  P.  E 423 

Gibson,  Rev.  G.  M 174 

Gibson,  Miss  M.  L 482 

Gibson,  Rev.  W.  P 379 

Giddens,  Rev.  W.  N 189 

Givens,  Rev.  J.  C 553 

Gladstone,  Hon.  Wm.  E..363 

Godbey,  Rev.  A.  H 558 

Godbey,  Rev.  Jno.  E 364 

Gooch,  Rev.  Thos.  J 83 

Go.se,  Rev.  S.  D 225 

Gosneyville  Church 212 

Gow,  Rev.  C.  W 67 

Grace,  J.  A 261 

Gray,  Rev.  M.  L 155 


Page. 

Gray,  Hon.  W.  0 64 

Green,  Rev.  Jesse 494 

Green,  Mrs.  Mary  F 495 

Green,  Rev.  G.  H 540 

Grimes,  Rev.  Chaney 259 

Groves,    Rev.    Dr.    H.    D 

114,115,153 

Grumbine,  Prof.  G.  B 172 

H. 

Hager,  Rev.  J.  H 134 

Hagler,  Rev.  J.  L 559 

Hale,  Mrs.  N.  M 208 

Ham,  Rev   J.  W 60 

liardawav.  Rev.  R.  M 133 

Hardin,  Rev.  S.   S 248 

Hardin   Church 168 

Hardin   Parsonage 211 

Harney,  Rev.  J.  E 547 

Haw,   Rev.   M.   T 447 

Hawkins,  Rev.  C.  M 374 

Hayne,  Rev.  S.  W 230 

Haynes,  Rev.  J.  G 524 

Headlee,  Rev.  J.  H 420 

Headlee,   Rev.    Sam'l 556 

Hedges,  Rev.  J.  R 199 

Hondrix,  Mrs.  Adam 128 

Hendrix,  Bishop  E.  R 9 

Henry,  Rev.  N.  B 434,  435 

Heroines,   Sainted 483 

Herring,  Judge  L.  H 289 

Hewitt,   J.   J 339 

Heys,  Rev.  W.  J 419 

Hickory  Grove  Church... 551 

Hill,  Rev.  W.  C 529 

Hinde,  H.  K.,  M.  D 90 

Historical  Sketch 26,  28 

Hitt,    S.   B 207 

Hoagland,  Rev.  Geo.  T...218 

Hoagland,  Theo.  B 229 

Holliday,  Rev.  R.  N.  T...270 

Holliday,  Rev.  O.  B 346 

Hollowav.   Rev.   R.   A 381 

Holland,   Rev.   John 232 

Holmes,   Rev.   Wm -180 

Houek,  Rev.  J.  D.  F 315 

Howard-Payne  College.  .  .116 

Howerton,  Rev.  R.  W 341 

Hubbard,  Rev.  J.  H 177 

Huffine,  Rev.  T.  A 480 

Hughes,    Rev.  J.   A 136 

Humphreys,  Rev.  W.   A  .  .  406 

I. 

Indian  Women 571 

Institutional        Church 

475,477 

Introduction 7,8 

J. 

Jackson,  Rev.  L.  F 451 

Jack.son,   Rev.  J.  H 320 

Jackson,  Rev.  W.  J 314 

James,  W.  C,  M.  D 171 


Page. 

Jamison,  A.  T 65 

Jared,  Rev.  J.   A 570 

Jefferson  City  Church.  .  .  .500 
Jenkinson,  Rev.  H.  L....415 
Johnson,  Rev.  Dr.  B.  F.  .  .119 

Johnson,  Rev.  H.  H 125 

Johnson,  Rev.  N.  F 292 

Jones,  Rev.  M.  R 166 

Jones,  Rev.  Sam.  P 370 

Jones,  Thos 65 

Jones,  Rev.  W.   W 96 

Joplin  Church 534 


Lanham,   C.    H 375 

Larkin,   Rev.    M 545 

Law,  Rev.  L.  P 274 

Lawson,  Hon.  Martin  E..202 

Leavell,  Jas.  A 91 

Leeper,  Rev.  H.  T 280 

Leftwich,  Rev.  Dr.  W.  M.385 

Lehnhoff,  Rev.  G.  A 347 

Lewis,  Rev.  W.  H 112 

Liberty  Church 164 

Linn,  Rev.  A.  P 332 

Litsinger,   Rev.   W.   R 4.39 

Llewellyn,  Rev.  W.  B 98 

Lovett,  Rev.  J.  J 457 

Loving,  Rev.  R.  G 97 

I-owe,   Rev.  Wm 408 

Lowman,  Mrs.  W.  0 325 

M. 

Maclaren,  Ian 214 

Madison,  Rev.  L.  B 95 

Maggart,  Rev.  L.  C 145 

Magg-art,  Rev.  W.  C 283 

Major,  Rev.  J.  M 88 

Mann,  Rev.  E.  M 127 

Mapel,  Rev.   F.  J 170 

Markley,  Rev.  M.  H 409 

Marvin,  Bishop  E.  M 10 

Marvin,  Mrs.  E.  M 368 

Marvin.  Rev.  F 321 

Marvin,   Group 369 

Mather,  Rev.  Dr.  Arthur. 384 
RIatthews,  F.  H..  M.  D.  .  .204 
Matthews,  Rev.  Dr.  John. 360 
Matthews,  Rev.   John    W.200 

Matthews,  Rev.  N.   F 146 

Mauk,  Rev.  L.  R 426 

Mays,  Rev.  W.  R 3G5 

McAnallv,  Rev.  Dr.  D.  R.  15 
McAnally,     Rev.     C.     T., 

M.  D 272 

McBride,  W.  R 85 

McCann.  Rev.  Z.  T 382 

McDonald,  Rev.  Crocket.  .354 

McDonald,  Rev.  J.  T 234 

McKendree,  Chapel 6 

McKnight,  Rev.  B.  A 526 

McMichael,  Thos 163 

McMurray,  Rev.  J.  R 89 

McMurray,  Rev.  W.  F.  .  .    13 


574 


CENTENNIAL    VOLUME    OF    MISSOURI    METHODISM. 


INDEX. 


Page. 

McMurray,  Wm o21 

McMurray,  Rev.  W.  W..  .326 

McPhcrson,  Rev.  H.  C 162 

McVoy,  Rev.  E.  C 471 

Merchant,  Jacob  .\ 277 

Middlelon.  Rev.  T.  P 92 

Milam,  Rev.  S.  H 62 

Milan   Church 280 

Miller,  Rev.  Dr.  E.  K 336 

Miller.  Mr.s.  Lucv  W 222 

Mills,  .Mrs.  Sarah   A 236 

Mis.souri     Conference 

Group,  (Insert) 36,37 

Mitchell,  Rev.  J.  A 290 

Monroe,   Rev.   Anlrew...  .   82 

Moore,  Rev.  A.  G .546 

Moore,  Rev.  Dr.  C.  W...474 

Moore,  Marion 236 

Moore,  Rev.   Dr.  M.  H...21.5 

Morris,  Rev.  Dr.  J.  C 170 

Morton,  Daniel,  M.  D...    226 

Mosley.  Rev.  F.  E 144 

r.jumpower.  Rev.  J.  A.  .  10,  41 

Munsey,  Mrs.  P.   P 278 

Myers,  Rev.  W.  L 210 

N. 
Names  of  preachers: 

Missouri  Conference.  .  .   37 
St.  Louis  Conference.  .  .35.T 
South-West     Mo.     Con- 
ference  165 

Nash,  Rev.  I.  T 319 

Neale,  Rev.   W.   D 350 

Keiphbors,  Rev.  Henry.  .  .284 

Nichols,  Rev.  L.  D 416 

Nolan,  Rev.  Dr.  J.  P .302 

Nollner,  Rev.  G.  W 389 

North,  Rev.  W.  B 388 

0. 

O'Bryen  Chapel 354 

O'Bryen,  Rev.  J.  M 341 

O'Howell,  Rev.  D.  C 201 

Old  Building,  Central  Col- 
lege     25 

Orear,  Rev.  E.  H 522 

Owen,  Rev.  J.  E 533 

Owen,  Rev.  J.  W 81 

Owen,  Rev.  W.  P £09 

P. 
Palmore,  Rev.  Dr.  W.  B..    16 
Palmyra  Sunday  School.   320 

Parker,  Rev.  A.  P 242 

Parvin,  Rev.  W.  J 288 

Paschall,  Rev.  W.  H 463 

Patison,  Rev.  Alonzo 484 

Patter.son,  Rev.  T.  M ,387 

Paj-ne,  Rev.  T.  D 496 

Payne,  Rev.  M.  U 118 

Pearse.   Mark  Guv 466 

Penn,  Rev.   Geo.  W 69 

Penn,   Rev.  Wm 131 

Penny,  Rev.  Daniel 184 


Page. 

Perkins,   Rev.  Wm 271 

Poiv,  Rev.  .1.  W 514 

Phillips,  Rev.  Preston 513 

Pike,  Rev.  J.  F 536 

Pinnell,  Rev.  L.  L 557 

Pitman,  D.   K 52 

Pitman,  Prof.  R.  H 53 

Plattj  Citv   Pa'sonage.  .  .194 

Poage,  Rev.  F.  R 417 

Polk,  Ex-Gov.  Trusten.  ..36( 

Polo  Church 1"3 

Pope,  Rev.  W.  M 80 

Potter,  Rev.  Jas.  B 185 

Potter,  Rev.  W.  O.  G 293 

Potts,  Prof.  J.J 63 

Preface 5 

Pritchett,  Rev.  Dr.  J.  H..    14 
Pritchett,  Prof.  Car;   W..    33 

Pritchett.  Prof.  W.  H 247 

Proctor,  Rev.  D.  M 273 

Proctor.  Rev.  J.  :*' 530 

Puckett,  Rev.  T.  C 567 

R. 

Ramssv,  Rev.  J.  W 291 

Ransfore,  Rev.  C.  0 39 

Ready,  Rev.  W.  T 303 

Redman,  Rev.  W.  W 223 

Reed,  Rev.  J.  J 338 

Rennison,   Rev.  C.  S 310 

Reynolds.  R^v.  E.  W 51 

Rice,  Rtv.  W.  C 99 

Rich.  Rev.  G.  W 139 

Rich,  Mrs.  S.  A 138 

Richmond,  C.  M lol 

Rickman,  Rev.  O.  M 473 

Robb,  Rev.  J.  F 531 

Robbins,    A.    H 391 

Roberts,  Rev.  J.  L 61 

Robinson,  Rev.  J.  W 373 

Rush.  Rev.  Dr.  W.  M....106 

Russell.  Rev.  R.  L 392 

Russell,  Rev.  W.  C 55 

Rutledge,  Rev.  E.  L 122 


Scarborough,  Rev.  W.  L.  .240 
Scarritt    Bible  and  Train- 
ing  School 469 

Scarritt,  Rev.  C.  W 472 

Scarritt,  Rev.  Dr.  N 468 

Science  Hall 30 

Schulenberger.  Rev.  C.  V.501 

Score,   Rev.   Jno 396 

Scrivener,  Rev.  C.  N 537 

Scruggs,   R.   M 390 

Sear.s,  Rev.  J.  1 345 

Seleeman.  Rev.  C.  C. 228,  229 

Semi-Centennial 31,32 

Shackelford,  Hon.  Thos..l35 
Shackleford,  Rev.  D.  R.  .  .237 
Shackleford.  Rev.  W.  G..250 
Shackleford,  Rev.  John  C .  499 
Sha-lwick,  Rev.  G.  A 86 


Pajfe. 

Sharp,  Rev.  Dr.  T.  E 357 

Shelbina  Church 29S 

Sherman,  Rev.  D.  T 54 

Shilling,  Rev.  C.  K 181 

Shores,  Rev.  Jno.  F 149 

Shores,   Rev.    Wm 148 

Sipple,  Rev.  B.  D 105 

Slade.  Rev.  J.  W 59 

Smith,  Rev.  A.  F 490 

Smith,  Mrs.  A.  F 491 

Smith,  Rev.  H.  A 431 

Smith.  Rev.  I.  A .525 

Smith,  Rev.  J.  S 307 

Smith.  N.  L 413 

Smith,  Peyton  T 186 

Smith,  Prof.   T.   Berry.  .  .   36 

Snarr,  Rev.  J.  A 246 

Sneed,  Rev.  J.  H 57 

Snow,  J.  H 206 

Snowden,  Rev.  A 205 

Societies,    Woman's,    For- 
eign and  Home 103 

Sorrell,  W.  L 441 

Spencer,  Rev.  B.  H 327 

Squires,  Rev.  J.  E 249 

Stanley,  Rev.  E.  J 193 

Stephan,  R^v.  Josephus.  .393 
Stephens,  Ex-Gov.  L.  V.  .507 

Stephens,  Mrs.  L.  V 504 

St.  John's   Church 358 

Stone,  E.  G 295 

Stone,  Jno 49 

Stout,  Rev.  H.  E 117 

Sudzuki,  G.  G 150 

Swann,  Rev.  E.  C 169 

Swanson,  Rev.  J.  T 555 

Swearingcn,  Rev.  T.  H...143 

Swift,  Rev    W.  A 397 

Swinney,  Rev.  J.  B 485 

T. 

Tadlock,   Rev.   C.   W 235 

Tancjuary,  Rev.  Grafton.. 252 
Tanquary,  Rev.  G.  E.  .  .  .  192 
Tanquarv    Rev.  J.   W.  .    .253 

Taylor,  Rev.   B.  P 233 

Taylor,  Rev.  F.  A 337 

Taylor.   Rev.  J.   R 343 

Taylor,  Rev.  T.  M 58 

Tent,    Brookva'e 348 

Tetley,  Rev.  W.  A 421 

Thomp.son,  Rev.  H.  D 71 

Thompson,  Tho.s.  E 328 

Tidwell,  Rev.  A.  T 400 

Tinnell,  Rev.  Jas.  M 254 

Tinnev.  Rev.  W.  E 275 

Todd.' Rev.  L.  E .399 

Todd,  Rev.  J.  S .330 

Toole.    R-v.   Walter 304 

Travis,    Rev.   Jno 6 

TriDD,  Rev.  B.  H 251 

Triplett,  Rev.   R.  0 101 

Tunnell,  Mr.  and  Mrs 294 

Tussey,  Rev.  J.  D 79 


CENTENNIAL    VOLUME    OF    MISSOURI    METHODISM. 


575 


Page. 


V. 


Vandeventer,  Rev.  C.  I. ..216 
Vandeventer,  Mrs.  C.  I.  .  .217 

Vandiver,  Rev.  L.  H .508 

Vandiver,  Hon.  W.  D .511 

Vaughan,  Rev.  J.  R.  A.  .  .405 
Vaughan,  John  W.,  M.  D.395 

Velick,  Rev.  W.  J 414 

Victoria,  Queen 11 

Vincil,  Rev.  Dr.  Jno.  D .  .    .38 
Vivion,  Rev.  O.  E 538 

W. 

Wailes,  Rev.  Jesse  A....    47 
Wainwright,  Rev.  D.  T...544 
Wainwright,  Rev.    Dr.    S. 
H 331 


INDEX. 

Page. 
Wainwrig-ht,  Rev.   W.   M.306 

Walker,  Warren 46 

...303 
..489 
...  56 
, . .334 
D.137 
. . .140 
...203 
...  21 
...518 


Warren,  Rev.  Wm.  . 
Warren,  Rev.  Geo.  J. 
Watson,  Rev.  E.   D.  . 
Watson,  Rev.  H.  B.  . 
Watts,  Rev.  C.  W.,  M 

Watts,  Dr.  W.  B 

Weakley,  Rev.  W.  R. 
Webb,  Pres.  W.  A... 
Weems,  Rev.  J.  M .  .  . 
Werlein,  Rev.  Dr.  S.  H...398 
Wesley,  Rev.  John.  .  .221,  297 

Wheeler,  Rev.  W.  B 42,  43 

White  Church  of  Western 

Conf 564 

White.  Rev.  Robt 342 

Wilfley,  Mrs.  S.  P 372 

Williams,  Rev.  S.  M.  .   ..147 


Page. 
Williams,  Rev.  Dr.  Z.   M.467 

Wilson,  Rev.  W.  W 173 

Winstead,  Rev.  J.  T 459 

Winton,  Rev.  Geo.  M 551 

Winton,  Rev.  J.  B 552 

Woman's  Foreign  Mission- 
ary   Society,    St.    Louis 

Conf 368,  .370 

Wood,    H.     K.    and    Rev.   . . 

H.  A 516,517 

Woods,  Rev.  Dr.  C.  C 17 

Wood,  Rev.  W.  M 309 

Woodside,  Juriye  J.  R 461 

Woodson,  H.  P 157 

Woodson,  T.  D 159 

Woodson  Institute 154 

Woodward.  Rev.  J.  E 401 

Woodard,  Rev.  W.  S 492 

Worsnop,  Rev.  J.  W 438 


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